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SUBMITTER: De Vega JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4663792 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20151130
Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) is a globally significant forage legume in pastoral livestock farming systems. It is an attractive component of grassland farming, because of its high yield and protein content, nutritional value and ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. Enhancing its role further in sustainable agriculture requires genetic improvement of persistency, disease resistance, and tolerance to grazing. To help address these challenges, we have assembled a chromosome-scale reference ge ...[more]