Sainfoin ( Onobrychis viciifolia ) is a forage legume crop with resurgent popularity due to its anti-bloating and anthelmintic properties attributed to its relatively high content of condensed tannins. Although this property of sainfoin is desirable, sainfoin lags behind other popular forage crops in attributes, such as biomass yield, waterlogging tolerance, and stand persistence. Traditional breeding efforts to improve sainfo...

Main conclusion A haplotype-resolved, chromosome-scale AAC Mountainview sainfoin genome sequence along with organelle assemblies, methylome, and comparative tissue/stress-specific transcriptomes provide a solid foundation to support downstream sainfoin breeding efforts. Abstract Sainfoin ( Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.) is an outcrossing, perennial forage crop valued for its leguminous nature, nutritional quality, palatability,...