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Forage conservation in sub‐Saharan Africa: Review of experiences, challenges, and opportunities

Agronomy Journal, Volume 114, Issue 1, Page 75-99, January/February 2022., 2022
Abstract Forage conservation is an important potential solution to seasonal variation in feed quality and quantity and herder‐farmer conflicts in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Considerable variations exist in the type of forages conserved and the preservation methods across SSA. Hay from cultivated forages is commonly made with mechanical mowers and balers
Mulubrhan Balehegn, Augustine Ayantunde, Tunde Amole, Donald Njarui, Bhutikini D. Nkosi, Francuois L. Müller, Robin Meeske, Tlou J. Tjelele, Ingrid M. Malebana, Othusitse R. Madibela, Wame S. Boitumelo, Ben Lukuyu, Addah Weseh, Elias Minani, Adegbola T. Adesogan   +14 more
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Scaling up private land conservation to meet recovery goals for grassland birds

Conservation Biology, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 1564-1574, October 2021., 2021
Abstract Long‐term population declines have elevated recovery of grassland avifauna to among the highest conservation priorities in North America. Because most of the Great Plains is privately owned, recovery of grassland bird populations depends on voluntary conservation with strong partnerships between private landowners and resource professionals ...
David C. Pavlacky Jr., Christian A. Hagen, Anne M. Bartuszevige, Rich Iovanna, Thomas Luke George, David E. Naugle   +5 more
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Repetitive sequences in Eragrostis curvula cDNA EST libraries obtained from genotypes with different ploidy

Biologia Plantarum, 2016
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad) Nees (weeping lovegrass) represents important cultivated forage in semiarid regions, and the most useful cultivars are tetraploid and reproduce by pseudogamous diplosporous apomixis.
J. Romero, J. P. Selva, S. Pessino, V. Echenique, I. Garbus   +4 more
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Development and characterization of a Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus Schumach) mapping population for flowering‐time‐ and biomass‐related traits reveal individuals with exceptional potential and hybrid vigor

GCB Bioenergy, Volume 13, Issue 9, Page 1561-1575, September 2021., 2021
Napier grass is a promising feedstock for lignocellulosic biofuel production due to its superior biomass production and persistence. However, data supporting breeding efforts of Napier grass are scarce. Crosses were made between genetically distant parents with contrasting biomass traits.
Marco Sinche, Baskaran Kannan, Dev Paudel, Carlos Corsato, Yolanda Lopez, Jianping Wang, Fredy Altpeter   +6 more
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Magnaporthe grisea Pathogenicity Genes Obtained Through Insertional Mutagenesis

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 1998
We have initiated a mutational analysis of pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea, in which hygromycin-resistant transformants, most generated by restriction enzyme-mediated integration (REMI), were screened for the ability to infect ...
James A. Sweigard, Anne M. Carroll, Leonard Farrall, Forrest G. Chumley, Barbara Valent   +4 more
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Analysis of the Structure of the AVR1-CO39 Avirulence Locus in Virulent Rice-Infecting Isolates of Magnaporthe grisea

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2002
The AVR1-CO39 gene that came from a Magnaporthe grisea isolate from weeping lovegrass controls avirulence on the rice cultivar CO39. AVR1-CO39 was not present in the genome of the rice-infecting M. grisea isolate Guy11 from French Guyana, suggesting that
Mark L. Farman, Yukiko Eto, Tomomi Nakao, Yukio Tosa, Hitoshi Nakayashiki, Shigeyuki Mayama, Sally A. Leong   +6 more
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Pyricularia oryzae: Lab star and field scourge. [PDF]

Mol Plant Pathol
The fungal pathogen Pyricularia oryzae (syn. Magnaporthe oryzae) is the causal agent of blast disease on cereals and grasses and a model organism in plant–pathogen interaction research. Abstract Pyricularia oryzae (syn. Magnaporthe oryzae), is a filamentous ascomycete that causes a major disease called blast on cereal crops, as well as on a wide ...
Baudin M, Le Naour-Vernet M, Gladieux P, Tharreau D, Lebrun MH, Lambou K, Leys M, Fournier E, Césari S, Kroj T.   +9 more
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Nitrogen Supplementation Increases Feed Intake and Reduces Methane Yield in Steers Fed Low-Quality Weeping Lovegrass Hay

Methane
Feed intake and diet quality are key factors influencing enteric methane (CH4) emissions in ruminants. Low-quality C4 grasses typically limit intake and are associated with high CH4 yield.
Monica Feksa Frasson, José Ignacio Gere, María Esperanza Cerón-Cucchi, José Ignacio Arroquy, Marisa Wawrzkiewicz, Gustavo Jaurena   +5 more
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The Response of Terrestrial Arthropods to Natural and Anthropogenically Altered Disturbance and Stress Regimes in Riparian Zones: A Systematic Review

Freshwater Biology, Volume 71, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Riparian zones are vital for biodiversity and are increasingly threatened by natural and human‐induced factors that disrupt their structure and function. Arthropods, as dominant terrestrial organisms in these habitats, are essential for ecosystem services, influencing connectivity between terrestrial and aquatic webs, and are sensitive ...
Asande Hadebe, Rob Slotow, Sindiso Nkuna, T. Caswell Munyai   +3 more
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Why Conservation of Australian Native Temperate Grasslands Needs to Occur at Different Scales—From Landscapes to Patches, and From Governments to Individuals

Austral Ecology, Volume 50, Issue 10, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Native temperate grasslands are among the most widespread biomes in Australia, and they have been extensively modified, primarily for livestock grazing and cropping on the fertile soils ideal for agriculture. In the 1980s and 1990s, foundational work by Jamie Kirkpatrick and others brought attention to the widespread loss of these ecosystems ...
John W. Morgan, Louise Gilfedder, Keith L. McDougall, Richard J.‐P. Davies, Margaret A. Robertson, Rainer Rehwinkel   +5 more
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