CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGH-DENSITY GENETIC LINKAGE MAP AND IDENTIFICATION OF FLOWERING-RELATED QTL IN ERECT MILKVETCH (ASTRAGALUS ADSURGENS)

Erect milkvetch (Astragalus adsurgens) is a perennial legume forage crop with economic and ecological value in livestock grazing and soil-erosion control in arid and semiarid areas worldwide.Genomic information and molecular tools to support breeding and research in the Blush species are limited.The objectives of this investigation were to map its