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

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 …

Progress in the rate of improvement in autopolyploid species has been limited compared
with diploids, mainly because software and methods to apply advanced prediction and …

Genetic improvement through breeding is one of the key approaches to increasing biomass
supply. This paper documents the breeding progress to date for four perennial biomass …

A proper choice of a dissimilarity measure is important in surveys investigating genetic
relationships among germplasm with molecular marker data. The objective of our study was …

Previous research has implied that forage yield in released alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
cultivars declined slightly between 1978 and 1996. Our objective was to compare alfalfa …

Heterotic groups and patterns are of fundamental importance in hybrid breeding. The
objectives of our research were to:(1) investigate the relationship of simple sequence …

The perennial clovers, red (Trifolium pratense L.) and white clover (T. repens L.), have been
important legumes for livestock feeding in the United States during the past century …

White clover (Trifolium repens L.) and red clover (T. pratense L.) are the most important
legumes of temperate pastures. The former is used largely in systems based around sheep …

Alfalfa is planted in more than 30 million hectares worldwide, but despite its popularity in
temperate regions, it is not widely grown in subtropical agroecosystems. It is critical to …