Backgrounds and objectives: Wild medics are used as forage crops in dry lands with a mean
of 250 mm or more precipitation in rotations with cereals. In fall sowing, these plants can be …

Awareness of conservation situation in plant genetic resources has a key role in applied
plant research. Medicago is the main foragelegume crop in Iran. A total of 1957 accessions …

Abstract Medicago L.(Fabaceae; Papillionoidae) has high nutritive value, palatability, and
ability to improve the soil fertility which puts it as one of the world's most important forages …

The genus Medicago has its primary center of diversity in the Caucasus, northwestern Iran
and northeastern Turkey. It occurs widely in Africa, where it constitutes a rich and diversified …

Annual medics, the most common legumes in Turkey natural flora, are important resources
in a leyfarming to restore and maintain soil fertility and also to improve rangelands …

Burr medic (Medicago polymorpha L.), a native of the Mediterranean Basin, has become a
worldwide weed. Pasture cultivars have been selected, especially in Australia. The species …

The adaptability for forage production of introduced and indigenous annual medic species
for dry farming systems in Iran was investigated in Maraveh-Tapeh, Golestan Province, in …

Concerning the increasing importance of feeding livestock with valuable fodder, the recent
study was focused on characterizing the genetic and morphological diversity in bur clover …

Abstract Medicago minima (L.) Bartal. is an important rangeland forage and weed, native to
Eurasia and Africa but widely distributed elsewhere. Like dozens of its nearest annual …

To study genetic diversity of alfalfa germplasm and traits affecting yield forage, 30
populations alfalfa were assessed in research field of Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran …