Economically, legumes (Fabaceae) represent the second most important family of crop
plants after the grass family, Poaceae. Grain legumes account for 27% of world crop …

The Leguminosae, the third–largest angiosperm family, has a global distribution and high
ecological and economic impor tance. We examine how the legume systematic research …

Best known as an animal feed, Alfalfa Medicago sativa is one of the most important and
widely produced livestock crops grown throughout the temperate world." Alfalfa and …

Covering: up to the end of 2013 The genus Medicago, a member of the legume (Fabaceae)
family, comprises 87 species of flowering plants, including the forage crop M. sativa (alfalfa) …

Astragalus, a highly diverse genus of flowering plants with its highest center of diversity in
West Asia, is a classic example of rapid species-level radiation and adaptation to a diversity …

Astragalus, as the largest genus of the flowering plants, is well-known for its high species
richness and morphological diversity. Previous studies suggested that many of the …

Medicago ruthenica has been recently cultivated as a new forage crop and has been
recognized as a source of genes to improve abiotic stress tolerance in cultivated alfalfa …

A bacterial strain, designated T173T, was previously isolated from a root-nodule of a
Melilotus albus plant growing in Canada and identified as a novel Ensifer lineage that …

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is a perennial forage legume that is widely distributed all over the
world; therefore, it has an extremely complex genetic background. Though population …

Trigonella foenum-graecum is a plant of considerable value for its nutritive composition as
well as medicinal effects. This study aims to examine Trigonella seeds using a metabolome …