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Ryegrasses

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Transgenic Crops VI

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 61))

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Abstract

Pasture occupies more land area than any other crop and is of tremendous value as livestock feed. Ryegrasses are among the most important forage plants in the world. The demand for high-quality pasture grasses continues to grow. Elite grasses need to demonstrate high yield and forage quality as well as tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress. Functional genomics greatly increases our understanding of mechanisms that determine the genetic, molecular and biochemical bases for economically important traits in forage plants. This requires a multi-disciplinary approach that exploits advances in molecular genetics, functional genomics and computational biology, as well as close collaboration with plant breeders. This review focuses on different aspects of ryegrass biotechnology including in vitro plant regeneration, genetic transformation and knowledge of the molecular basis for quality traits in ryegrass and ryegrass endophytes that will enable the development of plants with enhanced forage quality, yield and stress tolerance.

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(2007). Ryegrasses. In: Pua, EC., Davey, M. (eds) Transgenic Crops VI. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 61. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71711-9_21

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