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Fostering in situ conservation of wild relatives of forage crops

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Most plant conservation strategies generally overlook the intra-specific genetic diversity of crop gene pools. Focusing on forage crops and their wild relatives, we present a novel approach to address the conservation of these species on meadows.
Christina Kägi, Blaise Petitpierre, Philipp Meyer, Yvonne Lötscher, Stefan Eggenberg, Sylvain Aubry   +5 more
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Progress and Challenges in Ex Situ Conservation of Forage Germplasm: Grasses, Herbaceous Legumes and Fodder Trees [PDF]

Plants, 2020
Forages provide an important livestock feed resource globally, particularly for millions of smallholder farmers, and have important roles in natural resource management and carbon sequestration, reducing soil erosion and mitigating the effects of climate
Jean Hanson, Richard H. Ellis
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Forage conservation is a neglected nitrous oxide source. [PDF]

PNAS Nexus
Abstract Agricultural activities are the major anthropogenic source of nitrous oxide (N2O), an important greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance. However, the role of forage conservation as a potential source of N2O has rarely been studied.
Yang S, Mahmood M, Baral R, Wu H, Almloff M, Stanton LE, Min D, Smiley BK, Iiams JC, Yu J, Im J.   +10 more
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Biological Inoculants in Forage Conservation

Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2023
3rd generation biological inoculants –containing lactic acid bacteria and enzymes – are prefered nowadays in order to coordinate the fermentation in such a way that they increase lactic acid production by leaps and bounds at the beginning of the ...
Judit Peter Szucs, Agnes Suli, Attila Meszaros, Zoltán Avasi   +3 more
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Nitrogen fertilization increases the growth and nutritional quality of the forage legume, Calobota sericea – A preliminary investigation

Heliyon, 2023
Calobota sericea is being evaluated as a forage for drought stressed areas. The nutritional quality of C. sericea from native populations are poor, and this is believed to be due to poor soil fertility.
Ethan Britz, Lilburne Cyster, Igshaan Samuels, Clement Cupido, Letty Masemola, Nothando Ngcobo, Fortune Manganyi, Francuois Müller   +7 more
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Influence of Pyroligneous Acid on Fermentation Parameters, CO2 Production and Bacterial Communities of Rice Straw and Stylo Silage

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a primary greenhouse gas and the main cause of global warming. Respiration from plant cells and microorganisms enables CO2 to be produced during ensiling, a method of moist forage preservation applied worldwide.
Xiang Guo, Peng Zheng, Xuan Zou, Xiaoyang Chen, Qing Zhang   +4 more
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Exploring Lactobacillus plantarum on Fermentation Quality, Gas Emissions, and In Vitro Digestibility of Different Varieties of Litchi Leaves Silage

Fermentation, 2023
To investigate the feasibility of developing litchi leaves as silage, we determined the fermentation quality of four varieties of litchi leaves (including “Wanpu”, “Wuyejiu”, “Tongzai” and “Zhuangyuanhong”) ensiled with or without Lactobacillus plantarum
Dandan Chen, Yuxin Zhou, Dan Yang, Wei Zhou, Xiaoyang Chen, Qing Zhang   +5 more
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Effects of pyroligneous acid as silage additive on fermentation quality and bacterial community structure of waste sugarcane tops

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture, 2022
This article intends to improve the recycling of waste sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) tops and the value-added utilization of pyroligneous acid. Fresh sugarcane tops can be used by ruminants, but they are prone to dehydration and mildew during storage,
Shuo Wu, Cheng Wang, Dandan Chen, Wei Zhou, Xiaoyang Chen, Mingya Wang, Qing Zhang   +6 more
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Seed Germination and Early Seedling Growth Responses to Drought Stress in Annual Medicago L. and Trifolium L. Forages

Agronomy, 2022
Climate change in the Mediterranean-like regions of South Africa has resulted in increased rainfall variability, a delayed start to the wet winter season, and increased occurrences of out-of-season summer rainfall events.
Francuois Müller, Letty Masemola, Ethan Britz, Nothando Ngcobo, Stephen Modiba, Lilburne Cyster, Igshaan Samuels, Clement Cupido, Lincoln Raitt   +8 more
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Effect of the presence of plateau pikas on the ecosystem services of alpine meadows [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2022
The activity of small mammalian herbivores influences grassland ecosystem services in arid and semi-arid regions. Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) was considered to be a focal organism to investigate the effect of small mammalian herbivores on meadow ...
Y. Y. Chen, H. Yang, G. S. Bao, X. P. Pang, Z. G. Guo   +4 more
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