High-quality genome assembly and genotype diversity of <i>Medicago sativa</i> ssp. <i>Falcata</i>

Yizhi Huang; Yiwei Bai; Jiaqi Yang; Junyi He; Yuanhao Yu; Xiaojing Bi; Tianzuo Wang; Yidong Yu; Yunwei Zhang; Hui Wang

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2026.03.008

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High-quality genome assembly and genotype diversity of Medicago sativa ssp. Falcata

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2026.03.008

a. College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
b. State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China;
c. Ordos Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Ordos, Inner Mongolia 017000, China

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This study was supported by the Major Scientific and Technological Project on the Forage Industry in Ordos (2025ESC09), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32441028 and 32330070).

Received Date: 2025-11-03
Accepted Date: 2026-03-10
Rev Recd Date: 2026-03-09

Available Online: 2026-03-16

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