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 2020-06-01 to 2024-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Forage legumes in grass pastures in tropical Brazil and likely impacts on greenhouse gas emissions: A review	48
How does grassland management affect physical and biochemical properties of temperate grassland soils? A review study	41
Methane mitigating options with forages fed to ruminants	27
Forage yield trend of alfalfa cultivars in the Canadian prairies and its relation to environmental factors and harvest management	24
Agronomical and breeding approaches to improve the nutritional status of forage crops for better livestock productivity	24
Grassland soil organic carbon stocks along management intensity and warming gradients	24
Using plant diversity to reduce vulnerability and increase drought resilience of permanent and sown productive grasslands	22
Prediction of aboveground biomass and dry‐matter content in Brachiaria pastures by combining meteorological data and satellite imagery	22
“Summer sowing”: A successful innovation to increase the adoption of key species of annual forage legumes for agriculture in Mediterranean and temperate environments	19
A review of India’s fodder production status and opportunities	18
Long‐term storage of forage legumes greatly alters the hard seed breakdown pattern in situ	15
Coupling the benefits of grassland crops and green biorefining to produce protein, materials and services for the green transition	15
A proposal for enhanced EU herbage VCU and DUS testing procedures	15
Productivity and nutritional value of 20 species of perennial legumes in a low‐rainfall Mediterranean‐type environment in southern Australia	14
Grass and legume breeding matching the future needs of European grassland farming	14
How do we feed grazing livestock in the future? A case for knowledge‐driven grazing systems	14
Botanical composition and aroma compounds of semi‐arid pastures in Algeria	14
Hard seed breakdown patterns of unprocessed forage legume seed sown into dry soil in summer in southern Australia	12
Farming with forages can reconnect crop and livestock operations to enhance circularity and foster ecosystem services	12
Nitrous oxide emissions from grass–clover swards as influenced by sward age and biological nitrogen fixation	12
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	12
Grazing management strategies for Urochloa decumbens (Stapf) R. Webster in a silvopastoral system under rotational stocking	11
Sustainability aspects of milk production in Sweden	10
Impact of increasing shade levels on the dry‐matter yield and botanical composition of multispecies forage stands	10
Pasture legumes differ in herbage production and quality throughout spring, impacting their potential role in fodder conservation and animal production	10

An investigation into the grazing efficiency of perennial ryegrass varieties	9
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	9
Fungal endophyte diversity in Paspalum and effects on plant growth	8
Pasture production, persistence of legumes and lamb growth in summer‐dry hill pastures	8
Image‐based high‐throughput phenotyping for the estimation of persistence of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)—A review	8
Moving warm‐season forage bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) into temperate regions of North America	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
Drought stress impact on the performance of deep convolutional neural networks for weed detection in Bahiagrass	7
Sorghum silage quality as determined by chemical–nutritional factors	7
The changing role of perennial ryegrass in dairy pastures in northern Victoria, Australia	7
The hunt for the “holy grail”: Condensed tannins in the perennial forage legume white clover (Trifolium repens L.)	7
Interaction of multispecies sward composition and harvesting management on herbage yield and quality from establishment phase to the subsequent crop	7
Diversification increases the resilience of European grassland‐based systems but is not a one‐size‐fits‐all strategy	6
Optimizing the growth of forage and grain legumes on low pH soils through the application of superior Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae strains	6
Herbage allowance and stocking method effect on grazing systems: Results of a long‐term experiment	6
Forage quality of species‐rich mountain grasslands subjected to zero, PK and NPK mineral fertilization for decades	6
Combining ability and selection for agronomic and nutritional traits in Urochloa spp. hybrids	6
Sourcing Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae strains from Mediterranean centres of origin to optimize nitrogen fixation in forage legumes grown on acid soils	5
Main ecological and environmental factors affecting forage yield and quality in alpine summer pastures (NW‐Italy, Gran Paradiso National Park)	5
Productivity of beef cattle grazing Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu with and without nitrogen fertilizer application or mixed pastures with the legume Desmodium ovalifolium	5
Relationships and influence of yield components on spaced‐plant and sward seed yield in perennial ryegrass	5
Grass silage composition and nutritive value on Northern Ireland farms between 1998 and 2017	5
Increases in forage legume biomass as a response to nitrogen input depend on temperature, soil characters and planting system: A meta‐analysis	5
Developing an approach to assess farmer perceptions of the value of pasture assessment technologies	5
Yield, nutrient quality and water and phosphorus recovery efficiencies of alfalfa under different drip irrigation and phosphorus levels in Northern Xinjiang, China	5
Plant growth habit and nitrogen fertilizer effects on rhizoma peanut biomass partitioning during establishment	4
Comparing the effects of horse grazing alone or with cattle on horse parasitism and vegetation use in a mesophile pasture	4
Factors determining yield and nutritive value of maize for silage under tropical conditions	4
Irrigation effects on elephant grass morphology, and its genotype‐dependent responses	4
Potential of lucerne sowing rate to influence root development and its implications for field stand productivity	4
Intensive mechanical processing of forage crops to improve fibre digestion	4
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	4
Managing “Marandu” palisadegrass and calopo pastures based on light interception	4
The history and distribution of nodulating Paraburkholderia, a potential inoculum for Fynbos forage species	4
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	4
Breeding forages with climate resiliency in temperate/tropical transition zones	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	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
Seed production of semi‐natural grasslands: Amount and variability in an unfertilized upright brome and a fertilized tall oat‐grass meadow	3
Improving the accuracy of models to map alpine grassland above‐ground biomass using Google earth engine	3
Effectiveness of dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.) control in new leys and established grassland following the application of herbicides	3
Putting permanent grassland at the heart of a European agroecological transition: Findings and questions arising from the ‘Ten Years for Agroecology’ (TYFA) scenario	3
Herbage accumulation dynamics in mixed pastures composed of kikuyugrass and tall fescue as affected by grazing management	3
Impact of native spray‐dried lactic acid bacteria, packing density and wilting time on fermentation characteristics of experimental maize and lucerne silages	3
Agronomic and forage nutritive responses of Kentucky bluegrass dominated pastures in the northern Great Plains	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
The effect of 19 years of restoration managements on forage quality and herbage‐soil relationships within improved upland grassland	3
Efficacy of six lactic acid bacteria strains as silage inoculants in forages with different dry matter and water‐soluble carbohydrate content	3
Root growth response of serradella species to aluminium in solution culture and soil	3

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
Editorial—Annual and perennial forage legumes in dryland pasture systems	2
How does pasture size alter plant–herbivore interactions among grazing cattle?	2
Could the Dilatata group of Paspalum be bred as sexual species? A preliminary assessment	2
Adaptive mechanisms of tall wheatgrass to salinity and alkalinity stress	2
Competitive and spreading abilities of forage peanut in tropical mixed pastures	2
Efficacy of adding chemical and microbial additives to silage on beef cattle performance: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	2
Intercropping of orchardgrass and alfalfa improves soil fertility, forage yield, feeding values and land use efficiency while limiting ruminal greenhouse gas emissions	2
Modelling seedling emergence in Paspalum species using environmental data from field experiments	2
The influence of soil potassium status on the productivity of docks (Rumex obtusifolius L.) in intensively managed temperate grassland	2
Stocking method effects on forage accumulation, canopy attributes, and nutritive value of grazed Mulato II brachiariagrass pastures	2
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	2
Editorial: Sustainability of grasslands and grass‐based ruminant production – Topics from the 28^th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation	2
Biserrula pelecinus L. is a promising forage legume for the central Ethiopian highlands	2
Editorial: Grass and Forage Science – 75 years of impact and service to the science of grasslands	2
High Ca and P homeostasis ensure stable forage Ca:P following historical nitrogen inputs in a temperate steppe	2
Parameters of nitrogen use efficiency of Kentucky bluegrass cultivars at different N levels under deficit irrigation	2
Nitrogen fertilizer replacement value of dairy soiled water in grass swards as affected by timing and rate of application	2
Dry‐matter production and botanical composition of multispecies and perennial ryegrass swards under varying defoliation management	2
Forage yield gap analysis for tall fescue pastures in Argentina: A modelling approach	2
Comparison of the effects of calcium ammonium nitrate and stabilized urea fertilizers on grass and silage yields and quality	2
Agronomic, nutritive value, reproductive, cytogenetic, and molecular aspects of Paspalum accessions: Contribution to the development of new forage cultivars	2
Fractionation of mixed grass and clover stands using a leaf stripper	2
A cytochrome P450 gene, LpCYP72A15, confers drought tolerance in perennial ryegrass	2
A universal method for rapid identification of alfalfa and burr medic seeds with an emphasis on discriminating different forage species	2
Alley cropping tree lines alter temperature and light quantity and influence daily growth rates of grassland	2
Eco‐efficiency of leys—The trigger for sustainable integrated crop‐dairy farming systems	2
Re‐ensiling effects on sorghum silage quality, methane emission and sheep efficiency in tropical climate	2
Multifunctionality and diversity of livestock grazing systems for sustainable food systems throughout the world: Are there learning opportunities for Europe?	2
White clover (Trifolium repens) population dynamics are partly dependent on timing of seminal taproot death	1
Grassland at the heart of circular and sustainable food systems	1
Morphology, accumulation and survival of Desmanthus under different planting densities and harvest heights	1
Evaluation of chromosome diversity of Elymus nutans on the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau by FISH	1
Herbage accumulation, nutritive value, and fatty acid profile of bermudagrass cultivars grown in different latitudes	1
Accumulating herbage during autumn to extend the grazing season in pasture‐based dairy systems	1
Selection of succeeding crops for a double‐cropping system in alpine pastoral areas of the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau	1
Cattle dry manure fertilization increases forage yield of grass‐legume mixtures, while maintaining the legume proportion and root‐associated microbiota	1
Forage accumulation, nutritive value, and grazing efficiency on rotationally stocked ‘Zuri’ guineagrass pastures as affected by pre‐graze canopy height and N rate	1
Root‐zone enrichment of soil organic carbon and nitrogen under grazing and other land uses in a humid‐temperate region	1
Root biomass and altitude jointly regulate the response of topsoil organic carbon density to severe degradation of high‐altitude alpine meadows	1
Forage intake and nitrogen metabolism of beef cattle grazing palisadegrass‐calopo mixed pasture managed using canopy light interception	1
Ensilibility and protein degradation characteristics of forage from mountain grasslands containing tanniferous species	1
Seasonal changes in carbon and nitrogen metabolism of Brachiaria decumbens in a long‐term silvopastoral system	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 defoliation dynamics of a stockpiled native grassland pasture follow similar patterns between supplemented and unsupplemented beef calves	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
Lactic acid bacteria and manganese‐based additives for improved lucerne, perennial grass, and perennial grass‐white clover preservation as silage	1
Zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.) accessions differ in nitrogen cycling during a simulated seasonal senescence	1
Editorial ‐ topics from the XXIV International Grassland Congress held in 2021	1
Integrated crop‐livestock versus conventional systems: Effects on the chemical and physical characteristics of an Oxisol	1
The effect of autumn closing date on over winter tissue turnover in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) swards	1
Forage type and additive effects on fermentation quality and biorefinery performance of silages	1
Effect of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lentilactobacillus buchneri on corn and sorghum silage quality and sheep energy partition under tropical conditions	1
Phenotyping of Urochloa humidicola grass hybrids for agronomic and environmental performance in the Piedmont region of the Orinoquian savannas of Colombia	1
APSIM‐Tropical Pasture model parameterization for simulating Marandu palisade grass growth and soil water in irrigated and rainfed cut‐and‐carry systems	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
Quantitative effects of cultural practices on growth and yield of forage rice having short panicles	1
Herbage and sheep production from simple, diverse, and legume pastures established in an agrivoltaic production system	1
Examining the role of ruminants in sustainable food systems	1
Evaluation of oat (Avena sativa L.) populations for autumn sowing production in Southwest China	1
Utilizing treated wastewater for pasture irrigation: Effects on productivity, plant community structure and soil properties	1
Implementing plantain (Plantago lanceolata) to mitigate the impact of grazing ruminants on nitrogen losses to the environment: A review	1
The importance of multi‐species grassland leys to enhance ecosystem services in crop rotations	1
Variations of seed size and seed number per spikelet and their effects on seed germination in hulled oats	1
Modelling pasture management practices for soil organic carbon gain in livestock systems	1
Do regrowth age and microbial inoculant usage affect the microbial diversity and fermentation characteristics of forage peanut silage?	1