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Call for evaluation partners in the EVA Legumes network

The European Evaluation Network (EVA) for Legumes is looking for additional partners with the expertise and capacity to contribute to field…

Roadmap for EVA Perennials Network launched

Strengthening Europe’s fruit, nut and berry conservation and use

AGENT webinar series: Registration now open!

A series of online webinars in January and February 2025, will showcase the innovative tools and solutions developed during the project.

New Audiobook on EVA work released

'The Science of Greens: Using Genetic Insights to Cultivate Better, Stronger Lettuce' is now available on all major podcast platforms.

EURISCO-EVA: Innovative multi-site crop data management

A new paper published in Genetic Resources highlights the main features of the EURISCO-EVA Information System

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

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