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Genomic prediction of seasonal forage yield in perennial ryegrass

Grassland Research, 2023
Background Genomic selection has the potential to accelerate genetic gain in perennial ryegrass breeding, provided complex traits such as forage yield can be predicted with sufficient accuracy.
Agnieszka Konkolewska, Steffie Phang, Patrick Conaghan, Dan Milbourne, Aonghus Lawlor, Stephen Byrne   +5 more
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Arachis species: High‐quality forage crops—nutritional properties and breeding strategies to expand their utilization and feeding value

Grassland Research, 2023
Plants of the genus Arachis originated from South America and are cultivated worldwide. The genus Arachis contains 83 species and nine intrageneric taxonomic sections. The cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) belongs to the Arachis section, the forage
Hui Song, Yafeng Huang, Lanlan Ding, Zhenquan Duan, Jiancheng Zhang   +4 more
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Breeding for drought tolerance in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and tall fescue (Lolium arundinaceum [Schreb.] Darbysh.) by exploring genotype by environment by management interactions

Grassland Research, 2023
Background Drought‐tolerant turfgrass cultivars are becoming more important each year as landscape irrigation practices are becoming more restrictive. Methods In this study, we quantified the level of drought tolerance (DT) in perennial ryegrass and tall
Claudio C. Fernandes Filho, Mario H. Murad Leite Andrade, Jose A. Rodrigues Nunes, Joseph Wipff, Debra L. Hignight, Esteban F. Rios, Kevin Kenworthy, Kenneth Hignight   +7 more
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Feed profile analysis of oil palm‐integrated beef cattle farming systems by metabolic energy budgeting and implications for beef production and pastoral system design

Grassland Research, 2023
Background Oil palm is a tropical crop with worldwide plantings approaching 20 million ha and large areas in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
Januarius Gobilik, Hasbudie Baco, Mohd. Azid Kabul, Suhaimi Dollah, Stephen T. Morris, Cory Matthew   +5 more
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The economic value of grassland ecosystem services: A global meta‐analysis

Grassland Research, 2022
Background Grasslands provide a wide variety of ecosystem services that contribute to human wellbeing. While an increasing number of studies are evaluating the monetary value of grassland ecosystem services, most of them focus on specific grassland ...
Huifang Liu, Lingling Hou, Nannan Kang, Zhibiao Nan, Jikun Huang   +4 more
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Inoculation with native grassland soils improves native plant species germination in highly disturbed soil

Grassland Research, 2022
Background Grasslands are globally imperiled, facing continued threats from anthropogenic disturbances. Seeding remains a common grassland restoration method, and yet, is typically met with limited success, partially because soils of degraded systems ...
Eric B. Duell, Karen R. Hickman, Gail W. T. Wilson   +2 more
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Understanding sheep baa‐haviour: Investigating the relationship between pasture and animal grazing patterns

Grassland Research, 2022
Background Grasslands are the primary source of feed for grazing livestock, and as such, knowledge on how to best manage livestock and grasslands, through the use of spatiotemporal modelling, will assist in the long‐term management of a valuable ...
Danica Parnell, Igor Kardailsky, Jacob Parnell, Warwick Brabazon Badgery, Lachlan Ingram   +4 more
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Nutritive value of forages consumed by ruminants during the dry season in the Western Highlands of Cameroon

Grassland Research, 2023
Background In the Western Highlands of Cameroon (WHC), information on the nutritional value of fodder species consumed by ruminants is very limited. Methods Through interviews with farmers and monitoring of animals on the range, information was obtained ...
Leslie Tieubou Tsopgni, Jules Lemoufouet, Felix Meutchieye, Langston Wilfried Edie Nounamo, Camile Nyembo Kondo, Jean Raphaël Kana, Mama Mouchili, Back Armel Feudjio   +7 more
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Agronomic assessment of two populations of intermediate wheatgrass—Kernza® (Thinopyrum intermedium) in temperate South America

Grassland Research, 2022
Background Kernza® intermediate wheatgrass is a perennial grain and forage crop that can provide several ecosystem services. Major research efforts focused on Kernza have taken place in high latitudes.
Andres Locatelli, Lucia Gutierrez, Olivier Duchene, Pablo R. Speranza, Valentin D. Picasso Risso   +4 more
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Morphological and productivity responses of Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) and Guinea grass (Panicum maximum) ecotypes to simulated grazing in a semi‐arid environment

Grassland Research, 2022
Background Livestock production is an economically significant activity in grassland‐based production systems with herbivory, a critical process in modifying plant structure and regulating biomass dynamics in these areas.
Bosco Kidake Kisambo, Oliver V. Wasonga, Oscar K. Koech, George N. Karuku   +3 more
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