The Second International Legume Society Conference, held by the International Legume Society and the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, will be held 12-14 October, 2016 at Tróia resort near Lisbon, Portugal.
The conference will address:
- Legume Quality and Nutrition
- Farming Systems/Agronomy
- Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses and Breeding
- Legume Genetic Resources
- New “Omics” Resources for Legumes
The health and environment benefits, as well as, the marketing of legumes will be transversal topics throughout the conference. Special attention will be given to foster the interaction of researchers and research programs with different stakeholders including farmers and farmer associations, seed/feed and food industries, and consumers.
The conference will also be the site of the Final Meeting of the EU-FP7 ABSTRESS project, the Annual Meeting of EU-FP7 LEGATO and EUROLEGUME projects; and final dissemination events of EU-FP7-ERANets MEDILEG and REFORMA. The results and conclusions from these four important research programs will be shared with conference attendees.
For more information, go to the conference website.