Globally, many developing countries are facing silent epidemics of nutritional deficiencies in
human beings and animals. The lack of diversity in diet, ie, cereal-based crops deficient in …

Despite being some of the most important crops globally, there has been limited research on
forages when compared with cereals, fruits, and vegetables. This review summarizes the …

Balanced feeding to livestock can effectively convert the non‐edible forage crops into
human food. Balanced output and input feeding systems further will result in greater animal …

Genetic transformation of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) is critical for fundamental
and translational research in this important grass species. It often relies on Agrobacterium …

Co-expression of diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase (DGAT1) and a lipid droplet-stabilizing
protein called Cys-oleosin (collectively 'HME'technology) increases foliar lipid …

The nutritive value (NV) of perennial ryegrass is an important driver of productivity for
grazing stock; therefore, improving NV parameters would be beneficial to meat and dairy …

Background Commercial cultivars of perennial ryegrass infected with selected Epichloë
fungal endophytes are highly desirable in certain pastures as the resulting mutualistic …

Implementation of molecular biotechnology, such as transgenic technologies, in forage
species can improve agricultural profitability through achievement of higher productivity …

Pastures and crops used for livestock production cover nearly 75% of the world's agricultural
land (~ 3.7 billion ha) and consume> 70% of freshwater extracted annually for irrigation and …

Molecular breeding tools, such as genetic modification, provide forage plant breeders with
the opportunity to incorporate high value traits into breeding programs which, in some cases …