supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA26030301);Hohhot Key R&D Project(2023-JBGSS-1),the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U23A200206,32071864,32325035);the Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong(to Chunxiang Fu);the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(ZR202210270038)。
Alfalfa(Medicago sativa.L.)is a globally significant autotetraploid legume forage crop.However,despite its importance,establishing efficient gene editing systems for cultivated alfalfa remains a formidable challenge.I...
The authors thank the reviewers for their valuable comments on this manuscript and gratefully acknowledge the financial support for this study provided by grants from the Collaborative Research Key Project between China and EU(granted by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China,2017YFE0111000);the China Forage and Grass Research System(CARS-34);the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of CAAS(ASTIP-IAS14);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31772656).
Alfalfa(Medicago sativa L.)is the most widely grown forage legume crop worldwide.Yield and plant height are important agronomic traits influenced by genetic and environmental factors.The objective of this study was to...