OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Grassland Science is 0. 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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The combination of sulfur and nitrogen fertilization has a direct impact on the recovery process of degraded pastures in tropical climates	13
Effects of plant spacing on seed yield and seed quality in new Urochloa cultivars	8
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Quantitative trait locus mapping of five significant quality traits such as crude protein content of tetraploid hybrid crested wheatgrass in multiple environments	6
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Hybrid brachiariagrass (Urochloa spp.) establishment with annual sorghum sudangrass (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) and sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) mixtur	6
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Effects of litter placement, soil moisture and temperature on soil carbon dioxide emissions in a sandy grassland soil	6
Effect of nitrogen topdressing on planting density response of grain yield in maize with different planting pattern cultivation	5
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Increasing Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) regrowth via inoculation with an ammonia‐oxidizing bacterial strain	5
Nutritional quality evaluation and proteome profile of forage species of Western Himalaya	4
Radiocesium transfer from soil is lower in tall fescue than orchardgrass under conditions of lower soil exchangeable potassium	4
Restoring ecosystems in the southeastern United States by interseeding alfalfa in existing cool‐season grass pastures	4
Impact of precipitation on the two‐stage grassland eco‐subsidy policy effect on stocking reduction in Inner Mongolia, China	4
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Influences of no‐tillage on the yield and silage fermentation quality of Italian ryegrass	3
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The relative importance of plant‐pollinator network parameters in maintaining seed productivity varies between years	3
Effects of fumaric and maleic acids on the fermentation, nutrient composition, proteolysis and in vitro ruminal gas of corn silage	3
Effects of saline‐alkali stress on the functional traits and physiological characteristics of Leymus chinensis leaves	3
Detecting reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) patches from UAV‐based digital surface model images—A case study in a timothy (Phleum pretense L.) meadow field	3

Ensilage potential and nutritional value of Columbus grass (Sorghum almum Parodi) at different phenology and storage duration in the derived savanna zone of Nigeria	3
Intensive grazing confounds the patterns of plant compositional change along a soil pH gradient, not an aridity gradient, in the Mongolian steppe	2
Spraying sugars, growth temperatures and N application levels change epiphytic lactic acid bacteria composition on Italian ryegrass	2
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Panicum maximum cultivars for use in integrated agricultural production systems in Cerrado biome soils	2
Production of dallisgrass in response to NPK fertilizer in southwest China and its implications for cultivation	2
Physical and biochemical characteristics of tropical grass and legume pastures grazed by lambs	2
Synthetic strigolactone (rac‐GR24) alleviates the photosynthetic inhibition and oxidative damage in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) under salt stress	2
Construction of high density genetic map and quantitative trait locus mapping in a sorghum Tx623A × sudangrass S722 population	2
Drought intensity–responsive changes in photosynthesis‐related proteins, carbohydrate pools and forage quality in Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.)	2
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Summer‐survival cultivars of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) potentially contain Festuca genome fragments	1
Estimation of in vitro digestibility and fermentation of elephant grass by near infrared spectroscopy	1
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Effects of foliar spraying of selenate at different time points on selenium concentration in wheat grains during grain filling period	1
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Intercropped maize‐soybean silage: Effects on forage yield, fermentation pattern and nutritional composition	1
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Scanning sympatric sika deer and Japanese serows using drones: A methodological trial in Mt. Asama, Central Japan	1
Genetic diversity and structure of diploid Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) cultivars and breeding materials in Japan based on genome‐wide allele frequency	1
Effects of drought stress on the functional traits and rhizosphere microbial community structure of Cyperus esculentus	1
Research on deep learning method recognition and a classification model of grassland grass species based on unmanned aerial vehicle hyperspectral remote sensing	1
Genetic relationship and diversity of cultivars and breeding lines of tetraploid Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) and its hybrids with Lolium‐Festuca complex based on ge	1
Promoting vegetation coverage using fertilization treatments in abandoned farmland in Mongolia	1
Positive effects of biomass of unpalatable neighborhoods on palatable plants in a grassland community under heavy grazing pressure by sika deer	1
Physical characteristics of Erianthus arundinaceus as a bedding material for broiler	1
Differences of morphological and physiological responses of sainfoin varieties/lines under simulated drought stresses	1
Effects of land use and yak grazing on behavior and body mass of plateau pika in Tibetan plateau rangelands	1
The expression of lignin biosynthesis genes during plant development and effects of downregulated cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) gene in bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flü	1
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Response characteristics of grassland ecosystem biomass to grazing intensity in China	1
Nutrient intakes, growth performance and digestive organ weight of raising Japanese Black steers fed oat hay or whole crop corn silage as roughage	1
Variations in the yield and moisture content of ears of forage corn varieties with different relative maturity	1
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Amelioration of salt‐induced damage on alfalfa by exogenous application of silicon	1
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Nutrient utilization of native herbage and oat forage as feed for Tibetan sheep (Ovis aries)	0
Common response of dominant plants in typical grassland of Inner Mongolia to long‐term overgrazing revealed by transcriptome analysis	0
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Fermentation quality, nutritive value and in vitro ruminal digestion of Napier grass, sugarcane top and their mixed silages prepared using lactic acid bacteria and formic acid	0
The effect of increasing canola oil and soybean oil addition to beef cattle rations based on corn silage and barley grain on the in vitro ruminal gas production and rumen fermentation	0
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Agrobacterium‐mediated transformation via establishment of stable tissue culture system inZoysia matrella(L.) Merrill ‘Wakaba’	0
QTL analysis of regrowth ability in bmr sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench) × sudangrass (S. bicolor subsp. drummondii) populations	0
Chemical composition, lipid peroxidation and in vitro ruminal fermentation of crown vetch (Coronilla varia L.) herbage and silage	0
The effect of the combined application of agricultural waste‐ and manure‐based biochar on soil properties, microbial abundance, CO₂ emissions and grass growth	0

Effects of grassland converted to cropland on soil microbial biomass and community from agro‐pastoral ecotone in Northern China	0
Reproductive effort of Caragana microphylla under long‐term grazing exclusion in a semi‐arid grassland	0
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Biochar and nitrogen application rates alter some forage and soil minerals concentrations and soil leachate quality in a semiarid mixed grassland system	0
Assessment of genetic diversity and population structure of the genus Vicia (Vicia L.) using simple sequence repeat markers	0
Fermentation quality and protein fractions of four Pennisetum grass silages	0
Moderate grazing intensities modulate canopy structure that influences short‐term intake rate of heifers grazing a natural grassland	0
Potassium fertilization and defoliation intensity effects on forage characteristics of “BRS Zuri” guineagrass	0
GR24 alleviates the adverse effects of drought stress on physiology and photosystem II function in alfalfa (Medicago Sativa L.)	0
Nutritional value and fermentability of sorghum silages grown in the Amazon biome	0
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Ticktrefoil (Desmodium) species as a nutraceutical forage resource for animals	0
Effect of fertilization and plant protection treatments on seed yield and seed quality of orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.)	0
Physiological changes associated with enhanced cold resistance during Medicago ruthenica germination and seedling growth in response to exogenous γ‐aminobutyric acid	0
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Economic potential of milk production strategies with restrictive use of concentrated feed—An experiment on 36 family farms in the pre‐alpine region	0
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Methods for prediction of morphophysiological variables of Brachiaria decumbens grass	0
The effects of self‐regenerating annual clovers on plant species composition and heifer performance in an irrigated pasture in western Oregon, USA	0
The response of alfalfa cultivars to mobile aluminum toxicity	0
Phylogenomic identification and overexpression of plant size–related genes in Setaria viridis and rice	0
Monthly mowing frequency does not affect soil CO₂ emissions of fertilized Bromus erectus‐dominated grasslands	0
Challenging sheep grazing in orchards: Changes in nutrition, performance, and the health of animals and the effects on the vegetation and soil	0
NIR spectroscopy: Developing predictive models for chemical attributes and in vitro dry matter digestibility of Megathyrsus maximus cv. Tanzania	0
Cattle dung detection in pastures from drone images using YOLOv5	0
The effect of cutting regime and genotype on growth, seed yield, seed quality and herbage yield of seven Urochloa (syn. Brachiaria) grass genotypes in the Adamawa region of Camero	0
Effects of low temperature on distribution and metabolism enzyme activity of carbon and nitrogen of Medicago ruthenica (L.)	0
Relationship between orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata) dominance and the soil chemical characteristics of nonallophanic Andosol under cutting and cattle grazing	0
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Latest potential sowing time of galega (Galega orientalis Lam.) for successful cultivation in the extreme winter conditions of northern Japan	0
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Root architecture characteristics of five natural homogeneous grasslands in riparian buffers from lower reaches of Yellow River	0
Plant community characteristics, soil nutrients and their interactions in artificial grassland with different establishment years in the Three Rivers Headwater Region	0
Selenite uptake by Medicago sativa L. roots	0
DNA marker analysis of flowering time, semi‐dwarf, fertility restorer, and brown midrib genes in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench)	0
Evaluation of genetic diversity and production adaptability in different germplasms of Paspalum dilatatum	0
Fumonisin reduction using fungicides in forage corn cultivation	0
Spatial variation in grassland vegetation and herbage mass in the Ejina oasis along the Heihe River in the southern Gobi Desert, China	0
Effect of grazing on soil enzyme activities in grassland ecosystems: A meta‐analysis	0
Effect of soil acidification on regrowth of orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata) under application of grazing cattle dung, cattle manure compost, and chemical fertilizer	0
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Chemical composition and calorific value of elephant grass varieties and other feedstocks intended for direct combustion	0
Interactive effects of growth stage and nitrogen fertilization on herbage characteristics and nutritive value of Paspalum atratum	0
Cloning and expression analysis of ZjHSP18.9 from Zoysia japonica	0
Parental‐progeny‐based best linear unbiased prediction for determining maize single‐cross performance and resistance to Pythium root and stalk rot	0
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Intermittent stocking strategies for the management of Marandu palisade grass in the Brazilian Cerrado biome	0
Potential impact of botanically diverse pasture on the nutritional, physiological, and immunological status of grazing cows	0
Effect of applying different additives on the fermentation characteristics and aerobic stability of total mixed ration silage prepared with local feed resources in Tibet	0
Effects of precipitation changes on the stoichiometry and photosynthetic characteristics of Stipa bungeana Trin. at different growth stages in the Loess Plateau, China	0
Whole crop maize yield modeling based on regional climatic data considering cultivar maturity grouping	0
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Spatiotemporal variation in aboveground biomass in a tropical grass pasture over a 22‐year period	0
Analysis of the maternal genome ofElymus nutansfrom the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau based on chloroplast genomes	0
Changes of photosynthetic pigments and phytol content at different levels of nitrogen fertilizer in Italian ryegrass fresh herbage and hay	0