Improving legume drought tolerance through cultivar selection and bio-based agronomic strategies and their use as a local feed source for poultry

Improving legume drought tolerance through cultivar selection and bio-based agronomic strategies and their use as a local feed source for poultry

Number

QL26010413

Project team

Mendel university in Brno – main beneficiary

Agritec Plant Research s.r.o. - other beneficiary

SELGEN, a. s. - other beneficiary

Agricultural Research, Ltd. - other beneficiary

Agrovyzkum Rapotin Ltd. - other beneficiary

 

 

Local project team

Ing. Antonín Kintl, Ph.D.

Ing. Julie Sobotková

Ing. Igor Huňady

Supported by:

NAZV

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic

Project duration: 

1/2026–12/2030

 

Summary

The project goals are to identify drought-tolerant varieties of soybean (Glycine max) and pea (Pisum sativum) and to test agronomic practices mitigating the negative impacts of climate change and drought on growth, yield, and quality. Sub-objectives include genotypic and phenotypic screening to select the most drought-tolerant varieties, testing of long- and shortterm drought effects, testing benefits of inoculation with symbiotic microorganisms and use of amendments on crop tolerance to drought, evaluation of crop physiologic and morphologic response to plant-soil-microbiome interactions, and the assessment of feeding quality of yielded seeds grown under drought conditions, testing of impact on poultry growth, health, and meat quality.

 

Planned results of the project 

Gfunk – Genotype of the pea

Gfunk – Genotype of the soybean

Ztech – Technology of pea cultivation under drought conditions

Ztech – Technology of soybean cultivation under drought conditions

NmetS – Methodology of pea cultivation

NmetS – Methodology of soybean cultivation

Zodru – Pea variety suitable for climate change conditions

Fuzit – Feed mixture for broiler chickens with the use of drought-resistant legumes

W – Cultivation of local pea and soybean sources and their use in poultry nutrition

Jost – Possibilities of including drought-resistant soybean and pea varieties in broiler chicken diets

O – Nutritional characteristics of poultry meat

Jost – Poultry meat tenderness in relation to feed composition

Jimp – Effect of legume cultivation under drought conditions on soil properties

Jimp – Effect of diets containing drought-resistant soybean and pea seeds grown under drought conditions on the health and performance of chickens

Jimp – Effect of drought on the intensity of biological nitrogen fixation in pea and soybean

O – The importance of local legume cultivation

W - Cultivation of legumes under climate change conditions