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Perennial Kernza cropping promotes rhizosphere microbiome stability and endophyte recruitment compared to annual wheat [PDF]

Environmental Microbiomes
Background Perennial cropping systems are increasingly recognized for their potential to enhance microbial biodiversity and beneficial soil functions compared to annual crops.
Tomislav Cernava, Frank Rasche, Roland C Wilhelm   +2 more
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Deep-rooted perennial crops differ in capacity to stabilize C inputs in deep soil layers [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2022
Comprehensive climate change mitigation necessitates soil carbon (C) storage in cultivated terrestrial ecosystems. Deep-rooted perennial crops may help to turn agricultural soils into efficient C sinks, especially in deeper soil layers. Here, we compared
Leanne Peixoto, Jørgen E. Olesen, Lars Elsgaard, Kirsten Lønne Enggrob, Callum C. Banfield, Michaela A. Dippold, Mette Haubjerg Nicolaisen, Frederik Bak, Huadong Zang, Dorte Bodin Dresbøll, Kristian Thorup-Kristensen, Jim Rasmussen   +11 more
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The use of wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium) in breeding [PDF]

Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции, 2022
Wheatgrass (Th. intermedium) has been traditionally used in wheat breeding for obtaining wheat-wheatgrass hybrids and varieties with introgressions of new genes for economically valuable traits.
I. V. Pototskaya, V. P. Shamanin, A. N. Aydarov, A. I. Morgounov   +3 more
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Abiotic and biotic context dependency of perennial crop yield. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2020
Perennial crops in agricultural systems can increase sustainability and the magnitude of ecosystem services, but yield may depend upon biotic context, including soil mutualists, pathogens and cropping diversity.
Thomas P McKenna, Liz Koziol, James D Bever, Timothy E Crews, Benjamin A Sikes   +4 more
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Metabolome fingerprinting reveals the presence of multiple nitrification inhibitors in biomass and root exudates of Thinopyrum intermedium [PDF]

Plant-Environment Interactions
Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) encompasses primarily NH4+‐induced release of secondary metabolites to impede the rhizospheric nitrifying microbes from performing nitrification.
Sulemana Issifu, Prashamsha Acharya, Jochen Schöne, Jasmeet Kaur‐Bhambra, Cecile Gubry‐Rangin, Frank Rasche   +5 more
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Early interspecific dynamics, dry matter production and nitrogen use in Kernza (Thinopyrum intermedium) – alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) mixed intercropping

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section B Soil and Plant Science, 2020
The global interest in growing perennial grain crops such as intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium) (Kernza) for production of food and feed is increasing. Intercropping Kernza with legumes may be a sustainable way of supplying nitrogen to soil
Erik Steen Jensen, Yingjun Zhang, Linda-Maria Dimitrova Mårtensson   +2 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.
Valentin Picasso, Zeng-Yu Wang, Andres Locatelli   +2 more
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Community structure of soil fungi in a novel perennial crop monoculture, annual agriculture, and native prairie reconstruction. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2020
The use of perennial crop species in agricultural systems may increase ecosystem services and sustainability. Because soil microbial communities play a major role in many processes on which ecosystem services and sustainability depend, characterization ...
Thomas P McKenna, Timothy E Crews, Laura Kemp, Benjamin A Sikes   +3 more
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Applied Research Note: Effects of grinding and pelleting Kernza grain on subsequent particle size, flowability, and pellet durability index

Journal of Applied Poultry Research
SUMMARY: Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of Kernza grain on particle size, flowability, and pellet durability index (PDI). An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of grinding Kernza grain on subsequent particle size ...
Chad Paulk
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Nutritional Quality of Early-Generation Kernza Perennial Grain

Agriculture (Switzerland)
Grain from improved varieties of the perennial grass Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey is marketed under the trade name Kernza (common name intermediate wheatgrass, IWG). While a growing body of evidence is available on the nutritional
Evan Craine, Lee Dehaan, Craine Evan B
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