OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Grassland Science is 2. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of LAB inoculant and cellulase on the fermentation quality and chemical composition of forage soybean silage prepared with corn stover	20
Discriminating Pennisetum alopecuoides plants in a grazed pasture from unmanned aerial vehicles using object‐based image analysis and random forest classifier	13
The effects of stage of maturity and lactic acid bacteria inoculants on the ensiling characteristics, aerobic stability and in vitro digestibility of whole‐crop oat silages	12
Fermentation and aerobic stability of Napier grass silage treated with different levels of citric acid residue	9
Intercropped maize‐soybean silage: Effects on forage yield, fermentation pattern and nutritional composition	8
EMS‐induced mutations in common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) and two mutants without anthocyanin accumulation showing increased cold tolerance	7
Chemical composition and calorific value of elephant grass varieties and other feedstocks intended for direct combustion	7
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi promote plant growth of Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvelev by increasing the metabolomics activity under nitrogen addition	7
Research on deep learning method recognition and a classification model of grassland grass species based on unmanned aerial vehicle hyperspectral remote sensing	7
Nitrous oxide emissions and forage accumulation in the Brazilian Amazon forage‐livestock systems submitted to N input strategies	6
Response characteristics of grassland ecosystem biomass to grazing intensity in China	6
Effects of grassland converted to cropland on soil microbial biomass and community from agro‐pastoral ecotone in Northern China	6
Biomass production and nutritional characteristics of quinoa subjected to cutting and sowing date in the midwestern China	6
Nutritional quality evaluation and proteome profile of forage species of Western Himalaya	5
Genetic diversity and structure of diploid Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) cultivars and breeding materials in Japan based on genome‐wide allele frequency	5
Short‐term grazing exclusion does not effectively restore degraded rangeland in the Junggar desert of Xinjiang, China	4
Cool‐season grass productivity estimation model evaluating the effects of global warming and climate adaptation strategies	4
Economic potential of milk production strategies with restrictive use of concentrated feed—An experiment on 36 family farms in the pre‐alpine region	4
Root architecture characteristics of five natural homogeneous grasslands in riparian buffers from lower reaches of Yellow River	4
GR24 alleviates the adverse effects of drought stress on physiology and photosystem II function in alfalfa (Medicago Sativa L.)	4
Effects of mowing regimes on forage yield and crude protein of Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel in Songnen grassland	4
Grazing by large herbivores improves soil microbial metabolic activity in a meadow steppe	4
Spraying sugars, growth temperatures and N application levels change epiphytic lactic acid bacteria composition on Italian ryegrass	3
Nutritive value and herbage mass in hybrids of Paspalum plicatulum × Paspalum guenoarum fertilized with nitrogen or in mixture with temperate legumes	3
Interactive effects of growth stage and nitrogen fertilization on herbage characteristics and nutritive value of Paspalum atratum	3

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Amelioration of salt‐induced damage on alfalfa by exogenous application of silicon	3
Assessment of genetic diversity and population structure of the genus Vicia (Vicia L.) using simple sequence repeat markers	3
Effects of plant spacing on seed yield and seed quality in new Urochloa cultivars	3
Effect of pasture cover and height on nutrient concentrations in diverse swards in the UK	3
Variability of radiation use efficiency in mixed pastures under varying resource availability, defoliation and time scale	3
Differences in grain yield responses to planting density in twin and narrow row cultivation between early and late maize cultivars	2
Effects of wheat‐legume cultures on the fermentation quality and protein degradation of silage	2
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	2
Physiological effects of cutting on Secale cereale L. seedlings under freeze–thaw and alkaline salt stress	2
Intermittent stocking strategies for the management of Marandu palisade grass in the Brazilian Cerrado biome	2
Cutting height and interval effects on yield of palisadegrass cv. MG5 in temperate zone	2
Production of dallisgrass in response to NPK fertilizer in southwest China and its implications for cultivation	2
Agrobacterium‐mediated transformation via establishment of stable tissue culture system in Zoysia matrella (L.) Merrill ‘Wakaba’	2
Chemical composition, lipid peroxidation and in vitro ruminal fermentation of crown vetch (Coronilla varia L.) herbage and silage	2
Challenging sheep grazing in orchards: Changes in nutrition, performance, and the health of animals and the effects on the vegetation and soil	2
Impact of precipitation on the two‐stage grassland eco‐subsidy policy effect on stocking reduction in Inner Mongolia, China	2
Increasing Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) regrowth via inoculation with an ammonia‐oxidizing bacterial strain	2
Physiological responses and forage accumulation of Marandu palisadegrass and Mombaça guineagrass to nitrogen fertilizer in the Brazilian forage‐based systems	2
Analysis of the maternal genome of Elymus nutans from the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau based on chloroplast genomes	2
Molecular characterization of Algerian populations of cocksfoot and tall fescue: Ploidy level determination and genetic diversity analysis	2
Selenite uptake by Medicago sativa L. roots	2
Changes of photosynthetic pigments and phytol content at different levels of nitrogen fertilizer in Italian ryegrass fresh herbage and hay	2
Effect of nitrogen topdressing on planting density response of grain yield in maize with different planting pattern cultivation	2
Physical characteristics of Erianthus arundinaceus as a bedding material for broiler	2
Color assessment of selected lawn grass mixtures	2
Effects of rhizosphere soil nitrification on the compensatory growth of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam) based on root‐produced cytokinin	2
Potential impact of botanically diverse pasture on the nutritional, physiological, and immunological status of grazing cows	2
DNA marker analysis of flowering time, semi‐dwarf, fertility restorer, and brown midrib genes in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench)	2
Forage yield and quality of buffel ‘H‐17’ and Urochloa hybrids at different regrowth ages under semi‐arid conditions	2
Effects of fumaric and maleic acids on the fermentation, nutrient composition, proteolysis and in vitro ruminal gas of corn silage	2