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Prairie Festival 2020 Cancelled – Stay Tuned For Important Perennial Ag Announcement
Prairie Festival 2020 has been cancelled amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, but please stay tuned for details of an online event this fall - a major announcement that will help shape the next 40 years of food and agriculture.
September 25, 2020 | All Day
From the Board: Leadership Transition Announcement
Fred Iutzi has stepped down as president of The Land Institute, effective July 1, 2020. The board of The Land Institute would like to recognize the tremendous accomplishments that Fred has achieved for the entire…
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,…