faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a pulse crop of high nutritional value and high importance for sustainable agriculture and soil protection. With the objective of identifying gene-based Snps, transcriptome sequencing was performed in order to reduce faba bean genome complexity. A set of 1,819 genebased Snp markers polymorphic in three recombinant line populations was selected to enable the construction of a high-density consensus genetic map encompassing 1,728 markers well distributed in six linkage groups and spanning 1,547.71 cM with an average inter-marker distance of 0.89 cM. orthology-based comparison of the faba bean consensus map with legume genome assemblies highlighted synteny patterns that partly reflected the phylogenetic relationships among species. Solid blocks of macrosynteny were observed between faba bean and the most closely-related sequenced legume species such as pea, barrel medic or chickpea. Numerous blocks could also be identified in more divergent species such as common bean or cowpea. the genetic tools developed in this work can be used in association mapping, genetic diversity, linkage disequilibrium or comparative genomics and provide a backbone for map-based cloning. This will make the identification of candidate genes of interest more efficient and will accelerate marker-assisted selection (MAS) and genomic-assisted breeding (GAB) in faba bean.Legume crops serve as a source of food and feed. They also play an important role in sustainable agriculture because of their ability to improve soil fertility by fixing atmospheric nitrogen and increasing crop yield when used in crop rotation with cereals or intercropping 1 . In particular, faba bean (Vicia faba L.; Vf) is a primary ingredient of daily meals in both developing and industrialized countries due to its high content in proteins, carbohydrates, dietary fibers and micronutrients 2,3 . It is the most yielding pulse crop after field pea. However, its yield is still about half that of wheat, indicating that great breeding efforts are still needed 4 . Faba bean yield is greatly affected by environmental conditions, especially extreme temperatures, drought and acidity 5,6 . In addition, diseases such as chocolate spot (Botrytis fabae S. or B. cinerea P.) or ascochyta blight (Ascochyta fabae S.), viruses such as faba bean necrotic viruses, parasitic weeds of Orobanche genus and pests such as leaf weevil (Sitona lineatus L.), aphids (Aphis fabae S., A. craccivora K., Acyrthosiphon pisum H., Myzus persicae S.) or seed weevils (Bruchus rufimanus B.) considerably reduce its yield and affect the commercialization of the grains 5,7 . Other factors limiting the production of faba bean include the overproduction of flowers resulting in a variable fertilization
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a cool season grain legume whose acreage has constantly declined in traditional producer countries as it has been replaced by more productive cereal crops. However, faba bean is still considered to have great potential as rainfed crop. In order to satisfy the renewed interest in faba bean cultivation yield stability should be improved by exploiting different germplasm types and sowing seasons.In order to understand of genotype by environment interactions and to compare cultivar performance over years and locations a spring faba bean network was established with twenty cultivars grown over three crop seasons at thirteen contrasting locations covering most of Europe. Analysis was performed by heritability-adjusted genotype plus genotype × environment interaction (HA-GGE) biplot analysis. HA-GGE biplot analyses identified that the effect of genotype by environment interaction was higher than the effect of genotypes, allowing identification of three mega-environments, namely Continental, Oceanic, and Mediterranean, in which cultivars performed differently. This supports the need for specific breeding for each specific geoclimatic area. Espresso was the highest yielding cultivar, being also highly stable over the Oceanic and Continental mega-environments. Cultivars Fuego, Hobbit and SR-1060 had also good yield but with a moderate unstability in both Oceanic and Continental mega-environments. Baraca and Alameda yielded poorly at all environments although were the best yielders at Mediterranean locations. Environments as Sumperk and Premesques were identified as the best core test locations for Continental and Oceanic mega-enviroments, respectively, being the locations in which best genotypes could be most easily identified.
Seed weevils (Bruchus spp.) are major pests of faba bean, causing yield losses, and affecting marketability. Our objective was to identify stable sources of resistance to seed weevil attacks, determine the climatic factors that most influenced its incidence and its relationship with some phenological and agronomic traits. The accessions “BOBICK ROD115,” “CÔTE D’OR,” “221516,” and “NOVA GRADISKA” showed increased resistance to penetration and development of larvae. Other accessions such as “QUASAR,” “109.669,” and “223303” exhibited resistance to larval development. The results of this work suggest the presence of different defense mechanisms to seed weevils in faba bean, which in the future could be introgressed in elite cultivars to create resistant varieties and contribute to more sustainable agriculture with less need for pesticides. The temperature, rainfall, and humidity seemed to be the climatic factors most influencing faba bean seed weevil attack while the precocity and the small weight of the seeds were correlated with lower infestation rates in the different experiments.
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