4th International Legume Society Conference will be held between the 19th and 22nd of October 2023, in Granada
This International Conference aims to stimulate knowledge exchange and interactions among researchers and stakeholders interested in promoting greater cultivation and use of grain and forage legumes, as a necessary path towards more sustainable food and feed systems and healthier diets.
The conference will cover a wide range of topics, organized in the following scientific sessions:
• Legume-based value chains: innovation and optimization
• Legume-based cropping systems: performance, ecosystem services and profitability
• Legumes for human and animal nutrition and health
• Legume biodiversity and genetic resource exploitation
• Genetics and omics-based legume crop improvement
• Legume breeding: challenges, tools, strategies and achievements
• Legume physiology, biochemistry and systems biology
• Beneficial legume plant-microbe interactions
• Understanding and enhancing legume crop tolerance to abiotic stresses
• Understanding and enhancing legume crop tolerance to biotic stresses
The conference will take place at the Granada Conference and Exhibition Centre, well equipped with the most advanced congress facilities, located in the heart of the city at walking distance to hotels and the monumental city center.