OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Grass and Forage Science is 4. 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
A review of India’s fodder production status and opportunities	21
Coupling the benefits of grassland crops and green biorefining to produce protein, materials and services for the green transition	21
How do we feed grazing livestock in the future? A case for knowledge‐driven grazing systems	20
“Summer sowing”: A successful innovation to increase the adoption of key species of annual forage legumes for agriculture in Mediterranean and temperate environments	19
Grass and legume breeding matching the future needs of European grassland farming	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
Sustainability aspects of milk production in Sweden	12
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
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
Main ecological and environmental factors affecting forage yield and quality in alpine summer pastures (NW‐Italy, Gran Paradiso National Park)	6
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
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
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
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
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