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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

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Quantifying the Contributing Potential of European Grasslands to Food Protein and Organic Manure in a Circular Food System	42
Sward Species Diversity Impacts on Pasture Productivity and Botanical Composition Under Grazing Systems	35
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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	28
Selection of succeeding crops for a double‐cropping system in alpine pastoral areas of the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau	25
Urea fertilization for potentializing beef cattle performance in agroforestry systems in the humid tropics	21
The de‐domestication of Ornithopus sativus Brot. to develop cultivars with physical dormancy (hardseed)	19
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	18
Above and belowground litter decomposition of cover crops grazed at different intensities	13
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Could the Dilatata group of Paspalum be bred as sexual species? A preliminary assessment	12
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	10
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Translating and applying a simulation model to enhance understanding of grassland management	9
Intensive mechanical processing of forage crops to improve fibre digestion	8
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Shufflenetv2UNet: An improved neural network model for grassland sample coverage extraction	8
Editorial: Special issue on green biorefining	8
Alfalfa‐bermudagrass mixtures managed under contrasting harvest strategies in the southeastern US	8
Re‐ensiling effects on sorghum silage quality, methane emission and sheep efficiency in tropical climate	8

Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bacteriocins in Feed Preservation: Mechanisms and Antifungal Properties	7
Native forbs interseeded into native grass pastures persist under grazing	7
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Dry‐matter production and botanical composition of multispecies and perennial ryegrass swards under varying defoliation management	6
Eco‐efficiency of leys—The trigger for sustainable integrated crop‐dairy farming systems	6
Effect of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lentilactobacillus buchneri on corn and sorghum silage quality and sheep energy partition under tropical conditions	6
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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	6
Management of perennial forbs sown with or without self‐regenerating annual clovers for forage and nectar sources in a low‐input dryland production system	6
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How do we feed grazing livestock in the future? A case for knowledge‐driven grazing systems	6
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Morphology of flower bud differentiation and floral organ specialization in Caucasian clover	5
Agronomic and physiological responses of corn intercropped with palisadegrass growing in full sun or in a crop‐livestock‐forestry systems	5
Variations of seed size and seed number per spikelet and their effects on seed germination in hulled oats	5
Agronomic and forage nutritive responses of Kentucky bluegrass dominated pastures in the northern Great Plains	5
Yield and Stability of Three Tropical Forage Grasses Cultivated as Pure or Mixed Stands	4
Lower soil nitrous oxide emissions by a high lipid genetically modified perennial ryegrass line compared to its wild type	4
Main ecological and environmental factors affecting forage yield and quality in alpine summer pastures (NW‐Italy, Gran Paradiso National Park)	4
Are We Up to the Best Practices in Forage and Grassland Precision Harvest? A Review	4
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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	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
Grasses of Saudi Arabia: A Review	4
Fractionation of mixed grass and clover stands using a leaf stripper	4
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
Evaluation of chromosome diversity of Elymus nutans on the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau by FISH	4
Grassland soil organic carbon stocks along management intensity and warming gradients	4
Multifunctionality and diversity of livestock grazing systems for sustainable food systems throughout the world: Are there learning opportunities for Europe?	3
Mixtures of grasses: An alternative to traditional pasture monocultures in the tropics	3
APSIM‐Tropical Pasture model parameterization for simulating Marandu palisade grass growth and soil water in irrigated and rainfed cut‐and‐carry systems	3
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Modelling pasture management practices for soil organic carbon gain in livestock systems	3
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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
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Parameters of nitrogen use efficiency of Kentucky bluegrass cultivars at different N levels under deficit irrigation	3
Phenotyping of Urochloa humidicola grass hybrids for agronomic and environmental performance in the Piedmont region of the Orinoquian savannas of Colombia	3
Ensilibility and protein degradation characteristics of forage from mountain grasslands containing tanniferous species	3
Canopy leaf area and leaf mass in the upper stratum of Urochloa hybrid ‘Mavuno’ grass subjected to nitrogen fertilisation	3
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Higher density swards have a higher load bearing capacity	2
A cytochrome P450 gene, LpCYP72A15, confers drought tolerance in perennial ryegrass	2
Net Mixture Effects on Nutritive Value in Lucerne‐Grass Swards of Varied Composition and Diversity	2

Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum CV. Inia Sepé) responses to defoliation intensities	2
Forage potential of Thinopyrum intermedium through near‐infrared spectrometry and grown in mixture with various legumes	2
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Growth responses to waterlogging stress among cool‐season grass species	2
High Ca and P homeostasis ensure stable forage Ca:P following historical nitrogen inputs in a temperate steppe	2
Grassland, forage, and turfgrass science in China	2
Examining the role of ruminants in sustainable food systems	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
Zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.) accessions differ in nitrogen cycling during a simulated seasonal senescence	2
Efficacy of adding chemical and microbial additives to silage on beef cattle performance: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	2
Factors determining yield and nutritive value of maize for silage under tropical conditions	2
The effect of 19 years of restoration managements on forage quality and herbage‐soil relationships within improved upland grassland	2
Editorial: Sustainability of grasslands and grass‐based ruminant production – Topics from the 28^th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation	2
Stocking method effects on forage accumulation, canopy attributes, and nutritive value of grazed Mulato II brachiariagrass pastures	2
Sustainability aspects of milk production in Sweden	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
The effect of autumn closing date on over winter tissue turnover in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) swards	1
Seasonal changes in carbon and nitrogen metabolism of Brachiaria decumbens in a long‐term silvopastoral system	1
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Grass and legume breeding matching the future needs of European grassland farming	1
Agronomical and breeding approaches to improve the nutritional status of forage crops for better livestock productivity	1
Exploring Clover‐Based Nurse Cropping for Birdsfoot Trefoil Establishment and Yield	1
Forage type and additive effects on fermentation quality and biorefinery performance of silages	1
Convergence points of optimal herbage accumulation and intake rate by sheep grazing tall fescue	1
Effect of slurry application techniques on nitrous oxide emission from temperate grassland under varying soil and climatic conditions	1
Intercropping of orchardgrass and alfalfa improves soil fertility, forage yield, feeding values and land use efficiency while limiting ruminal greenhouse gas emissions	1
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Interaction of multispecies sward composition and harvesting management on herbage yield and quality from establishment phase to the subsequent crop	1
Does the inclusion of crop and forestry components in forage‐based systems affect the ruminal fermentation and methane production of Marandu palisadegrass?	1
Yield, nutrient quality and water and phosphorus recovery efficiencies of alfalfa under different drip irrigation and phosphorus levels in Northern Xinjiang, China	1
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Effectiveness of dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.) control in new leys and established grassland following the application of herbicides	1
The importance of multi‐species grassland leys to enhance ecosystem services in crop rotations	1
Utilizing treated wastewater for pasture irrigation: Effects on productivity, plant community structure and soil properties	1
Species dynamics in forage seed mixtures exposed to different lengths of growing season	1
Topics from the 2023 EGF Symposium: The future role of ley‐farming in cropping systems, and other recent grassland events	1
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Shoot nitrogen concentrations required for optimal herbage growth of multiple perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) cultivars relative to modern summer‐active cocksfoot (Dac	1
Chemical Composition, Fermentation Parameters and Losses of Silages From Different Hybrids of Biomass Sorghum	1
Efficacy of six lactic acid bacteria strains as silage inoculants in forages with different dry matter and water‐soluble carbohydrate content	1
Improving the accuracy of models to map alpine grassland above‐ground biomass using Google earth engine	1
Herbage and animal responses on continuously stocked ‘Ipyporã’ and ‘Mulato II’ brachiariagrasses	1
A review of India’s fodder production status and opportunities	1
Annual and seasonal dry matter production, botanical species composition, and nutritive value of multispecies, permanent pasture, and perennial ryegrass swards managed under grazing	1
White clover (Trifolium repens) population dynamics are partly dependent on timing of seminal taproot death	1
Drought stress impact on the performance of deep convolutional neural networks for weed detection in Bahiagrass	1