Because " S . medicae " associates well with plants in the " Medicago " genus and increases plants growth, crop fields are commonly inoculated with the bacteria in addition to or in replacement of synthetic fertilizers.
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The species " Medicago truncatula " is a model legume due to its relatively small stature, small genome ( 450 500 Mbp ), short generation time ( about 3 months ), and ability to reproduce both by outcrossing and selfing.
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SRG1 RNA is unrelated to Senescence Related Gene 1 ( SRG1 ), a protein-coding gene found in " Arabidopsis thaliana ", and is also distinct from Stress Response Gene 1 ( SRG1 ) found in " Medicago sativa ".
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While the climate is generally cooler than in the prairies, the climate is still mild and dry enough to support large-scale farming of crops such as canola ( Brassica napsus ), alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ) and wheat ( Triticum aestivum ), and livestock grazing.
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Her current research uses molecular, genetic, and biochemical techniques to study the early stages of symbiosis between " Sinorhizobium meliloti " and its host plants in the genus " Medicago " . " Rhizobium " cells recognize and form nodules on their plant hosts.
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Main host plants are various legumes ( Fabaceae ), especially common broom ( " Sarothamnus scoparius " ) and dyer s greenweed ( " Genista tinctoria " ), but also alfalfa ( " Medicago sativa " ), vetches ( Vicia species ), sweet-clover ( Melilotus species ), crownvetches ( Coronilla species ) sainfoins ( Onobrychis species ), lupin ( Lupinus species ) and others.
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Prey items recorded at Lake Cowal include freshwater crustaceans such as the common yabby ( " Cherax destructor " ), shrimp of the genus " Macrobrachium " and family Atyidae, insects, particularly aquatic bugs of the families Notonectidae and Corixidae, fish such as mosquitofish ( " Gambusia affinis " ) and goldfish ( " Carassius auratus " ), and oocasionally freshwater snails and plant material such as medic burr ( " Medicago polymorpha " ).
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Prey items recorded at Lake Cowal include freshwater crustaceans such as the common yabby ( " Cherax destructor " ); shrimp of the genus " Macrobrachium " and family Atyidae; insects, particularly aquatic bugs of the families Notonectidae and Corixidae; fish such as mosquitofish ( " Gambusia affinis " ) and flathead gudgeon ( " Philypnodon grandiceps " ); and occasionally freshwater snails and plant material such as medic burr ( " Medicago polymorpha " ).
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The results show that there is no one " true " species of shamrock, but that " Trifolium dubium " ( Lesser clover ) is considered to be the shamrock by roughly half of Irish people, and " Trifolium repens " ( White clover ) by another third, with the remaining fifth split between " Trifolium pratense ", " Medicago lupulina ", " Oxalis acetosella " and various other species of " Trifolium " and " Oxalis ".
