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Why Alfalfa?
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Alfalfa (or lucerne) is a highly-efficient protein production system. It is a perennial plant that does not die after harvesting but grows back to maturity in five weeks, without flowering, sexual crossing or producing seeds. All new leaves are identical, perfectly natural clones of the ones they replace. The alfalfa biological repertoire also includes vegetative propagation. This allows for ultra-fast multiplication by stem-cutting, producing identical and perfectly natural clones. Alfalfa can be harvested for at least ten times a year for ten years or more, providing 10g of recombinant protein for every square metre of greenhouse space.
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