Medicago is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as medick or burclover, in the legume family (Fabaceae). It contains at least 87 species. The genus name is based on the Latin name for that plant, medica, from Greek: μηδική (πόα) Median (grass).
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Medicago sativa
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Medicago truncatula
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Medicago lupulina
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Scientists figured out exactly how plants like clover relatives tell the difference between short and long fragments of chitin, a molecule found in fungal cell walls and insect shells, allowing them to trigger immune defenses only when the threat signal is substantial.
If you've ever watched plants struggle near a salted sidewalk or in coastal soil, this points to a real path for breeding...
If you compost at home, this confirms that what you feed the pile (not just how much) decides whether it heats up properly and...
The nitrogen-fixing nodules on your beans' and peas' roots run on hundreds of specialized genes, and figuring out which ones...
If you've got a compost pile or raised bed near industrial fill, this is a reminder that some common forage plants are...
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Alfalfa feeds the cattle and horses behind much of the milk, cheese, and hay we rely on, and it also enriches soil with...
If you've ever watched plants struggle in soil near concrete foundations or in dry, mineral-heavy patches of yard, this gene...
The dry beans, peas, and soybeans you grow or cook with flower on a schedule tuned by genes unique to legumes, which is...
Alfalfa feeds livestock across the world's grasslands, so a gene that helps it survive drought without wilting or dying means...
The clover and ryegrass mixes grazing animals depend on for feed are notoriously resistant to lab modification, which is part...
If you grow potatoes in your own garden, the weeds and nearby alfalfa or grain fields around you are quietly stocking the...
If you garden near an old industrial site or on soil with a history of heavy use, this points to a low-cost,...
Alfalfa feeds dairy cattle, so what happens in that soil-to-plant pathway can ripple into the milk supply, and this study...
The alfalfa cover crop in a garden bed or farm field could someday double as a plastic-degrading partner, breaking down stray...
The hay in that roadside field or your local dairy farm's feed supply depends on breeders finding better alfalfa faster, and...
The wheat, rice, and barley fields that make up most of the world's calories could become more drought-tolerant if breeders...
Soil near old orchards, golf courses, and former chicken farms is often quietly loaded with arsenic from decades of pesticide...
Fields near old industrial sites, roadsides, and heavily fertilized farms often carry hidden cadmium loads that silently move...
Native Chilean trees like the ulmo and quillay — whose pollen this dataset captures in unprecedented detail — are keystones of...
If you grow leafy greens in pots or raised beds where salts build up over time from tap water and fertilizers, this research...
Farmers growing the alfalfa, corn, and pecan crops that feed your region's food supply are being squeezed by droughts that...
The potato in your garden likely carries four copies of every gene — meaning breeders have to knock out all four to change a...
Tomatoes engineered with a tweak to their microbial-partnership genes could grow with stronger built-in disease resistance,...
A naturally occurring soil fungus could replace or reduce fungicides on the alfalfa fields that feed the dairy cows and beef...
The beans and peas in your garden naturally fertilize themselves by recruiting soil bacteria — and this study reveals the...
Alfalfa is a cornerstone of both agriculture and backyard ecosystems — it feeds livestock, fixes nitrogen in soil, and its...
Bacteria living in legume roots do the invisible work of turning air into plant food, potentially replacing synthetic...
It means that what you grew in your garden or farm field last season could be quietly sabotaging what you're trying to grow...
If you grow leafy greens in pots or raised beds where salts build up over time from tap water and...
