• CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of a polyester synthase-like gene delays flowering time in alfalfa 

      Galindo Sotomonte, Luisa Fernanda; Jozefkowicz, Cintia; Gomez, Maria Cristina; Stritzler, Margarita; Frare, Romina Alejandra; Bottero, Ana Emilia; Tajima, Hiromi; Blumwald, Eduardo; Ayub, Nicolás Daniel; Soto, Gabriela Cynthia (Springer, 2023-02)
      Alfalfa (Medicago sativa), commonly known as the “Queen of Forages”, is the main source of plant protein for meat and milk production systems worldwide. Since alfalfa is a perennial vegetative-harvest forage, delaying ...
    • Exploring the role of the NO‑detoxifying enzyme HmpA in the evolution of domesticated Alfalfa Rhizobia 

      Frare, Romina Alejandra; Pascuan, Cecilia Gabriela; Galindo Sotomonte, Luisa Fernanda; McCormick, Wayne; Soto, Gabriela Cynthia; Ayub, Nicolás Daniel (Springer, 2022-02)
      We have previously shown the extensive loss of genes during the domestication of alfalfa rhizobia and the high nitrous oxide emission associated with the extreme genomic instability of commercial inoculants. In the present ...