Recent progress in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) genomics and genomic selection

Alfalfa (M. sativa L.) is a highly valuable forage crop, providing >58 Mt of hay, silage, and pasture each year in the United States. As alfalfa is an outcrossing autotetraploid crop, however, breeding for enhanced agronomic traits is challenging and progress has historically not been rapid. Meth...

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Main Authors: Charles Hawkins, Long-Xi Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2018-12-01
Series:Crop Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214514118300217