Key message The full-length transcriptome of alfalfa was analyzed with PacBio single-
molecule long-read sequencing technology. The transcriptome data provided full-length …

Abstract Background Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is the primary forage legume crop species
in the United States and plays essential economic and ecological roles in agricultural …

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is one of the most important forage crops in the world; however, its
molecular genetics and breeding research are hindered due to the lack of a high-quality …

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is the most important legume forage crop worldwide with high
nutritional value and yield. For a long time, the breeding of alfalfa was hampered by lacking …

Abstract Background Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) is an important cool-season legume
plant, which is the most widely planted forage legume after alfalfa. Although a draft genome …

Background Alfalfa is the most widely cultivated forage legume and one of the most
economically valuable crops in the world. The large size and complexity of the alfalfa …

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a globally important forage crop. It also serves as a vegetable
and medicinal herb because of its excellent nutritional quality and significant economic …

Main conclusion Alternative splicing EVENTS were genome-wide identified for four legume
species, and nitrogen fixation-related gene families and evolutionary analysis was also …

Sufficient codominant genetic markers are needed for various genetic investigations in
alfalfa since the species is an outcrossing autotetraploid. With the newly developed next …

Advances in alfalfa [Medicago sativa (L.) subsp. sativa] breeding, molecular genetics, and
genomics have been slow because this crop is an allogamous autotetraploid (2n= 4x= 32) …