Journal
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00535
Keywords
forage; nutritional enhancement; grass production; legumes; breeding; management
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) [BB/J004588/1, BB/J004561/1]
- John Innes Foundation
- iCASE studentship from the BBSRC [BB/M015203/1]
- British Association of Green Crop Driers Ltd.
- BBSRC [BBS/E/C/00004967, 1654587, BB/P004474/1, BB/L004305/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Despite being some of the most important crops globally, there has been limited research on forages when compared with cereals, fruits, and vegetables. This review summarizes the literature highlighting the significance of forage crops, the current improvements and some of future directions for improving yield and nutritional quality. We make the point that the knowledge obtained from model plant and grain crops can be applied to forage crops. The timely development of genomics and bioinformatics together with genome editing techniques offer great scope to improve forage crops. Given the social, environmental and economic importance of forage across the globe and especially in poorer countries, this opportunity has enormous potential to improve food security and political stability.
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