The present application relates to the field of biological
agriculture, and in particular to the application of the
gene MtUMAMIT8 in regulating the growth and 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, and the
phenotype of the homozygous
mutant NF8465 / NF12630 is analyzed, confirming that the down-regulation of the gene MtUMAMIT8 leads to the growth of
Medicago truncatula being hindered but the
lignin content being reduced, and that the gene MtUMAMIT8 positively regulates the growth and development of the
plant height,
branch number and leaf size of
Medicago truncatula and negatively regulates the synthesis of
lignin, thereby providing a new gene resource for regulating the growth and development and quality of
forage grass and breeding
forage grass varieties with low
lignin content.