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The Land Institute’s work advances research and agricultural scientific knowledge and is conducted in an innovative yet rigorous professional context. Explore our findings and ideas via articles authored or co-authored by members of our staff and published in research and peer-reviewed journals.

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Author: Hannah Stoll, Prabin Bajgain & James Anderson
Publication: Crop Science

Research collaborators at the University of Minnesota conducted an analysis of intermediate wheatgrass, the perennial crop that produces Kernza® grain, to gather insights for breeding programs looking to improve the…

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Author: Kyle Keepers, Kelsey Peterson, Andrew Raduski, Kathryn Turner, David van Tassel, Kevin Smith, Alex Harkess, James Bever & Yaniv Brandvain
Publication: Ecology & Evolution

Researchers at the University of Minnesota, including The Land Institute’s Kelsey Peterson (Whiting), sequenced R genes (a category of plant disease resistance genes) in several wild populations of silphium integrifolium,…

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Author: Prabin Bajgain, Hannah Stoll & James A. Anderson
Publication: The Plant Genome

Intermediate wheatgrass, the grass that produces Kernza® perennial grain, is being domesticated for its potential as a human food that also delivers notable ecological benefits. Research partners at the University…

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Author: Jacob D. Paul, Tymofiy Lutsiv & Henry J. Thompson
Publication: Food and Energy Security

Researchers at Colorado State University published a paper discussing the benefits of pursuing a “Perennial Green Revolution” where the further development of perennial grains like Kernza®, silflower (a perennial oilseed…

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Author: Hannah Dräger, Justin Mobley, Poorya Kamali, Masoumeh Dorrani, Bert Lynn, Lee DeHaan & Rachel R. Schendel
Publication: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Lee DeHaan, Lead Scientist in the Kernza Domestication Program, and researchers at the University of Kentucky-Lexington published a study analyzing the potential for intermediate wheatgrass biomass to serve as a…

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Author: Mackenzie Ferguson, Anashwar Valsalan, Douglas Cattani & Maneka Malalgoda
Publication: Cereal Chemistry

Collaborators at the University of Manitoba in Canada conducted a study to determine how the growing environment for intermediate wheatgrass (the plant that produces Kernza® grain) impacts the nutritional content…

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Author: Priscila Pinto, Stefania Cartoni-Casamitjana, David E. Stoltenberg & Valentin D. Picasso
Publication: Field Crops Research

Research collaborators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison conducted a study to understand how intercropping legumes like alfalfa and clover impact the grain and forage yields of Kernza compared to monoculture…

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Author: Katie L. Black, Gregg A. Johnson, Samantha S. Wells, Axel Garcia y Garcia, Jacob M. Jungers & Jeffrey S. Strock
Publication: Ecosphere (Ecological Society of America)

Colleagues at the University of Minnesota’s Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics researched the impact of landscape position on perennial crop productivity, particularly as it pertains to soil nutrients and…

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Author: Sadikshya R Dangi, Upendra M Sainju, Brett L Allen & Rosalie B Calderon
Publication: Soil Systems

Researchers from the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS) in Sidney, Montana investigated the fertilization rates of nitrogen, a key plant nutrient often provided by synthetic fertilizers, in perennial crops (including…

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Author: Prabin Bajgain, Jacob M Jungers & James A Anderson
Publication: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Long-time collaborators at the University of Minnesota released a paper evaluating trait differences among four synthetic populations of MN-Clearwater, the first commercially available variety of intermediate wheatgrass (the plant that…

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Author: Chase A. Stratton, Yvonne Thompson, Konilo Zio, William R. Morrison III & Ebony G. Murrell
Publication: PLOS One

A new paper highlighting uafR, an R computer package developed by The Land Institute’s Crop Protection researchers and research collaborators, highlights the importance of this package for rapidly speeding up and…

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Author: Douglas J. Cattani
Publication: Agriculture

Doug Cattani, perennial grain research partner of The Land Institute from the University of Manitoba in Canada, provided an overview on the role of perennial grains in the future direction…

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