_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ++ Assistant Professor; *Corresponding author: E-mail: sanjeet.23751@lpu.co.in; Int. J. Plant Soil Sci., vol. 35, no. 16, pp. 166-179, 2023 International Journal of Plant & Soil Science Volume 35, Issue 16, Page 166-179, 2023; Article no.IJPSS.101780 ISSN: 2320-7035 Quality Enhancement in Forage Crops of Cereals and Legumes Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Talla a , Sanjeet Singh Sandal b++* , Puneet Walia b++ and A. Sri Vidya a a Genetics and Plant Breeding, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India. b Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/IJPSS/2023/v35i163142 Open Peer Review History: This journal follows the Advanced Open Peer Review policy. Identity of the Reviewers, Editor(s) and additional Reviewers, peer review comments, different versions of the manuscript, comments of the editors, etc are available here: https://www.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/101780 Received: 15/04/2023 Accepted: 17/06/2023 Published: 22/06/2023 ABSTRACT This article focus on quality improvement in forage crops, specifically grasses, cereals, and legumes. As milk and many other by-products obtained from dairy farms, poultry, etc are getting into demand, high-quality forage for livestock production is well recognized, and efforts to improve forage quality can have significant economic and environmental benefits. And an overview of current strategies for quality improvement, including breeding and genetic selection, management practices, and how these practices affect the quality of forage crops such as silica, lignin, and other phenolic components. Use of different breeding methods more over like synthetic cultivars, recurrent selection, etc. the use of biotechnology tools such as RNAi interference, tissue culture, and marker-assisted selection in the particular crop that has been developed for increasing the nutritional value, proteins that present in forage crops, and to decrease the harmful chemicals. Additionally, the paper discusses the challenges associated with quality improvement in forage crops and potential solutions. And about different types of grasses used for different types of cattle as supplements. Limitations that cause obstruction to improving the quality of forage crops. Review Article