The expected move towards more sustainable crop-livestock systems implies wider
cultivation of perennial forage legumes. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa subsp. sativa) is the main …

Background High input costs and environmental pressures to reduce nitrogen use in
agriculture have increased the competitive advantage of legume crops. The symbiotic …

Multicellular organisms produce small cysteine‐rich antimicrobial peptides as an innate
defense against pathogens. While defensins, a well‐known class of such peptides, are …

We present a new version of miRanalyzer, a web server and stand-alone tool for the
detection of known and prediction of new microRNAs in high-throughput sequencing …

Many of the world's most important food legumes are grown in arid and semi-arid regions of
Africa and Asia, where crop productivity is hampered by biotic and abiotic stresses. Until …

Posttranscriptional regulation of a variety of mRNAs by small 21-to 24-nucleotide RNAs,
notably the microRNAs (miRNAs), is emerging as a novel developmental mechanism. In …

M edicago truncatula is a model legume forage crop native to the arid and semi‐arid
environments of the Mediterranean. Given its drought‐adapted nature, it is an ideal …

Genome sequencing of the model legumes, Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus,
provides an opportunity for large-scale sequence-based comparison of two genomes in the …

Several mechanisms are expected to rapidly rid mutualisms of genetic variation in partner
quality. Variation for mutualist quality, however, appears to be widespread. We used a …

Abstract Background Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) is a cool-season grain legume which
provides a rich source of protein for human consumption. In terms of genomic resources …