Lupinus

Legume Crops Phylogeny and Genetic Diversity for Science and Breeding

“…The timing of domestication of L. mutabilis in the New World closely mirrors that of L. albus in the Old World. As a cultigen with no known wild counterparts, it is cultivated from Venezuela to northern Argentina (Wolko et al, 2011). Eastwood and Hughes (2008a) (Gladstone, 1970).…”

“…In Germany, in the 1930s, von Sengbusch identified natural sweet-seeded mutants, which heralded the beginning of modern L. albus breeding (Gladstone, 1970). The first successful use of L. angustifolius in modern agriculture was as a fodder and green manure crop in France, Germany and the UK in the early nineteenth century (Wolko et al, 2011). Domestication began in earnest at the start of the twentieth century with the development of sweet (low-alkaloid) cultivars in Germany, Poland and Russia (Wolko et al, 2011).…”

“…The first successful use of L. angustifolius in modern agriculture was as a fodder and green manure crop in France, Germany and the UK in the early nineteenth century (Wolko et al, 2011). Domestication began in earnest at the start of the twentieth century with the development of sweet (low-alkaloid) cultivars in Germany, Poland and Russia (Wolko et al, 2011). The process of domestication was completed in Australia through the incorporation of pod indehiscence, soft-seededness and early flowering (removal of vernalization responsiveness) genes (Berger et al, 2012a).…”

“…These studies revealed that Lupinus genomes are highly rearranged relative to other Papilionoid genomes, with regions of gene collinearity extending over relatively short distances. Comparison between Lupinus genomes has so far been limited by low numbers of shared genetic markers, but initial results suggest that genome rearrangements have occurred even between the relatively closely related L. angustifolius and L. albus (Wolko et al, 2011). A complete genome sequence for L. angustifolius is expected in the near future and will serve as a valuable reference for genomic studies within Lupinus and between Lupinus and other sequenced legume genomes, such as Medicago truncatula, Lotus japonicus, soybean, chickpea and pigeonpea (Sato et al, 2008;Schmutz et al, 2010;Varshney et al, 2012Varshney et al, , 2013aYoung et al, 2011).…”

“…Several other Old World lupin species have been used sporadically in agriculture, including the rough-seeded L. pilosus L., L. atlanticus Gladstone and L. cosentinii Guss. (Gladstone, 1970;Wolko et al, 2011). Experimental hybridization studies have found that many rough-seeded types can intercross, albeit at a relatively low frequency, while crossing between smooth-seeded types (including the main cultivated species) is rarely successful (reviewed by Wolko et al, 2011).…”