Hosted at The James Hutton Institute’s ‘Crop Innovation Centre’ (Invergowrie Campus), this three-day meeting will offer the opportunity to present and discuss a broad range of legume-focused perspectives, spanning arenas that will include, though not be limited to, food- and feed-development, social- and data-sciences, genetics, genomics, plant physiology, plus plant-microbe and plant-soil interactions.

Presentations are encouraged from all stakeholders – and regardless of your position within commercial- or academic-arenas.

The 2026 meeting is also supported by the following projects and businesses –

The Program

While full details may be found on the registration page, for now you may anticipate this will offer the following.

Day 1 – Plenary Talk, and Presentation-day.

Day 2 – Panel Discussion Sessions, Field Trip, Poster Session, Social-dinner & Ceilidh.

Day 3 – Presentations, and Closing Session.

The James Hutton Institute Organising Committee

• Cathy Hawes, Ecologist.
• Chrizelle Krynauw, Plant-Microbe Interactions.
• David Boldrin, Plant-Soil Scientist.
• Derek Stewart, Director of the Advanced Plant Growth Centre.
• Marta Maluk, Plant Biologist.
• Nadia Macgregor Events Engagement Officer.
• Raul Huertas, Plant Molecular Physiologist.
• Pete Iannetta, Research Leader, Agroecology.

You can obtain further details & register for UKLRC’26 HERE