Lettuce
First paper by EVA Lettuce Network published in Frontiers in Plant Science
The EVA Lettuce Network developed and applied the single primer enrichment technology (SPET) in lettuce for the first time, to study the genetic diversity of a collection of 160 Lactuca accessions originating from 10 countries in Europe, America and Asia, and to identify genomic regions that underpin important agronomic traits. The results were published in Frontiers in Plant Science in August 2023.
Read more in this press release
EVA Lettuce network identifies promising mildew resistant wild lettuce accessions
First interesting results have been generated with the identification of wild lettuce accessions that show resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactuceae). For more info see the related news.
EVA Lettuce Network
The EVA Lettuce network is building on successful initiatives and collaborations between public and private partners in the Netherlands as well as on the active work by the ECPGR Leafy Vegetables Working Group.
Within the EVA project, the partners join their complimentary expertise and capacity to evaluate both wild and cultivated lettuce accessions from diverse origins for disease resistances and important agronomic traits relevant for breeding. The geographic distribution of evaluation sites allows for the gathering of interesting data on environmental effects in field-grown lettuce and will be used together with genotyping data for association studies.
Countries involved
Network Partners
| Company | Genebank | Research institute | Others | Country | Institute | |
| 1 | Bulgaria | Institute of Plant Genetic Resources “ Konstantin Malkov”, Sadovo, Plovdiv district | ||||
| 2 | France | Limagrain, La Ménitré | ||||
| 3 | France | Gautier Semences, Eyragues | ||||
| 4 | France | INRAE GAFL, Montfavet Cedex | ||||
| 5 | Germany | Gemeinschaft zur Förderung von Pflanzeninnovation e.V, Bonn | ||||
| 6 | Greece | American Farm School, Thermi, Thessaloniki | ||||
| 7 | Italy | ISI Sementi SpA, Fidenza (PR) | ||||
| 8 | Italy | Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Pontecagnano | ||||
| 9 | Netherlands | Wageningen University and Research. Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands, Wageningen | ||||
| 10 | Sweden | Nordic Genetic Resources Centre (NordGen), Alnarp | ||||
| 11 | Switzerland | Sativa Rheinau AG, Rheinau | ||||
| 12 | Switzerland | Zollinger Conseils Sàrl, Les Evouettes |
Meetings
August 2023
EVA Lettuce annual project meeting: An in-person project meeting took place in Wageningen, the Netherlands from 31 August – 1 September 2023. [More info]
May 2022
EVA Lettuce annual project meeting: An in-person project meeting took place from 24-25 May 2022 in Salsomaggiore, Italy. [More info]
March 2020
EVA Lettuce annual project meeting: due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting originally planned for 30-31 March 2020 in Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy, was replaced by a virtual meeting on 30 March 2020. [more info]
Related Information
ECPGR Working Groups
Contact details
- Sandra Goritschnig - EVA Coordinator Email
and Agriculture for the period 2019-2024.