OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Grass and Forage Science is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
How does grassland management affect physical and biochemical properties of temperate grassland soils? A review study	51
Agronomical and breeding approaches to improve the nutritional status of forage crops for better livestock productivity	31
Methane mitigating options with forages fed to ruminants	29
Using plant diversity to reduce vulnerability and increase drought resilience of permanent and sown productive grasslands	28
Grassland soil organic carbon stocks along management intensity and warming gradients	28
Forage yield trend of alfalfa cultivars in the Canadian prairies and its relation to environmental factors and harvest management	27
Prediction of aboveground biomass and dry‐matter content in Brachiaria pastures by combining meteorological data and satellite imagery	23
Coupling the benefits of grassland crops and green biorefining to produce protein, materials and services for the green transition	21
A review of India’s fodder production status and opportunities	21
How do we feed grazing livestock in the future? A case for knowledge‐driven grazing systems	20
Grass and legume breeding matching the future needs of European grassland farming	19
“Summer sowing”: A successful innovation to increase the adoption of key species of annual forage legumes for agriculture in Mediterranean and temperate environments	19
Productivity and nutritional value of 20 species of perennial legumes in a low‐rainfall Mediterranean‐type environment in southern Australia	15
Botanical composition and aroma compounds of semi‐arid pastures in Algeria	14
Palisadegrass pastures with or without nitrogen or mixed with forage peanut grazed to a similar target canopy height. 1. Effects on herbage mass, canopy structure and forage nutritive value	13
Palisadegrass pastures with or without nitrogen or mixed with forage peanut grazed to a similar target canopy height. 2. Effects on animal performance, forage intake and digestion, and nitrogen metabo	12
Farming with forages can reconnect crop and livestock operations to enhance circularity and foster ecosystem services	12
Hard seed breakdown patterns of unprocessed forage legume seed sown into dry soil in summer in southern Australia	12
Sustainability aspects of milk production in Sweden	12
Pasture legumes differ in herbage production and quality throughout spring, impacting their potential role in fodder conservation and animal production	11
Diversification increases the resilience of European grassland‐based systems but is not a one‐size‐fits‐all strategy	10
Drought stress impact on the performance of deep convolutional neural networks for weed detection in Bahiagrass	9
Moving warm‐season forage bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) into temperate regions of North America	9
The hunt for the “holy grail”: Condensed tannins in the perennial forage legume white clover (Trifolium repens L.)	8
The contribution of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) breeding to whole pasture productivity under dairy cattle grazing in New Zealand. 1. Variation in yield, nutritive value and persisten	8

Image‐based high‐throughput phenotyping for the estimation of persistence of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenneL.)—A review	8
The changing role of perennial ryegrass in dairy pastures in northern Victoria, Australia	8
Primary productivity in patches of heterogeneous swards after 12 years of low‐intensity cattle grazing	8
The breeding system of Ornithopus sativus Brot. subsp. sativus	8
Productivity of beef cattle grazing Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu with and without nitrogen fertilizer application or mixed pastures with the legume Desmodium ovalifolium	7
Breeding forages with climate resiliency in temperate/tropical transition zones	7
Herbage allowance and stocking method effect on grazing systems: Results of a long‐term experiment	7
Interaction of multispecies sward composition and harvesting management on herbage yield and quality from establishment phase to the subsequent crop	7
Yield, nutrient quality and water and phosphorus recovery efficiencies of alfalfa under different drip irrigation and phosphorus levels in Northern Xinjiang, China	6
Grass silage composition and nutritive value on Northern Ireland farms between 1998 and 2017	6
The impact of genotype‐by‐environment interaction on the dry matter yield and chemical composition in timothy (Phleum pratense L.) examined by using the additive main effects and multiplicative	6
Combining ability and selection for agronomic and nutritional traits in Urochloa spp. hybrids	6
Optimizing the growth of forage and grain legumes on low pH soils through the application of superior Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae strains	6
Main ecological and environmental factors affecting forage yield and quality in alpine summer pastures (NW‐Italy, Gran Paradiso National Park)	6
Comparing the effects of horse grazing alone or with cattle on horse parasitism and vegetation use in a mesophile pasture	5
Increases in forage legume biomass as a response to nitrogen input depend on temperature, soil characters and planting system: A meta‐analysis	5
Sourcing Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae strains from Mediterranean centres of origin to optimize nitrogen fixation in forage legumes grown on acid soils	5
Potential of lucerne sowing rate to influence root development and its implications for field stand productivity	5
Factors determining yield and nutritive value of maize for silage under tropical conditions	5
Putting permanent grassland at the heart of a European agroecological transition: Findings and questions arising from the ‘Ten Years for Agroecology’ (TYFA) scenario	4
Irrigation effects on elephant grass morphology, and its genotype‐dependent responses	4
Intensive mechanical processing of forage crops to improve fibre digestion	4
The effect of 19 years of restoration managements on forage quality and herbage‐soil relationships within improved upland grassland	4
Root growth response of serradella species to aluminium in solution culture and soil	4
Plant growth habit and nitrogen fertilizer effects on rhizoma peanut biomass partitioning during establishment	4
Dry‐matter production and botanical composition of multispecies and perennial ryegrass swards under varying defoliation management	4
The contribution of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) breeding to whole pasture productivity under dairy cattle grazing in New Zealand. 2. Rates of gain in production traits and economic v	4
Effectiveness of dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.) control in new leys and established grassland following the application of herbicides	4
Agronomic and forage nutritive responses of Kentucky bluegrass dominated pastures in the northern Great Plains	4
Nitrogen rate and harvesting time based on growing degree days influenced winter cereal rye morphological traits, forage yield, quality, and farm profit in poorly drained Alfisols	4
The history and distribution of nodulating Paraburkholderia, a potential inoculum for Fynbos forage species	4
Accumulating herbage during autumn to extend the grazing season in pasture‐based dairy systems	4
Implementing plantain (Plantago lanceolata) to mitigate the impact of grazing ruminants on nitrogen losses to the environment: A review	4
A cytochrome P450 gene, LpCYP72A15, confers drought tolerance in perennial ryegrass	3
Efficacy of six lactic acid bacteria strains as silage inoculants in forages with different dry matter and water‐soluble carbohydrate content	3
Multifunctionality and diversity of livestock grazing systems for sustainable food systems throughout the world: Are there learning opportunities for Europe?	3
Seasonal changes in carbon and nitrogen metabolism of Brachiaria decumbens in a long‐term silvopastoral system	3
Re‐ensiling effects on sorghum silage quality, methane emission and sheep efficiency in tropical climate	3
Positive effects of plant diversity on dry matter yield while maintaining a high level of forage digestibility in intensively managed grasslands across two contrasting environments	3
Adaptive mechanisms of tall wheatgrass to salinity and alkalinity stress	3
Seed production of semi‐natural grasslands: Amount and variability in an unfertilized upright brome and a fertilized tall oat‐grass meadow	3
Forage yield gap analysis for tall fescue pastures in Argentina: A modelling approach	3
Effects of lactic acid bacteria and molasses on the fermentation quality, in vitro dry matter digestibility, and microbial community of Korshinsk peashrub (Caragana korshinskii Kom.)	3
Herbage accumulation dynamics in mixed pastures composed of kikuyugrass and tall fescue as affected by grazing management	3
Editorial: Sustainability of grasslands and grass‐based ruminant production – Topics from the 28^th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation	3
Impact of native spray‐dried lactic acid bacteria, packing density and wilting time on fermentation characteristics of experimental maize and lucerne silages	3
Forage accumulation, nutritive value, and grazing efficiency on rotationally stocked ‘Zuri’ guineagrass pastures as affected by pre‐graze canopy height and N rate	3
Improving the accuracy of models to map alpine grassland above‐ground biomass using Google earth engine	3
Effect of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lentilactobacillus buchneri on corn and sorghum silage quality and sheep energy partition under tropical conditions	3
Effect of slurry application techniques on nitrous oxide emission from temperate grassland under varying soil and climatic conditions	3

Agronomic, nutritive value, reproductive, cytogenetic, and molecular aspects of Paspalum accessions: Contribution to the development of new forage cultivars	3
Root‐zone enrichment of soil organic carbon and nitrogen under grazing and other land uses in a humid‐temperate region	2
Competitive and spreading abilities of forage peanut in tropical mixed pastures	2
Management of perennial forbs sown with or without self‐regenerating annual clovers for forage and nectar sources in a low‐input dryland production system	2
Mixed ensiling of drought‐impaired grass with agro‐industrial by‐products and silage additives improves the nutritive value and shapes the microbial community of silages	2
Editorial—Annual and perennial forage legumes in dryland pasture systems	2
Fractionation of mixed grass and clover stands using a leaf stripper	2
Examining the role of ruminants in sustainable food systems	2
High Ca and P homeostasis ensure stable forage Ca:P following historical nitrogen inputs in a temperate steppe	2
Eco‐efficiency of leys—The trigger for sustainable integrated crop‐dairy farming systems	2
APSIM‐Tropical Pasture model parameterization for simulating Marandu palisade grass growth and soil water in irrigated and rainfed cut‐and‐carry systems	2
Alley cropping tree lines alter temperature and light quantity and influence daily growth rates of grassland	2
Intercropping of orchardgrass and alfalfa improves soil fertility, forage yield, feeding values and land use efficiency while limiting ruminal greenhouse gas emissions	2
Stocking method effects on forage accumulation, canopy attributes, and nutritive value of grazed Mulato II brachiariagrass pastures	2
Could the Dilatata group of Paspalum be bred as sexual species? A preliminary assessment	2
Biserrula pelecinus L. is a promising forage legume for the central Ethiopian highlands	2
Efficacy of adding chemical and microbial additives to silage on beef cattle performance: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	2
Modelling seedling emergence in Paspalum species using environmental data from field experiments	2
Editorial: Grass and Forage Science – 75 years of impact and service to the science of grasslands	2
Parameters of nitrogen use efficiency of Kentucky bluegrass cultivars at different N levels under deficit irrigation	2
The influence of soil potassium status on the productivity of docks (Rumex obtusifolius L.) in intensively managed temperate grassland	2
The defoliation dynamics of a stockpiled native grassland pasture follow similar patterns between supplemented and unsupplemented beef calves	2
Comparison of the effects of calcium ammonium nitrate and stabilized urea fertilizers on grass and silage yields and quality	2
A universal method for rapid identification of alfalfa and burr medic seeds with an emphasis on discriminating different forage species	2
Evaluation of oat (Avena sativa L.) populations for autumn sowing production in Southwest China	2
Nitrogen fertilizer replacement value of dairy soiled water in grass swards as affected by timing and rate of application	2
Long‐term trends in the genotypic integrity, phenotype and reproductive development of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) populations in New Zealand dairy pastures: Implications for pasture	1
The importance of multi‐species grassland leys to enhance ecosystem services in crop rotations	1
Do regrowth age and microbial inoculant usage affect the microbial diversity and fermentation characteristics of forage peanut silage?	1
Utilizing treated wastewater for pasture irrigation: Effects on productivity, plant community structure and soil properties	1
Phenotyping of Urochloa humidicola grass hybrids for agronomic and environmental performance in the Piedmont region of the Orinoquian savannas of Colombia	1
Perspectives for reducing seed shattering in ryegrasses	1
Morphology, accumulation and survival of Desmanthus under different planting densities and harvest heights	1
Lactic acid bacteria and manganese‐based additives for improved lucerne, perennial grass, and perennial grass‐white clover preservation as silage	1
Herbage and sheep production from simple, diverse, and legume pastures established in an agrivoltaic production system	1
Morphology of flower bud differentiation and floral organ specialization in Caucasian clover	1
Variations of seed size and seed number per spikelet and their effects on seed germination in hulled oats	1
Cattle dry manure fertilization increases forage yield of grass‐legume mixtures, while maintaining the legume proportion and root‐associated microbiota	1
Forage type and additive effects on fermentation quality and biorefinery performance of silages	1
Modelling pasture management practices for soil organic carbon gain in livestock systems	1
Convergence points of optimal herbage accumulation and intake rate by sheep grazing tall fescue	1
Grassland at the heart of circular and sustainable food systems	1
Effect of chop length of grass silage harvested at two maturity stages, and of concentrate protein level, on feed intake and milk production in dairy cows	1
The History of the International Grassland Congress – 1927 to 2020 Edited by Allen, V. G., Wilkins, R. J., Lacefield, G. D. and Smith, S. R. The Forage and Grassland Foundation, 1‐00. (2021). ISB	1
Zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.) accessions differ in nitrogen cycling during a simulated seasonal senescence	1
Proceedings of a European Grassland Federation Symposium, held at Vilnius, Lithuania, 11–14 June 2023. By Ž.Kadžiulienė, K.Jaškūnė, E.Norkevičienė, M.Toleikienė, L.Šarūnaitė (Eds.). 2023. pp. 280. ISB	1
Editorial ‐ topics from the XXIV International Grassland Congress held in 2021	1
Canopy leaf area and leaf mass in the upper stratum of Urochloa hybrid ‘Mavuno’ grass subjected to nitrogen fertilisation	1
Root biomass and altitude jointly regulate the response of topsoil organic carbon density to severe degradation of high‐altitude alpine meadows	1
Integrated crop‐livestock versus conventional systems: Effects on the chemical and physical characteristics of an Oxisol	1
Ensilibility and protein degradation characteristics of forage from mountain grasslands containing tanniferous species	1
Forage intake and nitrogen metabolism of beef cattle grazing palisadegrass‐calopo mixed pasture managed using canopy light interception	1
White clover (Trifolium repens) population dynamics are partly dependent on timing of seminal taproot death	1
Translating and applying a simulation model to enhance understanding of grassland management	1
Evaluation of chromosome diversity of Elymus nutans on the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau by FISH	1
Variations of theKjeldahlmethod for assessing nitrogen concentration in tropical forages	1
Herbage accumulation, nutritive value, and fatty acid profile of bermudagrass cultivars grown in different latitudes	1
Selection of succeeding crops for a double‐cropping system in alpine pastoral areas of the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau	1
The effect of autumn closing date on over winter tissue turnover in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) swards	1