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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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Evaluating Sunn Hemp Intercropped in Tall Fescue Pastures for Summer Stocker Cattle Using Proximal and Satellite Sensing	53
A Comparison Between Upper and Bottom Layers in Bunker Silos: Performance of Dairy Cows	50
Sward Species Diversity Impacts on Pasture Productivity and Botanical Composition Under Grazing Systems	43
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Perennial Grass‐Legume Integration: A Sustainable Approach to Fodder Production	30
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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	19
Issue Information	19
Quantifying the Contributing Potential of European Grasslands to Food Protein and Organic Manure in a Circular Food System	19
Urea fertilization for potentializing beef cattle performance in agroforestry systems in the humid tropics	18
Selection of succeeding crops for a double‐cropping system in alpine pastoral areas of the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau	17
The de‐domestication of Ornithopus sativus Brot. to develop cultivars with physical dormancy (hardseed)	16
Performance of Beef Cattle Under Grazing as Affected by Urochloa decumbens Cultivars	16
Above and belowground litter decomposition of cover crops grazed at different intensities	14
No Variation in Critical Nitrogen Curves of Modern Maize Hybrids Differing in Maturity Group Grown Under Contrasting Environmental Conditions	14
Root Rot Affects Red Clover More Than Other Forage Legumes in Mixed Grass‐Legume Leys	13
Stocking Method Effects on Canopy Characteristics and Herbage Accumulation of Mulato II Brachiariagrass	12
Mixed Swards of Annual Legumes and Ryegrass Improve Biomass, N Yield and Resource Use in Mediterranean Conditions	11
Issue Information	10
Shufflenetv2UNet: An improved neural network model for grassland sample coverage extraction	10
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Translating and applying a simulation model to enhance understanding of grassland management	10
Editorial: Special issue on green biorefining	10
Effects of Three Grassland Intensification Practices on Forage Production and Its Temporal Variability	10

Plant Growth‐Promoting Rhizobacteria Impacting Forage Mass of Urochloa ruziziensis and	10
Alfalfa‐bermudagrass mixtures managed under contrasting harvest strategies in the southeastern US	10
Forage Mass, Nutritional Value, Cattle Performance and Economic Indicators in Urochloa decumbens P	10
Issue Information	9
Management of perennial forbs sown with or without self‐regenerating annual clovers for forage and nectar sources in a low‐input dryland production system	9
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	9
Native forbs interseeded into native grass pastures persist under grazing	9
Dry‐matter production and botanical composition of multispecies and perennial ryegrass swards under varying defoliation management	8
Evaluating Performance of Bouteloua gracilis Cultivars After Drought: The Role of the Soil Microbiome	8
Fermentation Parameters and In Vitro Degradability of Diets Containing Cratylia argentea Hay as a	8
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Species Composition Influences Zinc and Selenium Uptake in Multispecies Grasslands	7
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Reseeding of a Long‐Term Permanent Grassland With a Multi‐Species Sward: 1. Biomass Yield Effects	7
How do we feed grazing livestock in the future? A case for knowledge‐driven grazing systems	7
Effect of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lentilactobacillus buchneri on corn and sorghum silage quality and sheep energy partition under tropical conditions	7
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Grazing Management and Dietary Supplementation Modulate Rumen Fermentation and Methane Production in Forage‐Based Livestock Systems	7
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	7
Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bacteriocins in Feed Preservation: Mechanisms and Antifungal Properties	7
Agronomic and forage nutritive responses of Kentucky bluegrass dominated pastures in the northern Great Plains	6
Eco‐efficiency of leys—The trigger for sustainable integrated crop‐dairy farming systems	6
Issue Information	6
Main Drivers of Forage Sensitivity to Droughts of Increasing Duration in Rangelands	6
Variations of seed size and seed number per spikelet and their effects on seed germination in hulled oats	6
Morphology of flower bud differentiation and floral organ specialization in Caucasian clover	6
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Productivity of beef cattle grazing Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu with and without nitrogen fertilizer application or mixed pastures with the legume Desmodium ovalifolium	5
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Agronomic and physiological responses of corn intercropped with palisadegrass growing in full sun or in a crop‐livestock‐forestry systems	5
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Yield and Stability of Three Tropical Forage Grasses Cultivated as Pure or Mixed Stands	5
Herbage and sheep production from simple, diverse, and legume pastures established in an agrivoltaic production system	4
Sustainable intensification of livestock systems using forage legumes in the Anthropocene	4
Are We Up to the Best Practices in Forage and Grassland Precision Harvest? A Review	4
Evaluation of chromosome diversity of Elymus nutans on the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau by FISH	4
Screening of and Mechanistic Insights Into the Enteric Methane Mitigation Potential of European Native and Non‐Native Forage Trees, Shrubs, and Herbs Using In Vitro Batch Culture	4
Lower soil nitrous oxide emissions by a high lipid genetically modified perennial ryegrass line compared to its wild type	4
Nutritional Dynamics of Iranian Pasture Flora: Implications for Animal Health and Productivity	4
Effects of nitrogen fertilization rate and seeding density on the forage yield and quality of autumn‐sown triticale in an alpine grazing area of the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau, China	4
Issue Information	4
In Vitro Fermentation Characteristics of Seven Commonly Used Dairy Roughages With Relatively High and Low Nutritive Values	4
Fractionation of mixed grass and clover stands using a leaf stripper	4
Toward Standardisation of Methodologies and Biodiversity Measures for Describing the Microbiome Structure and Diversity of Silages	4
Main ecological and environmental factors affecting forage yield and quality in alpine summer pastures (NW‐Italy, Gran Paradiso National Park)	4
Grasses of Saudi Arabia: A Review	4
Parameters of nitrogen use efficiency of Kentucky bluegrass cultivars at different N levels under deficit irrigation	4
Annual Forage Accumulation and Nutritive Value of Juncao Grass (Cenchrus fungigraminus) Under Increasing Pre‐Harvest Canopy Heights	3
Reseeding of a Long‐Term Permanent Grassland With a Multi‐Species Sward: 3. Mineral Concentration Effects	3
Association Between Morphological Characteristics and Agronomic Performance of Different Leaf Sized White Clover Varieties	3

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Canopy leaf area and leaf mass in the upper stratum of Urochloa hybrid ‘Mavuno’ grass subjected to nitrogen fertilisation	3
Efficacy of adding chemical and microbial additives to silage on beef cattle performance: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	3
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Modelling pasture management practices for soil organic carbon gain in livestock systems	3
Nitrogen fertilization value of compost and dried dung in soils with contrasting synthetic nitrogen fertilization histories	3
The hunt for the “holy grail”: Condensed tannins in the perennial forage legume white clover (Trifolium repens L.)	3
Phenotyping of Urochloa humidicola grass hybrids for agronomic and environmental performance in the Piedmont region of the Orinoquian savannas of Colombia	3
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What Can We Do to Improve the Contribution of European Grassland to Net Food Security?	3
Agronomic Performance of Perennial Ryegrass ( Lolium perenne L)—Ribwort Plantain (	3
Ensilibility and protein degradation characteristics of forage from mountain grasslands containing tanniferous species	3
Mixtures of grasses: An alternative to traditional pasture monocultures in the tropics	3
Review: Could Molinia caerulea Be an Alternative Forage Feed for Horses?	3
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Effect of Harvest Stage and Ensiling on Contents of Crude Nutrients, Amino Acids, Riboflavin and Secondary Plant Metabolites of Winter Catch‐Crops Vi	2
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Grassland Yield Gaps and Their Impact on the Contribution to Food Security of Walloon Dairy Farms	2
Physiological, Morphological and Genetic Mechanisms of Desert Plants to Drought and Salt Stress	2
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Grassland, forage, and turfgrass science in China	2
Short‐Term Relocation of Whole‐Plant Corn Silage Does Not Alter Performance and Digestibility in Lambs	2
Increasing Nitrogen Deposition Promotes Recruitment of Beneficial Rhizosphere Microbes to Help Grass Species Dominate Plant Community of Alpine Meadow on Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau	2
High Ca and P homeostasis ensure stable forage Ca:P following historical nitrogen inputs in a temperate steppe	2
Growth responses to waterlogging stress among cool‐season grass species	2
Factors determining yield and nutritive value of maize for silage under tropical conditions	2
Factors Influencing Protein Utilisation in Legume Silage and Hay for Ruminants	2
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Higher density swards have a higher load bearing capacity	2
The effect of 19 years of restoration managements on forage quality and herbage‐soil relationships within improved upland grassland	2
Multifunctionality and diversity of livestock grazing systems for sustainable food systems throughout the world: Are there learning opportunities for Europe?	2
Forage accumulation, nutritive value, and grazing efficiency on rotationally stocked ‘Zuri’ guineagrass pastures as affected by pre‐graze canopy height and N rate	2
Different Grazing Frequencies Modify the Structure, Production, and Nutritional Value of ‘Zuri’ Guineagrass in the Brazilian Cerrado	2
Net Mixture Effects on Nutritive Value in Lucerne‐Grass Swards of Varied Composition and Diversity	2
Zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.) accessions differ in nitrogen cycling during a simulated seasonal senescence	2
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The importance of multi‐species grassland leys to enhance ecosystem services in crop rotations	1
Late Stages of Tropical Silvopastoral System: An Opportunity to Maximise Forage and Animal Production	1
Intercropping of orchardgrass and alfalfa improves soil fertility, forage yield, feeding values and land use efficiency while limiting ruminal greenhouse gas emissions	1
Topics from the 2023 EGF Symposium: The future role of ley‐farming in cropping systems, and other recent grassland events	1
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	1
Forage potential of Thinopyrum intermedium through near‐infrared spectrometry and grown in mixture with various legumes	1
Effect of Chemical Additives on Maize Silage Fermentation and Aerobic Stability and on Preference and Short‐Term Intake by Goats	1
Species dynamics in forage seed mixtures exposed to different lengths of growing season	1
Chemical Composition, Fermentation Parameters and Losses of Silages From Different Hybrids of Biomass Sorghum	1
Herbage and animal responses on continuously stocked ‘Ipyporã’ and ‘Mulato II’ brachiariagrasses	1
Improving the accuracy of models to map alpine grassland above‐ground biomass using Google earth engine	1
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Annual and seasonal dry matter production, botanical species composition, and nutritive value of multispecies, permanent pasture, and perennial ryegrass swards managed under grazing	1
Functional Plant Species Traits That Shape Canopy Light Interception and Agronomic Performance of Perennial Forage Grasses Cultivated in Monoculture and Association	1
Enhancing Forage Efficiency: Insights From Cultivar, Nitrogen and Cutting Strategies in Pearl Millet	1
Effect of slurry application techniques on nitrous oxide emission from temperate grassland under varying soil and climatic conditions	1
Estimation of Plant Alpha Diversity by Hyperspectral Data in Grassland	1
A cytochrome P450 gene, LpCYP72A15, confers drought tolerance in perennial ryegrass	1
Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum CV. Inia Sepé) responses to defoliation intensities	1
Guest Editorial. Topics at EGF2024	1
Efficacy of six lactic acid bacteria strains as silage inoculants in forages with different dry matter and water‐soluble carbohydrate content	1
Does the inclusion of crop and forestry components in forage‐based systems affect the ruminal fermentation and methane production of Marandu palisadegrass?	1
Forage type and additive effects on fermentation quality and biorefinery performance of silages	1
White clover (Trifolium repens) population dynamics are partly dependent on timing of seminal taproot death	1
Utilizing treated wastewater for pasture irrigation: Effects on productivity, plant community structure and soil properties	1
Drought stress impact on the performance of deep convolutional neural networks for weed detection in Bahiagrass	1
Editorial	1
Stocking method effects on forage accumulation, canopy attributes, and nutritive value of grazed Mulato II brachiariagrass pastures	1
Issue Information	1
Examining the role of ruminants in sustainable food systems	1
Convergence points of optimal herbage accumulation and intake rate by sheep grazing tall fescue	1
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Chemical Characterisation and Biorefinery Efficiency of Timothy Grass and Pulp Silages	1
Exploring Clover‐Based Nurse Cropping for Birdsfoot Trefoil Establishment and Yield	1
Defoliation Intensity Affects Bahiagrass Nutritive Value Through Increases in Proportion of Non‐Degraded Leaf Tissue Components	1