Biotechnological Perspectives of Omics and Genetic Engineering Methods in Alfalfa

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.00592/full" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.00592/full</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00592" target="_blank" >10.3389/fpls.2020.00592</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Biotechnological Perspectives of Omics and Genetic Engineering Methods in Alfalfa

Original language description

For several decades, researchers are working to develop improved major crops with better adaptability and tolerance to environmental stresses. Forage legumes have been widely spread in the world due to their great ecological and economic values. Abiotic and biotic stresses are main factors limiting legume production, however, alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) shows relatively high level of tolerance to drought and salt stress. Efforts focused on alfalfa improvements have led to the release of cultivars with new traits of agronomic importance such as high yield, better stress tolerance or forage quality. Alfalfa has very high nutritional value due to its efficient symbiotic association with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, while deep root system can help to prevent soil water loss in dry lands. The use of modern biotechnology tools is challenging in alfalfa since full genome, unlike to its close relative barrel medic (Medicago truncatula Gaertn.), was not released yet. Identification, isolation, and improvement of genes involved in abiotic or biotic stress response significantly contributed to the progress of our understanding how crop plants cope with these environmental challenges. In this review, we provide an overview of the progress that has been made in high-throughput sequencing, characterization of genes for abiotic or biotic stress tolerance, gene editing, as well as proteomic and metabolomics techniques bearing biotechnological potential for alfalfa improvement.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000827" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000827: Plants as a tool for sustainable global development</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Plant Science

ISSN

1664-462X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

MAY

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

"592-1"-"592-22"

UT code for WoS article

000539463900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85085887460