ReviewJournal of applied genetics2011
Biotechnological advancements in alfalfa improvement.
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- Medicago sativa's antixenotic and antibiotic resistance mechanisms differentially impact three members of the Bemisia tabaci species complex.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Manipulation of WUSCHEL orthologue expression improves the forage yield and quality in Medicago.Plant biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- Improved Protocol for EfficientPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Analyzing Medicago spp. seed morphology using GWAS and machine learning.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Biosynthesis and metabolic engineering of isoflavonoids in model plants and crops: a review.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Review
- AlfalfaInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Identification and Characterization of Regulatory Pathways Controlling Dormancy Under Lower Temperature in Alfalfa (Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Identification and characterization of regulatory pathways involved in early flowering in the new leaves of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) by transcriptome analysis.BMC plant biology · 2021Article
- iTRAQ-based comparative proteomic analysis of differences in the protein profiles of stems and leaves from two alfalfa genotypes.BMC plant biology · 2020Article
- Proteomics integrated with metabolomics: analysis of the internal causes of nutrient changes in alfalfa at different growth stages.BMC plant biology · 2018Article
- Harnessing the Potential of Forage Legumes, Alfalfa, Soybean, and Cowpea for Sustainable Agriculture and Global Food Security.Frontiers in plant science · 2018Review
- Silicon Priming Created an Enhanced Tolerance in Alfalfa (Frontiers in plant science · 2018Article
- The Use of Gene Modification and Advanced Molecular Structure Analyses towards Improving Alfalfa Forage.International journal of molecular sciences · 2017Review
- Functional characterization of a gibberellin receptor and its application in alfalfa biomass improvement.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Assessment of Stress Tolerance, Productivity, and Forage Quality in TFrontiers in plant science · 2016Article
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Abstract
Review of biotechnology research in alfalfa shows that molecular techniques are extensively being used for basic and applied research toward alfalfa improvement. Biotechnological approaches have been used in two major areas, genomics and transgenics. In genomics, molecular markers, structural and functional genomics allowed identification of genes of interest and their regulatory components. Alfalfa being obstinate to genetic and genomic analysis, comparative genomics is used for molecular and genetic dissection of various plant processes in alfalfa. Alternatively, transgenic approach involves incorporation of specific and useful genes into alfalfa to improve the traits of interest. Input traits to improve agronomic performance and output traits to improve forage quality, or to produce novel industrial/pharmaceutical proteins, are the focus of current transgenic research in alfalfa. However, transgenic approach is controversial requiring cautious experimental design to combat bioisafety concerns. Ideally, forage alfalfa needs to possess more fermentable carbohydrates, proteins with balanced amino acid profile that degrade slower in rumen, improved winter hardiness, better water use efficiency, pest resistance and no anti-quality factors. Concerted efforts are required to bring together maximum of these characteristic features into the alfalfa plant.
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