Selection for Yellow Clover Aphid and Pea Aphid Resistance in Red Clover 1

Pea Aphid

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)

Brief Background: Red clover is a legume, which like soy contains "phytoestrogens" (plant-based compounds structurally similar to estradiol, capable of binding to estrogen receptors as an agonist or antagonist). Red clover was traditionally used to treat asthma, pertussis, cancer, and gout. In modern times, isoflavone extracts of red clover are most often used to treat menopausal symptoms, as a...

Red clover (Trifolium pratense).

Genetic modification of plants by the insertion of transgenes can be a powerful experimental approach to answer basic questions about gene product function. This technology can also be used to make improved crop varieties for use in the field. To apply this powerful tool to red clover, an important forage legume, a population of red clover with a high potential for regeneration in tissue cultur...

Selection for Aluminum and Acid-Soil Resistance in White Clover

based studies are conducted, the effects of Al are usually confounded with other factors such as levels of P, Ca, Despite good resistance to acid-soil stresses, white clover (TriMo, Mn, Zn, organic acids, and other soil components folium repens L.) is not found on some acid soils. Our objectives (Edmeades et al., 1995; Villagarcia et al., 2001). An exwere to develop a large-leafed white clover ...

Categorizing sugarcane cultivar resistance to the sugarcane aphid and yellow sugarcane aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae).

Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) in Louisiana is colonized by two aphid species, the sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner), and the yellow sugarcane aphid, Sipha flava (Forbes) (Hemiptera: Aphididae). The main problem associated with M. sacchari is transmission of sugarcane yellow leaf virus, a casual agent of yellow leaf disease whose absence has been added to certification standards for m...