This book includes papers presented at the 2017 Joint meeting of Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section and Protein Crops Working Group of EUCARPIA-Oil and Protein Crops Section. The theme of the meeting "Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics" has been divided into six parts: (1) Utilisation of genetic resources and pre-breeding, (2) Genetic improvement of quality and agronomic traits, (3) Breeding for enhanced stress tolerance (4) Implementation of phenomics and biometrics, (5) Development of genomic tools and bioinformatics and (6) Reports of Parallel Sessions.

Part I Utilization of genetic resources and pre-breeding

1. Utilization of genebank accessions to improve northern adaptation of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)
2. Wild and primitive common bean populations in the germplasm collection at the MBG-CSIC
3. Patterns of spring growth and phenology in natural populations of Lolium perenne under contrasting field conditions
4. Population structure of red clover ecotypes collected from Europe and Asia
5. Enhancing the sustainable use of Lolium perenne genetic resources from genebanks in plant breeding and research
6. Tetraploid Festuca apennina is prone to produce triploid hybrid progeny when crossed with diploid Festuca pratensis
7. Comparing mitotic and meiotic tetraploid red clover plants for seed yield
8. Domesticating shrubby native legumes for pastures and natural grasslands
9. Effects of temperature on growth during in vitro embryo culture of field bean (Vicia faba var. minor L.)
10. Ecological and agronomic evaluation of Dactylis glomerata subsp. Lobata
11. Yield and genetic composition of Latvian ×Festulolium cultivars and breeding material
12. Genetic variability of the most important traits in alfalfa cultivars under Lithuanian conditions
13. Tetraploid induction in Lolium multiflorum
14. The sense of testing sheep preference in tall fescue variety evaluation
15. Chemical composition of zigzag clover (Trifolium medium L.)
16. Wild and semi natural ecotypes of perennial grasses and legumes - for breeding purposes
17. Breeding for improved seed yield of red clover
Part II Genetic improvement of quality and agronomic traits
18. Breeding forage and grain legumes to increase EU's and China's protein self-sufficiency
19. Identification of loci controlling timing of stem elongation in red clover using GBS of pooled phenotypic extremes
20. Grain yield and morphology of dwarf vs tall white lupin in Mediterranean environments
21. Deciphering grain legumes quality riddle: The genomics of bioactive compounds
22. Manipulation of rumen nitrogen flows by use of Festulolium hybrids in rumen simulation fermenters
23. Paternity test for forage yield improvement in timothy polycross breeding
24. Preliminary estimation of variation of alkaloids content in white lupin (Lupinus albus L.) collection
25. Yields and quality of some perennial legumes in the Czech Republic
Part III Breeding for enhanced stress tolerance
26. Low crown rust resistance in Norwegian material of Lolium perenne and ×Festulolium
27. Unravelling the genetic control of bacterial wilt resistance in ryegrass: achievements, prospects and challenges
28. Genotyping of Festulolium cultivars involved in EUCARPIA multi-site trial using DArT markers and GISH
29. Transcriptomic analysis of drought-sensitive and tolerant genotypes of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)
30. Selection of perennial ryegrass spaced plants in sward conditions
31. Variation in intrinsic water use efficiency between perennial ryegrass genotypes differing for drought tolerance
32. Physiological indicators of tolerance to soil water deficit in Lolium multiflorum/Festuca arundinacea introgression forms
33. Incidence of six grass species by Fusarium sp. as a cause of silvertop
34. Crown rust and brown blight infection of perennial ryegrass cultivars representing three maturity groups
35. Correlation of seed yield and its components and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in the narrow leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.)
36. Seventh Workshop of the EUCARPIA Festulolium Working Group
Part IV Implementation of phenomic and genomic tools in breeding
37. Using LIDAR for forage yield measurement of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) field plots
38. An indoor screening method for reduced fall dormancy in alfalfa
39. Application of multivariate analysis for genotype evaluation in soybean
40. Polymorphism of soybean cultivars and breeding lines revealed by marker Satt100