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Category: Kernza

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: 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: 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: 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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Author: Alena Förster, Karin Hohberg, Frank Rasche & Christoph Emmerling
Publication: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment

Researchers in Germany looked at the influence of intermediate wheatgrass, the plant that produces Kernza® perennial grain, on nematode populations and community structure, using these microorganisms as an indicator of…

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Author: Ranjith P. Udawatta, Biyensa Gurmessa, Miguel Salceda Gonzalez, Sidath S. Mendis & Sarah T. Lovell
Publication: Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment

Legumes have been extensively studied for their ability to increase soil fertility, which has prompted both scientists and farmers to plant them in companion with other crops in a configuration…

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Author: Evan B. Craine & Lee R. DeHaan
Publication: Agriculture

A nutritional study on early-generation grain from the Kernza breeding program documents the nutritional quality of the perennial grain, with data underscoring its macronutrient composition, vitamin and mineral content, and…

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Author: Joe Kaplan & Christopher Abbott
Publication: Perennial Pantry

Perennial Pantry, a Minnesota-based food company championing Kernza perennial grain, released a malting and baking report that “advanced new uses for Kernza by researching the crop’s malting characteristics, malt quality,…

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Author: Jared Crain, Peggy Wagoner, Steve Larson & Lee DeHaan
Publication: Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Lee DeHaan, Lead Scientist of the Kernza® Domestication Program, and key Kernza collaborators Peggy Wagoner (the scientist who first selected Intermediate Wheatgrass as a viable perennial grain candidate for domestication),…

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Author: Colin Cureton, Tessa E. Peters, Sophia Skelly, Constance Carlson, Tara Conway, Nicole Tautges, Aaron Reser and Nicholas R. Jordan
Publication: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Staff at The Land Institute, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, and the University of Minnesota discuss what is required to build developmental frameworks for novel continuous living cover (CLC) crops and…

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Author: Upendra M. Sainju, Brett L. Allen, Andrew W. Lenssen
Publication: Agronomy Journal

A long-term study conducted in the northern Great Plains region of the US indicates that perennial crops such as intermediate wheatgrass (Kernza) may sequester greater amounts of soil carbon and…

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