Research & Scientific Publications
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Intermediate wheatgrass as a dual use crop for grain and grazing
Long-time collaborators at the University of Minnesota and the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute in Wisconsin published a paper indicating the benefit of Kernza® (intermediate wheatgrass) as a dual-purpose crop, producing…
Regenerative Agronomic Approaches: Technological, Biochemical and Rheological Characterization of Four Perennial Wheat Lines Grown in Italy
Researchers in Italy looked at the chemical properties of multiple perennial wheat lines grown in Italy and compared them to those of Kernza perennial grain (Intermediate wheatgrass) and a modern…
Utilizing genetic variation in perennial sorghum to improve host plant resistance to aphids
The Land Institute’s Pheonah Nabukalu, Ebony Murrell, and Stan Cox collaborated with researchers at the University of Nebraska Lincoln on a paper looking the susceptibility of sorghum plants to aphids…
The first chromosome-scale genome assembly of a microcyclic rust, Puccinia silphii
Kathryn Turner, Lead Scientist in Crop Protection Genetics, co-authored a paper with research partners from the University of Colorado Boulder analyzing the genome sequence of Puccinia silphii, a rust that infects…
Fire Frequency Driven Increases in Burn Heterogeneity Promote Microbial Beta Diversity: A Test of the Pyrodiversity-Biodiversity Hypothesis
Researchers conducted a study at the Perennial Agriculture Project (PAP) Field Station (a joint venture between The Land Institute and The Malone Family Land Preservation Foundation) in Lawrence, Kansas to observe how…
Intercropping Alters Phytochemicals Associated With Insect Herbivory
Ebony Murrell, Lead Scientist in Crop Protection Ecology, collaborated with former Land Institute researchers Chase Stratton and Jarrod Fyie and USDA-ARS researcher William Morrison on a study assessing the impact…
A study of the vernalisation requirements of mountain rye (Secale strictum syn. S. montanum) may help explain low grain yields of perennial cereals compared to wheat
Australian research partners are examining the potential of mountain rye as a suitable perennial grain crop candidate for Australian grazing and cropping systems, and their recent research on vernalization (a…
Putting the P(ee) in perennial agriculture: Reflections on a workplace urine reclamation project
Land Institute researchers Madeline DuBois, Laura van der Pol, Aubrey Streit Krug, and Timothy Crews share findings from a human urine nutrient reclamation project conducted in the workplace and research…
Modeling carbon allocation strategies for high-yielding perennial crops
The Land Institute’s Lee DeHaan and Tim Crews co-authored a paper with colleagues from Loyola University that documents a model outlining the path to breeding high-yielding perennial crops that balance…
Perennial rice – An alternative to the ‘one-sow, one-harvest’ rice production: Benefits, challenges, and future prospects
With a high-yielding perennial rice variety moving onto landscapes in Asia and Africa, researchers from the Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) released…
Choice of companion legume influences lamb liveweight output and grain yields in a dual use perennial wheat/legume intercrop system
Research partners in Australia analyzed the role of perennial wheat, a crop in development at The Land Institute, as a dual-purpose grain and forage crop. The authors of this study…
Breeding Potential for Increasing Carbon Sequestration via Rhizomatous Grain Sorghum
Building on existing knowledge of perennial sorghum development through The Land Institute’s breeding program and considerations around the benefits of perennial grain agriculture through research from The Land Institute and…