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Unveiling the root–rhizosphere environment of perennial wheat: a metabolomic perspective [PDF]

BMC Plant Biology
Background Perennial grain roots grow continuously, enhancing soil carbon sequestration and forming a “holobiont” with the microbiome, essential for nutrient acquisition and stress resilience.
Gianluigi Giannelli, Sophia Luche, Laura Righetti, Gianni Galaverna, Paolo Bonini, Laura Gazza, Giovanna Visioli   +6 more
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<i>In planta</i> transformation methods to accelerate the domestication of perennial grain crops. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
The domestication of grasses has historically favored annual species due to their rapid growth and suitability for crop rotation; however, such crops rely heavily on human input. In contrast, perennial grasses, which live for multiple years, offer significant environmental benefits, such as improved soil health and natural resilience to biotic and ...
Correia PMP, Dong X, Chen M, Nørrevang AF, Luo G, Palmgren M.   +5 more
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Perennials as Future Grain Crops: Opportunities and Challenges

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Perennial grain crops could make a valuable addition to sustainable agriculture, potentially even as an alternative to their annual counterparts. The ability of perennials to grow year after year significantly reduces the number of agricultural inputs required, in terms of both planting and weed control, while reduced tillage improves soil health and ...
Chapman, Elizabeth, Thomsen, Hanne Cecilie, Tulloch, Sophia, Correia, Pedro M. P., Luo, Guangbin, Najafi, Javad, DeHaan, Lee R., Crews, Timothy E., Olsson, Lennart, Lundquist, Per-Olof, Westerbergh, Anna, Rosager Pedas, Pai, Knudsen, Søren, Palmgren, Michael   +13 more
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Towards a practical theory for commercializing novel continuous living cover crops: a conceptual review through the lens of Kernza perennial grain, 2019–2022

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
As agricultural scientists rapidly develop and deploy novel continuous living cover (CLC) crops and cropping systems such as perennial grains, a growing number of intermediaries are engaged in advancing the commercialization, adoption, and scaling of ...
Colin Cureton, Tessa E. Peters, Sophia Skelly, Constance Carlson, Tara Conway, Nicole Tautges, Aaron Reser, Nicholas R. Jordan   +7 more
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Managing for Multifunctionality in Perennial Grain Crops [PDF]

BioScience, 2018
Plant breeders are increasing yields and improving agronomic traits in several perennial grain crops, the first of which is now being incorporated into commercial food products. Integration strategies and management guidelines are needed to optimize production of these new crops, which differ substantially from both annual grain crops and perennial ...
Ryan, Matthew R, Crews, Timothy E, Culman, Steven W, DeHaan, Lee R, Hayes, Richard C, Jungers, Jacob M, Bakker, Matthew G   +6 more
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Reductions in soil water nitrate beneath a perennial grain crop compared to an annual crop rotation on sandy soil

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Nitrate (NO3--N) leaching into groundwater as a result of high nitrogen (N) fertilizer rates to annual crops presents human health risks and high costs associated with water treatment.
Evelyn C. Reilly, Jessica L. Gutknecht, Craig C. Sheaffer, Jacob M. Jungers   +3 more
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Breeding Perennial Grain Crops [PDF]

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2002
Referee: Ms. Peggy Wagoner, Rodale Institute, 611 Siegfriedale Road, Kutztown, PA 19530-9749 One-third of the planet's arable land has been lost to soil erosion in recent decades, and the pace of this degradation will increase as the limits of our food production capacity are stretched.
T. S. Cox, M. Bender, C. Picone, D. L. Van Tassel, J. B. Holland, E. C. Brummer, B. E. Zoeller, A. H. Paterson, W. Jackson   +8 more
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Progress Towards Perennial Grains for Prairies and Plains [PDF]

Outlook on Agriculture, 2022
Perennial grain crops have been proposed as environmentally sustainable alternatives to annual grain crop systems that currently dominate the world's major breadbaskets. Proponents emphasize the potential of perennial grains to mimic natural systems and thereby reduce soil erosion, nutrient losses, and degradation of soil quality although need for ...
K.G. Cassman, D.J. Connor
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Perenniality, more than genotypes, shapes biological and chemical rhizosphere composition of perennial wheat lines

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Perennial grains provide various ecosystem services compared to the annual counterparts thanks to their extensive root system and permanent soil cover. However, little is known about the evolution and diversification of perennial grains rhizosphere and ...
Marta Bertola, Laura Righetti, Laura Righetti, Laura Righetti, Laura Gazza, Andrea Ferrarini, Flavio Fornasier, Martina Cirlini, Veronica Lolli, Gianni Galaverna, Giovanna Visioli   +10 more
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Optimal Planting Date of Kernza Intermediate Wheatgrass Intercropped with Red Clover

Agronomy, 2021
Intermediate wheatgrass (IWG) is a new perennial dual-use crop for grain and forage with growing interest among farmers. Intercropping IWG with red clover may increase yield and nutritive value through nitrogen transfer.
Oluwakorede Olugbenle, Priscila Pinto, Valentin D. Picasso   +2 more
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