A Perennial Green Revolution to address 21st-century food insecurity and malnutrition
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…
Effects of landscape position on perennial biomass and food crop performance in buffer areas
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…
uafR: An R package that automates mass spectrometry data processing
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…
Perennial Grains and Oilseeds: Current Status and Future Prospects
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…
Exploring the Linkages Between Soil and Human Health
The National Academies Press released a consensus study documenting the linkages between soil and human health, particularly the connection between the nutrient density of food and the condition of the…
Grain agriculture and the end of the fossil fuel era
A great deal of attention is currently focused on how agriculture in highly industrialized countries contributes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and how certain farming innovations might curb the emissions…
Origin of current intermediate wheatgrass germplasm being developed for Kernza grain production
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),…
Prioritize perennial grain development for sustainable food production and environmental benefits
Lee DeHaan, Lead Scientist for the Kernza Domestication Program at The Land Institute, and three other Lead Scientists at the organization collaborated with 28 global research partners working with perennial…
Sustained productivity and agronomic potential of perennial rice
New research reports that a new high-yielding, long-lived perennial rice with significant environmental, economic, and social sustainability impacts is now being grown in Southeast Asia and parts of Africa. Abstract…
The next era of crop domestication starts now
This collaborative paper, which includes research from The Land Institute’s Ecosphere Studies and Perennial Oilseeds Programs, highlights the need to apply tools and technologies toward domestication efforts that equally consider…
An investigation of grain characteristics, dough quality and baking performance of perennial wheats from contrasting parentage
Researchers in New South Wales, Australia examined the functionality of perennial wheat in its physical and chemical composition, milling yield, and baking quality in comparison to annual, conventional bread wheat…
Perennial intermediate wheatgrass accumulates more soil organic carbon than winter wheat – a model assessment
Perennial plants are known to add more biomass to soils when compared to annual plants, as evidenced by the rate of carbon accumulation in grassland ecosystems, but less research has…