Transforming Agriculture, Perennially
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Category: Perennial Crops

Author: P J Innes, M.T. Newell, K.G. Pembleton, R.C. Hayes & A.M. Radanielson
Publication: AoB PLANTS

Australian research partners are examining the potential of mountain rye as a suitable perennial grain crop candidate for Australian grazing and cropping systems, and their recent research on vernalization (a…

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Author: Madeline DuBois, Laura van der Pol, Tatiana Schreiber, Aubrey Streit Krug & Tim Crews
Publication: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development

Land Institute researchers Madeline DuBois, Laura van der Pol, Aubrey Streit Krug, and Timothy Crews share findings from a human urine nutrient reclamation project conducted in the workplace and research…

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Author: Erin Kilbane, Timothy Crews, Lee DeHaan, Michael Grillo, Brian Ohsowski, Ray Dybzinski
Publication: European Journal of Agronomy

The Land Institute’s Lee DeHaan and Tim Crews co-authored a paper with colleagues from Loyola University that documents a model outlining the path to breeding high-yielding perennial crops that balance…

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Author: Matthew T. Newell, Richard C. Hayes, Gordon Refshauge, Benjamin W. B. Holman, Neil Munday, David L. Hopkins & Li Guangdi
Publication: Animal Production Science

Research partners in Australia analyzed the role of perennial wheat, a crop in development at The Land Institute, as a dual-purpose grain and forage crop. The authors of this study…

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Author: Yaojie Zheng, Dirk B. Hays, Russell W. Jessup & Bo Zhang
Publication: Plants

Building on existing knowledge of perennial sorghum development through The Land Institute’s breeding program and considerations around the benefits of perennial grain agriculture through research from The Land Institute and…

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Author: Verónica Guidalevich, Inés Berro, Alejandro Gabriel Aparicio, María Marta Azpilicueta, Aldana Soledad López, Jorge Andres Arias-Rios, Valentin Picasso, Lucia Gutierrez & Paula Marchelli
Publication: Nature Scientific Reports

A research cohort with scientists from the University of Wisconsin Madison and CONICET in Argentina assessed the potential of Festuca pallescens, a native, perennial forage grass species of Patagonia, for…

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Author: Galen Bergquist, Craig Sheaffer, Manbir Rakkar, Don Wyse, Jacob Jungers & Jessica Gutknecht
Publication: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

Research collaborators from the University of Minnesota published a study indicating that perennial cropping systems with intermediate wheatgrass (Kernza) can sustain soil microbial activity and maintain higher root production than…

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Author: Shoujiao Li, Ana Barreiro, Juan Pablo Almeida, Thomas Prade & Linda-Maria Dimitrova Mårtensson
Publication: Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Collaborators at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) released a paper that compares the impacts of perennial vs. annual crop growth on the diversity of soil microbes and accumulation…

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Author: Lennart Olsson, Elina Andersson, Jonas Ardö, Timothy Crews, Christophe David, Lee DeHaan, Axel Hilling, Aubrey Streit Krug, Michael Palmgren, Sergio Rey, Torbern Tagesson, Anna Westerbergh & Patrik Vestin
Publication: Global Sustainability

The Land Institute’s Tim Crews, Lee DeHaan, and Aubrey Streit Krug worked alongside international research colleagues from Sweden, Denmark, and France to release a comprehensive new paper in the journal Global…

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Author: Gianluigi Giannelli, Lorenzo Del Vecchio, Martina Cirlini, Marco Gozzi, Laura Gazza, Gianni Galaverna, Silvia Potestio & Giovanna Visioli
Publication: Scientific Reports

Perennial grain researchers from the University of Parma in Italy published a paper exploring the potential of perennial wheat to host a rich community of beneficial bacteria in soil, promoting…

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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: 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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