Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (2): 53-58.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2025.02.007

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Advances in the Application of Biotechnology in Forage Breeding

LI Xingyue, YI Fengyan, GUO Chengyu, FANG Yongyu, HE Ruxue, DING Haijun   

  1. Inner Mongolia Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Hohhot 010031,China
  • Received:2024-11-27 Published:2025-07-09

Abstract: As an essential component of modern science and technology, biotechnology has driven significant advancements in the field of breeding. This review discusses the significance of biotechnology in plant breeding, with a particular focus on its application in forage breeding: including advances in tissue culture, molecular markers, genetic engineering, genome-wide association analysis, and genomic selection in improving breeding efficiency, enriching germplasm resources, enhancing stress resistance, and promoting forage quality improvement. In addition, the review analyzes the various challenges currently faced in applying biotechnology to forage breeding, and, combining with the current status of the forage industry and the contemporary context, provides prospects for future research directions in forage breeding, with the aim of providing a reference for the application of biotechnology in this field.

Key words: forage breeding, tissue culture, molecular markers, transgenic technology, gene editing, genome-wide association analysis, genomic selection

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