Alongside the use of fertilizer and chemical control of weeds, pests, and diseases modern
breeding has been very successful in generating cultivars that have increased agricultural …

As a plant group, forage legumes present some unique advantages and disadvantages for
ruminant production. When compared to grasses or cereals their main advantages are …

Key message This review explores how speed breeding protocols that hasten plant growth
and development could be applied to shorten breeding cycles and accelerate research …

Despite their ecological, economic and social importance, grasslands in areas with
Mediterranean climates continue to receive limited scientific, political and media attention …

Crop wild relatives represent a valuable resource for the breeding of new crop varieties
suitable for sustainable productivity in conditions of climate change. The aim of the present …

Climate change and its effects on grassland productivity vary across Europe. The
Mediterranean and Nordic regions represent the opposite ends of a gradient of changes in …

Subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) is the most widely sown annual pasture
legume species in southern Australia, valued in the livestock and grains industries as a …

The amounts of foliage nitrogen (N) fixed by various annual and perennial legumes growing
in Australian pastures range from< 10 to> 250 kg N/ha. year. Differences in N2 fixation result …

Fine root endophytes (FRE) are arbuscule-forming fungi presently considered as a single
species—Glomus tenue in the Glomeromycota (Glomeromycotina)—but probably belong …

Use of forage brassicas (Brassica napus) and lucerne (alfalfa; Medicago sativa) as ruminant
feeds has been linked to unacceptable flavors in sheepmeat. Lambs from low and high …