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About this book
This monograph provides an improved, comprehensive classification and illustrated guide to 87 Medicago species, as well as detailed information on the species useful for breeding improved cultivars. The book is user-friendly, and clear language is employed to explain the extensive technical information included.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Executive summary
- Preface
- Acknowledgements and Dedication
- Color Illustrations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Economic Importance of Medicago
- 3. Genetic Resources
- 4. Biogeography
- 5. Chromosome Evolution
- 6. Interbreeding Barriers
- 7. Adaptations In Medicago
- 8. Coevolution With Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria
- 9. Circumscription of the Genus Medicago and its Classification in the Fabaceae
- 10. Phylogenetic Lineages and their Classification Into Sections and Subsections
- 11. Identification of Species and Infraspecific Taxa
- 12. Medicago sativa L.
- 13. Medicago arabica (L.) Huds.
- 14. Medicago arborea L.
- 15. Medicago archiducis-nicolai Širj.
- 16. Medicago arenicola (Huber-Mor.) E. Small
- 17. Medicago astroites (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Trautv.
- 18. Medicago biflora (Griseb.) E. Small
- 19. Medicago bonarotiana Arc. sensu stricto
- 20. Medicago brachycarpa M. Bieb.
- 21. Medicago cancellata M. Bieb.
- 22. Medicago carica (Huber-Mor.) E. Small
- 23. Medicago carstiensis Jacq.
- 24. Medicago ciliaris (L.) All.
- 25. Medicago citrina (Font Quer) Greuter
- 26. Medicago constricta Durieu
- 27. Medicago coronata (L.) Bart.
- 28. Medicago crassipes (Boiss.) E. Small
- 29. Medicago cretacea M. Bieb.
- 30. Medicago daghestanica Rupr. ex Boiss.
- 31. Medicago disciformis DC.
- 32. Medicago doliata Carmign.
- 33. Medicago edgeworthii Širj.
- 34. Medicago fischeriana (Ser.) Trautv.
- 35. Medicago granadensis Willd.
- 36. Medicago halophila (Boiss.) E. Small
- 37. Medicago heldreichii E. Small
- 38. Medicago heyniana Greuter
- 39. Medicago huberi E. Small
- 40. Medicago hybrida (Pourr.) Trautv.
- 41. Medicago hypogaea E. Small
- 42. Medicago intertexta (L.) Mill.
- 43. Medicago isthmocarpa (Boiss. & Bal.) E. Small
- 44. Medicago italica (Mill.) Grande
- 45. Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill.
- 46. Medicago lanigera Winkl. & B. Fedtsch.
- 47. Medicago laxispira Heyn
- 48. Medicago littoralis Rohde ex Loisel.
- 49. Medicago lupulina L.
- 50. Medicago marina L.
- 51. Medicago medicaginoides (Retz.) E. Small
- 52. Medicago minima (L.) Bartal.
- 53. Medicago monantha (C.A. Mey.) Trautv.
- 54. Medicago monspeliaca (L.) Trautv.
- 55. Medicago murex Willd.
- 56. Medicago muricoleptis Tineo
- 57. Medicago noeana Boiss.
- 58. Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.
- 59. Medicago orthoceras (Kar. & Kir.) Trautv.
- 60. Medicago ovalis (Boiss.) Urb.
- 61. Medicago pamphylica (Huber-Mor. & Širj.) E. Small
- 62. Medicago papillosa Boiss.
- 63. Medicago persica (Boiss.) E. Small
- 64. Medicago phrygia (Boiss. & Balansa) E. Small
- 65. Medicago pironae Vis.
- 66. Medicago platycarpos (L.) Trautv.
- 67. Medicago plicata (Boiss. & Balansa) Širj.
- 68. Medicago polyceratia (L.) Trautv.
- 69. Medicago polymorpha L.
- 70. Medicago popovii (Korovin) Širj.
- 71. Medicago praecox DC.
- 72. Medicago prostrata Jacq.
- 73. Medicago radiata L.
- 74. Medicago retrorsa (Boiss.) E. Small
- 75. Medicago rhodopea Velen.
- 76. Medicago rhytidiocarpa (Boiss & Balansa) E. Small
- 77. Medicago rigida (Boiss. & Balansa) E. Small
- 78. Medicago rigidula (L.) All.
- 79. Medicago rigiduloides E. Small
- 80. Medicago rostrata (Boiss. & Balansa) E. Small
- 81. Medicago rotata Boiss.
- 82. Medicago rugosa Desr.
- 83. Medicago rupestris M. Bieb.
- 84. Medicago ruthenica (L.) Trautv.
- 85. Medicago sauvagei Nègre
- 86. Medicago saxatilis M. Bieb.
- 87. Medicago scutellata (L.) Miller
- 88. Medicago secundiflora Durieu
- 89. Medicago shepardii Post ex Boiss.
- 90. Medicago sinskiae Uljanova
- 91. Medicago soleirolii Duby
- 92. Medicago sphaerocarpos Bertol.
- 93. Medicago strasseri Greuter, Matthäs & Risse
- 94. Medicago suffruticosa Ramond ex DC.
- 95. Medicago syriaca E. Small
- 96. Medicago tenoreana Ser.
- 97. Medicago truncatula Gaertn.
- 98. Medicago turbinata (L.) All.
- Literature Cited
- Glossary
- Guide to Scientific Synonyms of Species
- Comprehensive Index of English Common Names
- Comprehensive Index of French Common Names
- Comprehensive Index of Cultivars Cited in the Monograph
- Back cover