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Article: Legumes as a Model Plant Family. Genomics for Food and Feed Report of the Cross-Legume Advances through Genomics Conference1
- Article from:
- Plant Physiology
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright American Society of Plant Physiologists Apr 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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On December 14 to 15, 2004, some 50 legume researchers and funding agency representatives (the latter as observers) met in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to develop a plan for cross-legume genomics research. This conference was one of the outcomes of the Legume Crops Genome Initiative (LCGI), an organization bringing together the major U.S. legume commodity associations and their respective research communities. The commodities include alfalfa (Medicago saliva), common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), the cool-season food legumes (pea [Pisnm sativwn], lentil [Lens culinaris Med.], and chickpea [Cicer arietinum]), peanut (Arachis hypogaea), and soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.). In recent years, legume ...