Researchers have sequenced and assembled the DNA of red clover to help breeders improve the beneficial traits of this important forage crop. Before industrial nitrogen fertiliser production (from ...

Red clover (Trifolium pratense) is actually a beautiful plant. Despite the name, the flowers are not red, but a purplish pink ...

Since World War II, the tiny wildflower has been sidelined as a weed and duly killed off by petrochemical herbicides designed for large-scale crop production and perfectly manicured lawns. But the ...

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Protein-rich red clover is allowing a Welsh beef farm to finish cattle at pasture with no supplements. Debbie James finds out more. Monmouthshire beef farmers Mark and Elizabeth Egerton are achieving ...

According to legend, Eve brought a four-leaf clover with her from the Garden of Eden as a reminder of her days in paradise. The Celts of Wales viewed white clover as a good luck charm, capable of ...

The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) in collaboration with IBERS, has sequenced and assembled the DNA of red clover to help breeders improve the beneficial traits of this important forage crop. The ...

Before industrial nitrogen fertiliser production (from fossil fuels), red clover and other legume crops were essential in crop rotation, improving soil fertility. Legumes boost soil nitrate fertility ...