• A comparison of procedures for evaluating and selecting alfalfa landrace germplasm for tolerance to salinity 

      Pecetti, Luciano; Tlahig, Samir; Confalonieri, Massimo; Cornacchione, Monica; Hayek, Taoufik; Prieto Angueira, Salvador; Annicchiarico, Paolo (Wiley, 2024-05)
      In arid and semiarid regions, salinity may affect alfalfa (Medicago sativa) productivity and survival due to either cultivation on salt-affected soils or the use of salinized irrigation water. Exploiting germplasm evolved ...
    • Alfalfa genomic selection for different stress-prone growing regions 

      Annicchiarico, Paolo; Nazzicari, Nelson; Bouizgaren, Abdelaziz; Hayek, Taoufik; Laouar, Meriem; Cornacchione, Monica; Basigalup, Daniel Horacio; Monterrubio Martin, Cristina; Brummer, Edward Charles; Pecetti, Luciano (Wiley, 2022-10)
      Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) selection for stress-prone regions has high priority for sustainable crop–livestock systems. This study assessed the genomic selection (GS) ability to predict alfalfa breeding values for ...
    • Genome-enabled and phenotypic selection of alfalfa for widely-diversified cropping environments 

      Annicchiarico, Paolo; Nazzicari, Nelson; Bouizgaren, Abdelaziz; Hayek, Taoufik; Laouar, Meriem; Cornacchione, Monica; Basigalup, Daniel Horacio; Brummer, Edward Charles; Pecetti, Luciano (2018-11-11)
      The decrease of rainfall amount due to climate change, and the reduction of irrigation water caused by growing water demand for non-agricultural uses, emphasize the importance of breeding novel alfalfa varieties that are ...
    • Genomic selection for lucerne biomass yield in di erent stressprone environments 

      Annicchiarico, Paolo; Nazzicari, Nelson; Pecetti, Luciano; Hayek, Taoufik; Bouizgaren, Abdelaziz; Laouar, Meriem; Brummer, Edward Charles; Cornacchione, Monica; Basigalup, Daniel Horacio (Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2019-06-24)
      Climate change and reduced irrigation water emphasize the need for lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) varieties with improved yield under drought and saline conditions. Marker-based selection may o!er opportunities, owing to low ...