Benefits of condensed tannins in forage legumes fed to ruminants: Importance of structure, concentration, and diet composition

I Mueller-Harvey, G Bee, F Dohme-Meier… - Crop …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Condensed tannins (CTs) account for up to 20% of the dry matter in forage legumes used as
ruminant feeds. Beneficial animal responses to CTs have included improved growth, milk …

Interactions between nutrition and infections with Haemonchus contortus and related gastrointestinal nematodes in small ruminants

H Hoste, JFJ Torres-Acosta, J Quijada… - Advances in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Interactions between host nutrition and feeding behaviour are central to understanding the
pathophysiological consequences of infections of the digestive tract with parasitic …

Drought reduces floral resources for pollinators

BB Phillips, RF Shaw, MJ Holland, EL Fry… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is predicted to result in increased occurrence and intensity of drought in
many regions worldwide. By increasing plant physiological stress, drought is likely to affect …

The use of gamma irradiation in plant mutation breeding

R Beyaz, M Yildiz - Plant engineering, 2017 - books.google.com
In plant breeding programs, one of the oldest methods is mutation breeding. Currently,
mutation breeding has became popular among the breeders and scientists again with its …

Advanced phenotyping offers opportunities for improved breeding of forage and turf species

A Walter, B Studer, R Kölliker - Annals of botany, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Advanced phenotyping, ie the application of automated, high-
throughput methods to characterize plant architecture and performance, has the potential to …

Plants are less negatively affected by flooding when growing in species‐rich plant communities

AJ Wright, H de Kroon, EJW Visser… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Flooding is expected to increase in frequency and severity in the future. The ecological
consequences of flooding are the combined result of species‐specific plant traits and …

Impact of condensed tannin-containing legumes on ruminal fermentation, nutrition, and performance in ruminants: a review

BM Kelln, GB Penner, SN Acharya… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Legume forages, such as sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.) and birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus
corniculatus L.), can increase the forage quality and quantity of Western Canadian pastures …

Impact of variation in structure of condensed tannins from sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) on in vitro ruminal methane production and fermentation characteristics

B Hatew, E Stringano, I Mueller‐Harvey… - Journal of Animal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Our study investigated the effects of condensed tannins (CT) on rumen in vitro methane (CH
4) production and fermentation characteristics by incubating lucerne in buffered rumen fluid …

In Situ Analysis and Structural Elucidation of Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) Tannins for High-Throughput Germplasm Screening

A Gea, E Stringano, RH Brown… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2011 - ACS Publications
A rapid thiolytic degradation and cleanup procedure was developed for analyzing tannins
directly in chlorophyll-containing sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) plants. The technique …

Therapeutic potential of temperate forage legumes: a review

L Cornara, J Xiao, B Burlando - Critical reviews in food science …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The discovery of bioactive molecules from botanical sources is an expanding field,
preferentially oriented to plants having a tradition of use in medicine and providing high …