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

Substantial improvements in access to food and increased purchasing power are driving
many people toward consuming nutrition-rich foods causing an unprecedented demand for …

Chromosomal regions associated with marker segregation distortion in rice were compared
based on six molecular linkage maps. Mapping populations were derived from one …

Simple sequence repeats (SSRs), or microsatellites, are a new class of PCR-based DNA
markers for genetic mapping. The objectives of the present study were to develop SSR …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), a perennial and outcrossing species, is a widely planted forage
legume for hay, pasture and silage throughout the world. Currently, alfalfa breeding relies on …

Abstract Background Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is a major forage crop. The genetic progress
is slow in this legume species because of its autotetraploidy and allogamy. The genetic …

Members of Leguminosae (legumes), the third largest family of flowering plants, are
cosmopolitan in distribution, diverse in form, and of considerable ecological, agricultural …

Abstract Background The legume Medicago truncatula has emerged as a model plant for the
molecular and genetic dissection of various plant processes involved in rhizobial …

Comparative genome analysis has been performed between alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and
pea (Pisum sativum), species which represent two closely related tribes of the subfamily …