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Boosting the EVA Networks: a new expansion to legumes and perennial crops

A new project funded by the German Ministry for Food and Agriculture will build on previous successes of the European Evaluation Network (EVA) to…

Unlocking maize diversity: a new study on European landraces by the EVA Network

Published in Biology, the study showcases the genetic and phenotypic diversity of 626 maize landraces preserved in European genebanks.

Getting to the roots of carrot genetic diversity

A study by the EVA Carrot Network, published in Acta Horticulturae, shed light on carrot genetic diversity, evaluating 60 landraces from 16 countries

Single primer enrichment technology – a new genomic resource to investigate the diversity of lettuce germplasm

For the first time, the single primer enrichment technology (SPET) – a novel high-throughput genotyping method – was used in lettuce to study the…

Want to participate in the new EVA Network on Legumes?

The EVA Network brings together breeding companies, research institutes and genebanks to evaluate crop diversity in European collections

EVA Carrot network results shared at international conferences in 2022

In August 2022, the EVA Carrot network presented the first results of their joint evaluations of 60 carrot accessions.

EVA Lettuce network identifies promising mildew resistant wild lettuce accessions

The ECPGR European Evaluation networks (EVA) generate interesting results as successful public-private partnerships

The EVA project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food
and Agriculture for the period 2019-2027.