The invention relates to the field of biological
agriculture, in particular to application of a
gene MtUMAMIT8 to regulation and control of growth, development and quality of
forage grass. The biological function of the
gene MtUMAMIT8 is identified for the first time, the MtUMAMIT8
gene is screened and locked through multi-
omics analysis, the
phenotype of a homozygous
mutant NF8465 / NF12630 is analyzed, it is proved that the growth of
medicago truncatula is hindered but the
lignin content is reduced due to down-regulation of the gene MtUMAMIT8, it is clear that the gene MtUMAMIT8 positively regulates the growth and development of
medicago truncatula
plant height, the
branch number, the leaf size and the like and negatively regulates
lignin synthesis, and the gene MtUMAMIT8 can be used for identifying the
lignin content of the
medicago truncatula. And a new gene resource is provided for regulating and controlling the growth, development and quality of
forage grass and breeding
forage grass varieties with low lignin content.