Christian Huyghe

TL;DR: The inheritance of the codominant markers (SSR) and the pattern of linkage repulsions between markers within each homology group are consistent with the hypothesis of a tetrasomic meiosis in alfalfa, indicating a high level of colinearity between these two species.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse forage and grain legume-producing systems since 1950 in order to identify the actual constraints of legume development and point out that high added-value niche markets are required for supporting legume production.

TL;DR: Stability, robustness, vulnerability and resilience have been increasingly applied to analyze the agricultural context in order to predict the system response under changing conditions, and the four concepts are distinguished by the nature of the system components and by the type of perturbation studied.

TL;DR: White lupin is an annual legume traditionally cultivated around the Mediterranean and along the Nile valley where it is used for human consumption, green manuring and as forage, and the recent identification of lime- and high pH-tolerant populations offers new possibilities for breeding and for physiological study.

TL;DR: Large within-cultivar variation for yield-related traits could impart yield stability across environments, as a result of competition in alfalfa canopies, in order to achieve a higher genetic gain per breeding cycle.