Interview with Spencer Barriball
What got you interested in your field of research? I was taking a plant breeding and genetics my senior year…
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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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Fossil Fuels Phase-Out: Policy Framework Proposed
From the desk of TLI Ecosphere Studies Research Fellow, and author of The Green New Deal and Beyond: Ending the…
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President’s Letter 2020
Dear Friends, We are launching a new fiscal year at a moment in history that will not soon be forgotten….
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Marty Bender Nature Area Bio Blitz
October 18, 2020 | 7:30 am
Participants will collect plant species data the week of October 18-24 at The Land Institute's Marty Bender Nature Area for plant inventory for our Bio Blitz event with iNaturalist.
Scientific Publications
Benefits of Native Mycorrhizal Amendments to Perennial Agroecosystems Increases with Field Inoculation Density
Perennial polyculture cropping systems are a novel agroecological approach used to mirror some of the ecological benefits provided by native perennial ecosystems including increased carbon and nitrogen storage, more stable…
Integrating multipurpose perennial grains crops in Western European farming systems
Western European agriculture is largely defined by the high level of productivity of its cereal grain production. Such productivity is largely a result of farm specialization and intensification. This approach…
Genome mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling domestication traits of intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium)
Abstract Allohexaploid (2n = 6x = 42) intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium), abbreviated IWG, is an outcrossing perennial grass belonging to the tertiary gene pool of wheat. Perenniality would be valuable option for grain production,…