Yonghui Du

Aug 7, 2024 | mdpi.com | Jingyi Ma |Kun Wu |Ang Gao |Yonghui Du

1. IntroductionAlfalfa, often hailed as the “king of forages”, is a high-quality perennial forage legume extensively cultivated around the globe. It serves as a vital source of digestible fibre, particularly beneficial for ruminants like dairy cows, not only providing protein for animal feed but also enhancing sustainable agriculture by contributing nitrogen to the soil when used as a rotational crop [1,2,3].