The expected move towards more sustainable crop-livestock systems implies wider
cultivation of perennial forage legumes. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa subsp. sativa) is the main …

As a plant group, forage legumes present some unique advantages and disadvantages for
ruminant production. When compared to grasses or cereals their main advantages are …

Beef cattle producers seldom use fertilizers for their pastures in tropical regions of Brazil.
Slowly, this is changing but because of the need for repeated applications, N fertilizer is …

Cultivated forage crops are grown on almost 12 million ha on the northern Great Plains. This
paper reviews the benefits of diversifying annual crop rotations with forage crops and …

Cultivated lucerne is the most widely grown forage legume in pastoral agriculture.
Persistence is critical for most pastoral production systems and its definition includes …

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is the most widely grown perennial leguminous forage and is an
essential component of the livestock industry. Previously, the RNAi-mediated down …

Cultivated alfalfa (Medicago sativa L., 2n= 4x= 32), often called “Queen of the
forages”(Barnes et al. 1988), is a tetraploid perennial, open pollinated legume with …

Globally, grasslands have been heavily degraded, more so than any other biome.
Grasslands of the eastern US are no exception to this trend and, consequently, native biota …

Genomic information on alfalfa adaptation to long-term grazing is useful for alfalfa genetic
improvement. In this study, 14 alfalfa populations were collected from long-term grazing sites …

Forage legumes are key components of livestock rations whether grazed or harvested as
hay or silage. The predominant forage legumes grown in humid regions of the US, Canada …