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PERENNIAL GRAINS FOR AFRICA: POSSIBILITY OR PIPEDREAM? [PDF]

Experimental Agriculture, 2018
SUMMARYPerennial grain crops have been proposed as a transformative approach to agriculture. Replacing annual staple crops with perennialized growth types of the same crops could provide environmental services, improve labour efficiency and weather resilience, reduce seed costs and produce livestock fodder or fuelwood production.
Snapp, S, Roge, P, Okori, P, Chikowo, R, Peter, B, Messina, J   +5 more
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Plant Suppression and Termination Methods to Maintain Intermediate Wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium) Grain Yield

Agriculture, 2022
Intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey; IWG) is a perennial sod-forming grass undergoing domesticated for use as a dual-use grain and forage crop with potential environmental benefits. IWG plant populations increase
Galen Bergquist, Jessica Gutknecht, Craig Sheaffer, Jacob M. Jungers   +3 more
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Genetic Analysis of Domestication Parallels in Annual and Perennial Sunflowers (Helianthus spp.): Routes to Crop Development

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020
Parallels exist between the domestication of new species and the improvement of various crops through selection on traits which favor the sowing, harvest and retention of yield potential and the directed efforts to improve their agronomics, disease ...
Sean R. Asselin, Sean R. Asselin, Anita L. Brûlé-Babel, David L. Van Tassel, Douglas J. Cattani   +4 more
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Prospects for Developing Perennial Grain Crops [PDF]

BioScience, 2006
Abstract Perennial plants, growing in mixtures, make up most of the world's natural terrestrial biomes. In contrast, monocultures of annual crops are sown on more than two-thirds of global cropland. Grain and oilseed crops are the foundation of the human diet, but to date there are no perennial species that produce adequate grain harvests.
THOMAS S. COX, JERRY D. GLOVER, DAVID L. VAN TASSEL, CINDY M. COX, LEE R. DeHAAN   +4 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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<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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Pollen germination studies in Giant Himalayan Lily (Cardiocrinum giganteum Wall.) a high value of ornamental plant in Western Himalayan region

Journal of Horticultural Sciences, 2022
Giant Himalayan lily (Cardiocrinum giganteum Wall.) is a perennial bulbiferous herb of Liliaceae and an endemic species in the eastern Himalayan region, which has become one of the new flower crops because of its high ornamental value.
Anand Bisht, Lal S, Nautiyal B P, Bohra M   +3 more
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Pollen Production of Selected Grass Species in Russia and India at the Levels of Anther, Flower and Inflorescence

Plants, 2022
Grasses produce large amounts of pollen and are among the main causes of pollen allergy worldwide. Quantification of the roles of individual grass species in airborne pollen is an important task, because morphologically indistinguishable pollen grains of
Elena Severova, Yury Kopylov-Guskov, Yulia Selezneva, Vera Karaseva, Shrirang R. Yadav, Dmitry Sokoloff   +5 more
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A New Cosmology * A New Food System

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2019
Our European ancestors came as a poor people to a seemingly empty land in North America, and we built our institutions with that perception. Now we’ve become a rich people in an increasingly poor land, one that’s filling up, and our institutions don’t ...
Wes Jackson
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Building a botanical foundation for perennial agriculture: Global inventory of wild, perennial herbaceous Fabaceae species

Plants, People, Planet, 2019
Societal Impact Statement Agroecosystems are constantly evolving to meet the needs of a growing population in a sustainable manner. Concerns about ecological impacts of agriculture, including soil loss, have focused attention on crops that provide both ...
Claudia Ciotir, Wendy Applequist, Timothy E. Crews, Neculai Cristea, Lee R. DeHaan, Emma Frawley, Sterling Herron, Robert Magill, James Miller, Yury Roskov, Brandon Schlautman, James Solomon, Andrew Townesmith, David Van Tassel, James Zarucchi, Allison J. Miller   +15 more
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