Abstract 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 …

Key message The efficiency of phenotype-based assessments of plant variety protection
and registration could be improved by the integration of DNA-based testing. We review the …

Identification of plant variety and cultivar is pivotal in the agricultural sector due to the
abundance of plant varieties and cultivars developed in many crop species. However, plant …

Background Cotton germplasm resources contain beneficial alleles that can be exploited to
develop germplasm adapted to emerging environmental and climate conditions. Accessions …

Breeders persistently supply farmers with the best varieties in order to exceed consumer
demand through plant-breeding processes that are resource-intensive. In order to motivate …

Plant genebanks contain large numbers of germplasm accessions that likely harbor useful
alleles or genes absent in commercial plant breeding programs. Broadening the genetic …

Legume crops are relevant globally to the feeding and the nutrition of humans and animals
because of their relatively high seed content of protein and essential amino acids …

China's and Europe's dependence on imported protein is a threat to the food self-sufficiency
of these regions. It could be solved by growing more legumes, including alfalfa that is the …

Background Genomic studies such as genome-wide association and genomic selection
require genome-wide genotype data. All existing technologies used to create these data …

Distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) testing of cultivars through morphological
descriptors is an important and compulsory part of soybean breeding. Molecular markers are …