We are happy to share the first announcement for the upcoming 𝗙𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗰𝗲 in 𝗗𝘂𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗻𝗶𝗸, 𝟴 - 𝟭𝟮 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
@legumesociety.bsky.social

Discover the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University Saskatchewan at 𝗔𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟱-𝟭𝟳!
While there, join the Crop Development Centre at select booths.
Tom Warkentin will be at Alliance Seed Co (booth 𝟯𝟰𝟴) on 𝟭𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆, 𝗔𝗠 and at the Secan Association (booth 𝟯𝟳𝟴), on 𝟭𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆, 𝗣𝗠.

Legume Science Legume Science is intended to be the leading international journal for the publication and dissemination of high-impact research from across the entire spectrum of legume science. The journal further supports communication of research outputs and collaboration among this interdisciplinary field as a gold open-access publication.

We are excited to share that Legume Science has received its first official impact factor - a 5!!!
Legume Science is an open access journal covering all aspects of legume research, uniquely both pre- and post-harvest.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2639...

Early bird registration closing today!! Have you registered yet???
𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
and
𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

www.iflrc-apc2025.com

We form part of the adaptive breeding in this peaCE project with phenotyping and genotyping the peaMAGIC population: a eight founder line inbred population for pyramiding seed protein concentration and root rot resistance.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GUy...

Our pea plots at Sutherland have loved the rain of the past few weeks.

Tour trials and listen from experts from Sask Pulse Growers, SaskBarley, SaskOilseeds, SaskWheat, SaskForage, plant breeders at Crop Development Centre at USask (including @peasoybeanusask.bsky.social), SK Agriculture, Oat Grain Millers, SaskOats, ECRF (Yorkton), CLC (Prince Albert), and AAFC.

“Fundamental Biology of Legume Crops” Workshop | John Innes Centre The John Innes Centre is organising a workshop on the Fundamental Biology of Legume Crops. The aim is to gather speakers in the early stage of their career (postdocs and junior group leaders) who…

Workshop on the Fundamental Biology of Legume Crops.

See link below for more information and to apply

www.jic.ac.uk/event/fundam...

Meet our latest yellow field pea cultivar - CDC Canuck, released in 2024 by the @CDC_USask for distribution by Secan Association.
See the link for more information on this cultivar.

cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

CDC Engage, released in 2023 by the Crop Development Centre, USask for distribution by Alliance Seed, has good lodging resistance, a mean seed protein concentration of 23.8%, and is moderately susceptible to Mycosphaerella blight and Fusarium root rot.
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

The 10th and final webinar of the 2024-2025
@legumesociety.bsky.social webinar series, will be on June 11, 2025, 2pm CEST (UTC+2)
Janine Croser
Rapid Allele Mining for legume improvement

www.legumesociety.org/ils-webinars...

YouTube video by The International Legume Society [ILSW s3e09] Pulse Crops Towards Global Food Security, with Dil Thavarajah

New free webinar: Pulse Crops Towards Global Food Security, with Dil Thavarajah

youtu.be/tsmA5DHGFR0

Differential expression analysis of soybean pod tissue between Canadian environments identifies differences in sulfur-containing amino acid-related gene expression Soybean seeds are rich in oil and protein; however, the seed composition is influenced by genotype and environment. For years, it has been observed that soybeans grown in western Canada have lower see...

In this collaborative study differences in sulfur-containing amino acid-related gene expression was found in soybean pods grown in different Canadian environments.

doi.org/10.1139/gen-...

Reminder of this months webinar, hosted by the
@legumesociety.bsky.social

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝟮𝗽𝗺 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧
𝗗𝗶𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗵 (Clemson University, USA)
"𝘗𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺"

legumesociety.org/ils-webinars...

There is still time to register for the 𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 AND 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 in Perth, 15-19 September 2025.
𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵!!!

Meet CDC Huskie, another of our more recent green field pea cultivars, released in by the Crop Development Centre, USask, for distribution to Select seed growers through the Variety Release Committee of the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers.
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....

We breed yellow and green peas adapted to the growing conditions of western Canada. CDC Rider was released in 2021 by the Crop Development Centre, USask, for distribution to Select seed growers through the Variety Release Committee of the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers.

doi.org/10.1139/cjps...

YouTube video by Crop Protection Network A visual guide to soybean growth stages

Extremely useful guide to the stages of soybean growth and development from soybean seed germination to soybean maturity.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygbK...

YouTube video by RealAgriculture Pulse School: Is it aphanomyces?

Check out this episode of the Pulse School, where Meagen Reed, from Saskatchewan Pulse Growers gives some insights into root rot, Aphanomyces identification, importance of rotation, and why testing is essential.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l85-...

YouTube video by AgBioUsask Advancements in Agricultural Research - Dr. Sean Prager

Check our the work being done by our collaborator Dr Sean Prager on pest management. We recently started a project on pea aphid resistance so watch this space as our project progresses.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWFt...

This months @legumesociety.bsky.social webinar
May 29, 2pm CEST
Dil Thavarajah - Pulse Crops towards global food security

www.legumesociety.org/ils-webinars...

Have you heard about CDC Citrine, our yellow cotyledon field pea cultivar, released in 2022 by the Crop Development Centre, University Saskatchewan for distribution to Select seed growers through the Variety Release Committee of the Saskatchewan pulse Growers.

cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

Breeding improved pea cultivars for western Canada is what we do. Meet CDC Boundless, a yellow cotyledon field pea cultivar, released in 2023 by the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, for market representation by SeCan Association.

doi.org/10.1139/cjps...

YouTube video by University of Saskatchewan Pea Protein ‘Omics Determination (P-POD)

Our multidisciplinary P-POD project, with the aim of increasing pea protein content, came to and end in 2025.
We have captured the essence of this project here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g26-...

Massive pea study solves last genetic riddles of famed friar DNA sequencing reveals basis of traits studied by Gregor Mendel—and gives breeders new ways to improve the crop

We are extremely excited about the latest publication in Nature where the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by Mendel have been pinpointed.

www.science.org/content/arti...

Cover crop potential of pea lines derived from crosses with nodulation mutants Over the past century, numerous studies have addressed the physiology and genetics of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) in legumes—targeting improvements through screening of existing germplasm, hyb...

A new publication from our stable in collaboration with California State University on nitrogen fixation in peas.

acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Save the date!
5th International Legume Society Conference.
@legumesociety.bsky.social
Dubrovnik, Croatia
8-12 June 2026

Do not to miss out on this opportunity.
8th International Food Legume Research Conference AND 5th Australian Pulse Conference, 15 - 19 September 2025.
Call for abstracts has been extended till 27 April!!!!!!
For more information
iflrc-apc2025.com