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Daniel S. Burgess

Alfalfa is the forgotten great crop in the US. As the fourth-largest in the country, behind corn, soybeans and wheat, the bulk of the estimated $6.4 billion annual alfalfa harvest is destined for animal feed as hay. Because little alfalfa makes its way directly to the dinner table, commercial researchers have overlooked it. Unlike corn and soybeans, alfalfa is autotetraploid: The genes that determine the legume's traits are on four chromosomes instead of two. These chromosomes are particularly small -- on the order of 2 to 4 µm. The lack of gastronomic interest and the difficulty in...Read full article

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