• The Project
    • Project in a nutshell
    • Work Packages
    • Partners
    • Stakeholders
    • Sister Projects
  • Flagship Crops
    • Wheat
    • Barley
    • Pea
    • Lettuce
    • Brassicas
  • News and Events
  • Participatory Science
    • iNaturalist
    • Seed-collecting campaign
  • Resources
    • Brochure
    • Publications
    • Deliverables
    • Practice Abstracts
    • Video
  • Contact
  • Newsletter

Building crop resilience using prickly lettuce, a wild relative of lettuce

Building crop resilience using prickly lettuce, a wild relative of lettuce

by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Mar 30, 2026 | lettuce, news

Environmental pressures and limited natural resources are forcing agriculture to produce higher yields while using less water and fertilizer. Although lettuce has been extensively bred for taste, texture, and yield, this process has left it vulnerable to nutrient...

Recent Posts

  • 2: Flagship crops: Brassica – From Wild Relatives to Future Crops
  • 1: From Wild Diversity to Resilient Agriculture: 2.5 Years of Progress and Impact
  • D6.3 – Practice Abstract BATCH 2
  • 20 – Benefits of Crop Wild Relatives in-situ conservation to ruralcommunities – CWRs as a key player for active, innovative and outdoor rural education
  • 19 – Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) for Crop Wild Relatives – Standardizing CWRs identification globally

Recent Comments

No comments to show.

Subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates from the Cousin project and read articles on the topic of Crop Wild Relatives!

Success!

Subscribe

COUSIN has been funded from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Grant Agreement N°101135314
This website only reflects the views of the authors and its sole responsibility lies with the COUSIN project.
REA is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow

info: info@cousinproject.eu

Project coordinator : URJC – Christian Schöb