The economic benefits of forage improvement in the United States

By J. Bouton. Euphytica, 2007

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Achievements and Challenges in Improving Temperate Perennial Forage Legumes (2015, background): “Analysis of trait improvements over time demonstrates the value proposition of forage breeding (Table 1; Bouton, 2007), with notable cases of forage legume improvement giving rise to improved animal performance (Bouton et al.”
Breeding lucerne for persistence (2012, background): “Costs are also responsible for the confinement, at least at this writing, of these technologies to a limited number of forage legume species that have the most profit potential with lucerne being among them (Bouton 2007).”
Biodiversity of fungal endophyte communities inhabiting switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) growing in the native tallgrass prairie of northern Oklahoma (2011, background): “Still, fulfillment of the US Department of Energy’s ambitious goal to replace 30% of petroleum-based transportation fuels with biofuel by 2030 will require more acreage dedicated to bioenergy crops and substantial increases in current productivity levels (Bouton 2007).”