Quantitative Traits Breeding for Multifunctional Grasslands and Turf

Preface.- Part 1. Introduction. 1. Forage and grasslands in a sustainable agriculture: new challenges for breeding; Christian Huyghe, Charles Brummer .- 2. Agriculture, forage crops and grasslands in Serbia: production and breeding; Dejan Sokolovic et al .- Part 2. Genetic diversity among and within species. 3. Ex situ conservation of genetic resources of forage and turf species in the IPK Gene bank at Malchow; Evelin Willner, K.J. Dehmer .- 4. Genetic response to climate scenarios in Dactylis and Festuca of temperate vs Mediterranean origin; Mark Ghesquière et al .- 5. Monitoring of vegetation changes in selected sinkholes in the Moravian karst, Czech Republic; Tomáš Vymyslický, Zdenek Musil .- 6. Evaluation of a diverse collection of red clover germplasm for susceptibility to clover rot ( Sclerotinia trifoliorum ) and other important traits; Tim Vleugels et al .- 7. Variability of alsike clover ( Trifolium hybridum L.) natural populations from Serbia; Mirjana Petrovic et al .- 8. Characterization of some local populations of Medicago minima collected in the Central Steppe of Algeria; Abderrezak Chebouti et al .- 9. Genetic variability of the most important traits in meadow fescue accessions; Snežana Babic et al .- 10. Morphological variation between perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne L.) natural ecotypes; Vilma Kemešyte et al .- 11. Variability of selected traits in the Czech alfalfa core collection; Jan Pelikán et al .- 12. Influence of management and habitat on genotypic and phenotypic diversity of Dactylis glomerata ; Luisa Last et al .- 13. The utilisation of wild Fabaceae species in grasslands; Daniela Knotová et al .- 14. Assessment of susceptibility of different alfalfa genotypes to Colletotrichum destructivum ; Tanja Vasic et al .- 15. TheCzech core collection of M edicago spp.; Tomáš Vymyslický et al .- Part 3. Practical breeding of fodder crops. 16. Variation in cell wall digestibility of perennial ryegrass at heading stage; Frederik van Parijs et al .- 17. Factors influencing animal preference of tall fescue genotypes; Mathias Cougnon et al .- 18. Fair evaluation of yield potential in forage species evaluation; Ulf Feuerstein, Anita Swieter .- 19. Patterns of morphophysiological diversity and their implications for selection of grazing-tolerant Lucerne; Luciano Pecetti et al .- 20. Combining abilities of different alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.) varieties; Jasmina Radovic et al .- 21. Towards productive summer dormant cocksfoot for Mediterranean climates; Philippe Barre et al .- 22. Potential of some neglected European annual legume crops for forage production; Aleksandar Mikic, V. Mihailovic .-  23. New insights into alfalfa forage quality through the research project Qual&Medica; Marilena Paolini et al .- 24. Certain aspects of breeding forage brassicas; Aleksandar Mikic et al .- 25. Evaluation of dormancy and winter hardiness of alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.) experimental lines, obtained by crossing parental lines characterized within the framework of the PERMED project; Valentina Nanni et al .- 26. Breeding perennial ryegrass with enhanced water soluble carbohydrate content; An Ghesquiere, J. Baert .- 27. Resistance of perennial ryegrass to crown and stem rust under field and greenhouse conditions; Radek Machác, Bohumir Cagaš .- 28. Ideotypes of forage pea ( Pisum sativum ) cultivars; Vojislav Mihailovic, A. Mikic .- Part 4. Turf grass breeding. 29. Recent achievements in breeding for turf quality under biotic and abiotic stress; Trygve Aamlid, Vinsent Gensollen .- 30. Evaluation of grass species cultivars and mixturesfor use in high quality lawn tennis courts; Andy Newell .- Part 5. New biotechnology methods in sustainable breeding: strategies and implementation. 31. Characterisation of genetic diversity for resistance and quality traits using molecular tools; Hilde Muylle et al .- 32. Genome sequencing of model and forage legume species: consequences for genetic studies; Bernadette Julier et al .- 33. A genetic association between leaf elongation rate and flowering time in perennial ryegrass; Daniel Thorogood et al .- 34. Inheritance of crown rust resistance in a perennial ryegrass genotype of the cultivar Arvella; Franz Xaver Schubiger, B. Boller .- 35. High density array for SNP genotyping and mapping in tetraploid alfalfa; Yuanhong Han et al .- 36. Variation of cell wall digestibility in fodder grasses with particular focus on a perennial ryegrass  breeding pool; Jost Baert et al .- 37. QTL identification for leaf senescence in perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne L.); Meraluna Canunayon, Daniel Thorogood .- 38. Validation of candidate genes expression profiles during cold acclimation and freezing in perennial ryegrass; Kristina Jonaviciene et al.- 39. Different aspects of shoot branching in red clover; Annemie Van Minnebruggen et al .- 40. AFLP analysis of genetic diversity in an association mapping panel of Lolium perenne L.; Grazina Statkeviciute et al .- 41. Allele frequency of local maize inbred lines ( Zea mays L.); Jasmina Milenkovic et al .- Part 6. Breeding for new roles of multifunctional forage species. 42. Breeding for ‘HealthyHay’: Can we optimise plant polyphenols in legumes for ruminant nutrition, animal health and environmental sustainability?; Irene Mueller-Harvey .- 43. High-throughput genome-wide genotyping to revive the use of natural diversity in forage and turf breeding; Jean Paul Sampoux et al .- 44. Monitoring, analysis and modeling of yield and quality dynamics of Lolium perenne varieties for biogas production; Anita Swieter et al .- 45. Effects of rhizobacterial inoculation of a preceding oat crop on alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.) yield; Dušica Delic et al .- 46. Phalaris arundinacea L.: Variations in seed shattering and related traits in a breeding collection; Karin Förster et al .- 47. Effect of alfalfa cultivar on pollinator visitation, seed yield and yield components; Goran Jevtic et al .- 48. The influence of individual and combined inoculants on development of alfalfa on acidic soil; SnežanaAndjelkovic et al .- 49. Alfalfa genetic variation for biomass production in pure and mixed stands; Amel Maamouri et al .- Part 7. Forage and seed production. 50. Drought effect on yield of perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne L.); Jonas Aper et al .- 51. Optimising stand density and nitrogen fertiliser rates for seed production in the tetraploid Italian ryegrass cultivar K29T; Aleksandar Simic et al .- 52. The influence of climatic conditions on forage yield and quality of certain types of grass; Tihomir Cupic et al .- 53. Indicating soil quality using urease and saccharase activity in abandoned grassland and differently managed crop fields; Ligita Baležentiene .