Perennial Crops
Natural ecosystems feature perennial plants. So does our approach to regenerative agriculture.
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Ecological Intensification
Sunlight. Water. Soil. Microbes. Plants. People. The Land Institute brings them all together for sustainable farming.
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Ecosphere Studies
Changing the way we think about the world and our place in it, through educational and cultural projects.
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Place-based food systems: Making the case, making it happen
This two-day conference is intended to bring together academics and community level regional food system leaders and builders from across North America and around the world, ...
August 9, 2018 | All Day
Institute for Sustainable Food Systems, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Interview with a Plant Scientist: David Van Tassel, Perennial Oilseeds
What brought you to TLI? When I was finishing up my PhD, I realized that I really wanted to work with plants and not just with test tubes, DNA, or cells. Also, I’d always had…
Scientific Publications
Managing for Multifunctionality in Perennial Grain Crops
Abstract: 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…
Perennial Grain Legume Domestication Phase I: Criteria for Candidate Species Selection
Abstract: Annual cereal and legume grain production is dependent on inorganic nitrogen (N) and other fertilizers inputs to resupply nutrients lost as harvested grain, via soil erosion/runoff, and by other natural…
Effect of Puccinia silphii on Yield Components and Leaf Physiology in Silphium integrifolium: Lessons for the Domestication of a Perennial Oilseed Crop
Abstract: New crops with greater capacity for delivering ecosystem services are needed to increase agricultural sustainability. However, even in these crops, seed yield is usually the main criteria for grain domestication….