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Soil Microbiomes Associated with a Novel Perennial Grain Cultivated under Temperate Agricultural Conditions. [PDF]

Microbiol Resour Announc, 2023
Noble Strohm T, Ryan S, de Santana CO, Dueker ME, Perron GG.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Development and adoption of Kernza—A perennial grain crop for sustainable agriculture

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Annual cereal grains account for ~50% of human food calories, but cultivation of these crops has resulted in major environmental and social issues worldwide.
Jessica L. Gutknecht, James A. Anderson, George Annor, Prabin Bajgain, Timothy E. Crews, Colin Cureton, Lee DeHaan, Erin Meier, Tessa Peters, Valentín Picasso, Evelyn C. Reilly, Aaron Reser, Tara Ritter, Aubrey Streit Krug, Nicole Tautges, Jacob M. Jungers   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perennial rice – An alternative to the ‘one-sow, one-harvest’ rice production: Benefits, challenges, and future prospects

Farming System
The traditional ‘one-sow, one-harvest’ rice cultivation method faces significant challenges, including high water and energy consumption, soil health degradation, greenhouse gas emissions, increased labor demands, and excessive pesticide use.
Vijayakumar Shanmugam, Vikas C. Tyagi, Gobinath Rajendran, Suvarna Rani Chimmili, Arun Kumar Swarnaraj, Mariadoss Arulanandam, Virender Kumar, Panneerselvam Peramaiyan, Varunseelan Murugaiyan, Raman Meenakshi Sundaram   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A putative nursery pollination mutualism between Japanese Chrysosplenium plants and Nipponorhynchus sawflies

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Understanding ecological interactions is increasingly important for biodiversity conservation. This study reveals a unique nursery pollination mutualism between Japanese endemic plants and sawflies. These partners exhibit tightly synchronized life cycles in riparian forests, making them sensitive to environmental changes.
Marika Yamaguchi, Hideo Takahashi, Namiki Kikuchi, Takahiro Yoshida, Noriaki Murakami, Yudai Okuyama   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reproductive and Vegetative Yield Component Trade-Offs in Selection of Thinopyrum Intermedium

Agronomy
Integrating perennial grain crops into agricultural systems can become a key milestone for increasing the provision of ecosystem services of food production systems.
Andrés Locatelli, Valentín D. Picasso, Pablo R. Speranza, Lucía Gutiérrez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nature-based agricultural solutions: Scaling perennial grains across Africa

Environmental Research, 2017
Modern plant breeding tends to focus on maximizing yield, with one of the most ubiquitous implementations being shorter-duration crop varieties. It is indisputable that these breeding efforts have resulted in greater yields in ideal circumstances; however, many farmed locations across Africa suffer from one or more conditions that limit the efficacy of
Peter, Brad G., Mungai, Leah M., Messina, Joseph P., Snapp, Sieglinde S.   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Climate‐smart land management: Greenhouse gas outcomes and social and economic pathways to adoption

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Climate change poses one of the greatest threats to natural and working lands, reducing the resilience of agricultural and forest productivity. Because land management is a leading source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate‐smart management practices are being implemented to reduce net emissions while sustaining yields.
Kristina Bartowitz, Janice Parks, Danielle Berardi, Julia Smith, Kristin Haltinner, Alexander Maas, Ashley Ballantyne, Laura Laumatia, Dewan Al Rafi, Eric Walsh, Dianne Baumann, Nick Koenig, Laurel Lynch, Tara Hudiburg   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Nitrogen, Water, and Other Management Practices to Improve Grain and Ratoon Forage Yields in Perennial Rice

Plants
Perennial rice has recently garnered global attention due to its potential to save on seeds and labor costs and its high production efficiency. The “mid-season rice–ratoon forage” mode is a new planting system that has emerged in recent years.
Fuxian Xu, Dingbing Wang, Xingbing Zhou, Lin Zhang, Xiaoyi Guo, Mao Liu, Yongchuan Zhu, Hong Xiong, Changchun Guo, Peng Jiang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Weed Suppression Ability and Yield Impact of Living Mulch in Cereal Crops

Agriculture, 2018
Intercropping provides several benefits to the agro-ecosystem and plays an important role in Integrated Weed Management (IWM). In this study, we investigated the impact of living mulch in cereal crops on weed density and grain yield.
Roland Gerhards
doaj   +1 more source

Crop landrace conservation, status, challenges and motivations in Great Britain

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Recent agricultural intensification has led to the widespread replacement of genetically diverse crop landraces with high‐yielding but genetically uniform modern cultivars, reducing the adaptive resilience of farming systems. In the United Kingdom, where large‐scale agriculture dominates, landraces require urgent conservation action.
Gabrielle Clarke, Joana Magos Brehm, Michael Ambrose, Abigail Cooke, Eve Eunson, Henry Creissen, Nigel Maxted   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source