Agronomy | Highly Cited Papers Published in 2023–2024 in the “Grassland and Pasture Science” Section
The “Grassland and Pasture Science” Section of Agronomy (ISSN: 2073-4395) publishes original research articles and reviews on sustainable grassland management and its current and future challenges with respect to global change and landscape features. Methodological contributions, case studies, and advances in modelling in both fundamental and applied studies are welcome, with an emphasis on (i) the role of plant functional diversity in regulating carbon and nitrogen cycling processes; (ii) the complementarity and inter-relations between grasslands and other agricultural lands and landscape elements; (iii) grassland-based agro-ecological farming systems.
1. “Dung Beetle Activity Is Soil-Type-Dependent and Modulates Pasture Growth and Associated Soil Microbiome”
by Long Ma, Nirodha Weeraratne, Saliya Gurusinghe, Jesmin Aktar, K. M. Shamsul Haque, Philip Eberbach, Geoff G. Gurr and Leslie A. Weston
Agronomy 2023, 13(2), 325; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13020325
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2. “Accumulation of Alkaloids in Different Tall Fescue KY31 Clones Harboring the Common Toxic Epichloë coenophiala Endophyte under Field Conditions”
by Randy D. Dinkins, Brenda L. Coe, Timothy D. Phillips and Huihua Ji
Agronomy 2023, 13(2), 356; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13020356
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3. “Foliar Application of Carnosine and Chitosan Improving Drought Tolerance in Bermudagrass”
by Tian Hao, Zhimin Yang, Jianfeng Liang, Jingjin Yu and Jun Liu
Agronomy 2023, 13(2), 442; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13020442
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4. “Karrikin1 Enhances Drought Tolerance in Creeping Bentgrass in Association with Antioxidative Protection and Regulation of Stress-Responsive Gene Expression”
by Zhen-Zhen Tan, Yi-Ting Wang, Xia-Xiang Zhang, Heng-Yue Jiang, Ya Li, Li-Li Zhuang, Jing-Jin Yu and Zhi-Min Yang
Agronomy 2023, 13(3), 675; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13030675
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5. “LANZA® Tedera Is Strongly Suppressed by Competition from Lolium multiflorum and Is Best Adapted to Light-Textured Soils”
by Jesús Fernández-Habas, Daniel Real, Tom Vanwalleghem and Pilar Fernández-Rebollo
Agronomy 2023, 13(4), 965; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13040965
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6. “Predicting Long-Term Effects of Alternative Management Practices in Conventional and Organic Agricultural Systems on Soil Carbon Stocks Using the DayCent Model”
by Caio Fernandes Zani, Mohamed Abdalla, Geoffrey Denis Abbott, James Arnold Taylor, Marcelo Valadares Galdos, Julia Mary Cooper and Elisa Lopez-Capel
Agronomy 2023, 13(4), 1093; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13041093
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7. “The Impact of Rotational Pasture Management for Farm-Bred Fallow Deer (Dama dama) on Fodder Quality in the Context of Animal Welfare”
by Mariusz Kulik, Katarzyna Tajchman, Antoni Lipiec, Maciej Bąkowski, Aleksandra Ukalska-Jaruga, Francisco Ceacero, Monika Pecio and Żaneta Steiner-Bogdaszewska
Agronomy 2023, 13(4), 1155; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13041155
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8. “An Overview of Permanent Grassland Grazing Management Practices and the Impacts on Principal Soil Quality Indicators”
by Filippo Milazzo, Richard M. Francksen, Mohamed Abdalla, Simone Ravetto Enri, Laura Zavattaro, Marco Pittarello, Stanislav Hejduk, Paul Newell-Price, René L. M. Schils, Pete Smith et al.
Agronomy 2023, 13(5), 1366; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051366
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9. “Yield, Nutritional Composition, and In Vitro Ruminal Digestibility of Conventional and Brown Midrib (BMR) Corn for Silage as Affected by Planting Population and Harvest Maturity”
by Omar Manuel Peña, Cesar Velasquez, Gonzalo Ferreira and Matias Jose Aguerre
Agronomy 2023, 13(5), 1414; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051414
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10. “Effective Proportion of Plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.) in Mixed Pastures for Botanical Stability and Mitigating Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Cow Urine Patches”
by Chi Vi, Peter D. Kemp, Surinder Saggar, Soledad Navarrete and David J. Horne
Agronomy 2023, 13(6), 1447; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13061447
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11. “Evaluation of the ECOSSE Model for Estimating Soil Respiration from Eight European Permanent Grassland Sites”
by Mohamed Abdalla, Iris Feigenwinter, Mark Richards, Sylvia Helga Vetter, Georg Wohlfahrt, Ute Skiba, Krisztina Pintér, Zoltán Nagy, Stanislav Hejduk, Nina Buchmann et al.
Agronomy 2023, 13(7), 1734; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13071734
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12. “Effect of Poultry Litter Application Method and Rainfall and Delayed Wrapping on Warm-Season Grass Baleage”
by Christine C. Nieman, Wayne K. Coblentz, Philip A. Moore, Jr. and Matthew S. Akins
Agronomy 2023, 13(7), 1896; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13071896
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13. “Corn (Zea mays L.) Production in Living Mulch Systems Using White Clover (Trifolium repens L.) under Different Nitrogen Fertilization Rates”
by Anders Glimskär, Jan Hultgren, Matthew Hiron, Rebecka Westin, Eddie A. M. Bokkers and Linda J. Keeling
Agronomy 2023, 13(9), 2377; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13092377
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14. “Sustainable Grazing by Cattle and Sheep for Semi-Natural Grasslands in Sweden”
by Anders Glimskär, Jan Hultgren, Matthew Hiron, Rebecka Westin, Eddie A. M. Bokkers and Linda J. Keeling
Agronomy 2023, 13(10), 2469; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13102469
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15. “Alfalfa Stem Cell Wall Digestibility: Current Knowledge and Future Research Directions”
by Krishna B. Bhandari, Hannah L. Rusch and Deborah J. Heuschele
Agronomy 2023, 13(12), 2875; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13122875
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16. “Emergence and Early Growth of Four Desmanthus Species in Three Alkaline Clay Soils”
by Jonathan W. McLachlan, Sajanee G. Gunadasa and Chris N. Guppy
Agronomy 2023, 13(12), 2996; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13122996
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17. “Quality Production of Sainfoin Swards Challenged by Global Change in Mountain Areas in the Western Mediterranean”
by Jonathan W. McLachlan, Sajanee G. Gunadasa and Chris N. Guppy
Agronomy 2024, 14(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14010006
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18. “Designing Management Strategies for Sheep Production and Bees in Dryland Pastures”
by Mia Caudillo, Andony Melathopoulos, David Eduardo Prado-Tarango, Mary Smallman, Sarah A. Taylor and Serkan Ates
Agronomy 2024, 14(1), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14010024
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19. “How the Management and Environmental Conditions Affect the Weed Vegetation in Canary Grass (Phalaris canariensis L.) Fields”
by Zita Dorner, Endre Béla Kovács, Dóra Iványi and Mihály Zalai
Agronomy 2024, 14(6), 1169; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14061169
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20. “Biomass Ash as a Substitute for Lime and Its Impact on Grassland Soil, Forage, and Soil Microbiota”
by Felix R. Kurzemann, Marina Fernández-Delgado Juárez, Maraike Probst, María Gómez-Brandón, Heide Spiegel, Reinhard Resch, Heribert Insam and Erich M. Pötsch
Agronomy 2024, 14(7), 1568; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14071568
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