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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

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Perennial Grass‐Legume Integration: A Sustainable Approach to Fodder Production	59
A Comparison Between Upper and Bottom Layers in Bunker Silos: Performance of Dairy Cows	42
Quantifying the Contributing Potential of European Grasslands to Food Protein and Organic Manure in a Circular Food System	41
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Sward Species Diversity Impacts on Pasture Productivity and Botanical Composition Under Grazing Systems	34
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Proceedings of a European Grassland Federation Symposium, held at Vilnius, Lithuania, 11–14 June 2023. By Ž.Kadžiulienė, K.Jaškūnė, E.Norkevičienė, M.Toleikienė, L.Šarūnaitė (Eds.). 2023. pp. 280. ISB	15
Selection of succeeding crops for a double‐cropping system in alpine pastoral areas of the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau	14
Urea fertilization for potentializing beef cattle performance in agroforestry systems in the humid tropics	14
No Variation in Critical Nitrogen Curves of Modern Maize Hybrids Differing in Maturity Group Grown Under Contrasting Environmental Conditions	13
Root Rot Affects Red Clover More Than Other Forage Legumes in Mixed Grass‐Legume Leys	13
Above and belowground litter decomposition of cover crops grazed at different intensities	12
The de‐domestication of Ornithopus sativus Brot. to develop cultivars with physical dormancy (hardseed)	12
Could the Dilatata group of Paspalum be bred as sexual species? A preliminary assessment	11
Shufflenetv2UNet: An improved neural network model for grassland sample coverage extraction	10
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Editorial: Special issue on green biorefining	10
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Translating and applying a simulation model to enhance understanding of grassland management	9
Alfalfa‐bermudagrass mixtures managed under contrasting harvest strategies in the southeastern US	9
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	9
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Intensive mechanical processing of forage crops to improve fibre digestion	9
Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bacteriocins in Feed Preservation: Mechanisms and Antifungal Properties	8
Dry‐matter production and botanical composition of multispecies and perennial ryegrass swards under varying defoliation management	8
Management of perennial forbs sown with or without self‐regenerating annual clovers for forage and nectar sources in a low‐input dryland production system	8
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Native forbs interseeded into native grass pastures persist under grazing	8
How do we feed grazing livestock in the future? A case for knowledge‐driven grazing systems	7
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Long‐term trends in the genotypic integrity, phenotype and reproductive development of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) populations in New Zealand dairy pastures: Implications for pasture	7
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Species Composition Influences Zinc and Selenium Uptake in Multispecies Grasslands	7
Effect of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lentilactobacillus buchneri on corn and sorghum silage quality and sheep energy partition under tropical conditions	7
Eco‐efficiency of leys—The trigger for sustainable integrated crop‐dairy farming systems	6
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Variations of seed size and seed number per spikelet and their effects on seed germination in hulled oats	6
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Agronomic and forage nutritive responses of Kentucky bluegrass dominated pastures in the northern Great Plains	6
Morphology of flower bud differentiation and floral organ specialization in Caucasian clover	6
Agronomic and physiological responses of corn intercropped with palisadegrass growing in full sun or in a crop‐livestock‐forestry systems	5
Lower soil nitrous oxide emissions by a high lipid genetically modified perennial ryegrass line compared to its wild type	5
Toward Standardisation of Methodologies and Biodiversity Measures for Describing the Microbiome Structure and Diversity of Silages	5
Yield and Stability of Three Tropical Forage Grasses Cultivated as Pure or Mixed Stands	5
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Fractionation of mixed grass and clover stands using a leaf stripper	5
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Productivity of beef cattle grazing Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu with and without nitrogen fertilizer application or mixed pastures with the legume Desmodium ovalifolium	5
Main ecological and environmental factors affecting forage yield and quality in alpine summer pastures (NW‐Italy, Gran Paradiso National Park)	5
Nutritional Dynamics of Iranian Pasture Flora: Implications for Animal Health and Productivity	5
Sustainable intensification of livestock systems using forage legumes in the Anthropocene	4
Are We Up to the Best Practices in Forage and Grassland Precision Harvest? A Review	4
Screening of and Mechanistic Insights Into the Enteric Methane Mitigation Potential of European Native and Non‐Native Forage Trees, Shrubs, and Herbs Using In Vitro Batch Culture	4
Herbage and sheep production from simple, diverse, and legume pastures established in an agrivoltaic production system	4
Grasses of Saudi Arabia: A Review	4
Evaluation of chromosome diversity of Elymus nutans on the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau by FISH	4
In Vitro Fermentation Characteristics of Seven Commonly Used Dairy Roughages With Relatively High and Low Nutritive Values	4
Effects of nitrogen fertilization rate and seeding density on the forage yield and quality of autumn‐sown triticale in an alpine grazing area of the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau, China	4
Parameters of nitrogen use efficiency of Kentucky bluegrass cultivars at different N levels under deficit irrigation	4
Forage accumulation, nutritive value, and grazing efficiency on rotationally stocked ‘Zuri’ guineagrass pastures as affected by pre‐graze canopy height and N rate	3
Multifunctionality and diversity of livestock grazing systems for sustainable food systems throughout the world: Are there learning opportunities for Europe?	3
Factors determining yield and nutritive value of maize for silage under tropical conditions	3
Canopy leaf area and leaf mass in the upper stratum of Urochloa hybrid ‘Mavuno’ grass subjected to nitrogen fertilisation	3
The hunt for the “holy grail”: Condensed tannins in the perennial forage legume white clover (Trifolium repens L.)	3
Modelling pasture management practices for soil organic carbon gain in livestock systems	3
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Annual Forage Accumulation and Nutritive Value of Juncao Grass (Cenchrus fungigraminus) Under Increasing Pre‐Harvest Canopy Heights	3
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APSIM‐Tropical Pasture model parameterization for simulating Marandu palisade grass growth and soil water in irrigated and rainfed cut‐and‐carry systems	3

Mixtures of grasses: An alternative to traditional pasture monocultures in the tropics	3
Efficacy of adding chemical and microbial additives to silage on beef cattle performance: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	3
What Can We Do to Improve the Contribution of European Grassland to Net Food Security?	3
Grassland Yield Gaps and Their Impact on the Contribution to Food Security of Walloon Dairy Farms	3
Phenotyping of Urochloa humidicola grass hybrids for agronomic and environmental performance in the Piedmont region of the Orinoquian savannas of Colombia	3
Nitrogen fertilization value of compost and dried dung in soils with contrasting synthetic nitrogen fertilization histories	3
Ensilibility and protein degradation characteristics of forage from mountain grasslands containing tanniferous species	3
The effect of 19 years of restoration managements on forage quality and herbage‐soil relationships within improved upland grassland	2
Increasing Nitrogen Deposition Promotes Recruitment of Beneficial Rhizosphere Microbes to Help Grass Species Dominate Plant Community of Alpine Meadow on Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau	2
Zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.) accessions differ in nitrogen cycling during a simulated seasonal senescence	2
Examining the role of ruminants in sustainable food systems	2
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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	2
A cytochrome P450 gene, LpCYP72A15, confers drought tolerance in perennial ryegrass	2
High Ca and P homeostasis ensure stable forage Ca:P following historical nitrogen inputs in a temperate steppe	2
Factors Influencing Protein Utilisation in Legume Silage and Hay for Ruminants	2
Grassland, forage, and turfgrass science in China	2
Net Mixture Effects on Nutritive Value in Lucerne‐Grass Swards of Varied Composition and Diversity	2
Forage potential of Thinopyrum intermedium through near‐infrared spectrometry and grown in mixture with various legumes	2
Growth responses to waterlogging stress among cool‐season grass species	2
Higher density swards have a higher load bearing capacity	2
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Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum CV. Inia Sepé) responses to defoliation intensities	2
Stocking method effects on forage accumulation, canopy attributes, and nutritive value of grazed Mulato II brachiariagrass pastures	2
Improving the accuracy of models to map alpine grassland above‐ground biomass using Google earth engine	1
Exploring Clover‐Based Nurse Cropping for Birdsfoot Trefoil Establishment and Yield	1
Effectiveness of dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.) control in new leys and established grassland following the application of herbicides	1
Annual and seasonal dry matter production, botanical species composition, and nutritive value of multispecies, permanent pasture, and perennial ryegrass swards managed under grazing	1
Drought stress impact on the performance of deep convolutional neural networks for weed detection in Bahiagrass	1
Species dynamics in forage seed mixtures exposed to different lengths of growing season	1
Functional Plant Species Traits That Shape Canopy Light Interception and Agronomic Performance of Perennial Forage Grasses Cultivated in Monoculture and Association	1
Utilizing treated wastewater for pasture irrigation: Effects on productivity, plant community structure and soil properties	1
Herbage and animal responses on continuously stocked ‘Ipyporã’ and ‘Mulato II’ brachiariagrasses	1
Agronomical and breeding approaches to improve the nutritional status of forage crops for better livestock productivity	1
Does the inclusion of crop and forestry components in forage‐based systems affect the ruminal fermentation and methane production of Marandu palisadegrass?	1
Late Stages of Tropical Silvopastoral System: An Opportunity to Maximise Forage and Animal Production	1
A review of India’s fodder production status and opportunities	1
Intercropping of orchardgrass and alfalfa improves soil fertility, forage yield, feeding values and land use efficiency while limiting ruminal greenhouse gas emissions	1
Effect of slurry application techniques on nitrous oxide emission from temperate grassland under varying soil and climatic conditions	1
Forage type and additive effects on fermentation quality and biorefinery performance of silages	1
Effect of Chemical Additives on Maize Silage Fermentation and Aerobic Stability and on Preference and Short‐Term Intake by Goats	1
Yield, nutrient quality and water and phosphorus recovery efficiencies of alfalfa under different drip irrigation and phosphorus levels in Northern Xinjiang, China	1
Interaction of multispecies sward composition and harvesting management on herbage yield and quality from establishment phase to the subsequent crop	1
The importance of multi‐species grassland leys to enhance ecosystem services in crop rotations	1
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Convergence points of optimal herbage accumulation and intake rate by sheep grazing tall fescue	1
White clover (Trifolium repens) population dynamics are partly dependent on timing of seminal taproot death	1
Topics from the 2023 EGF Symposium: The future role of ley‐farming in cropping systems, and other recent grassland events	1
Enhancing Forage Efficiency: Insights From Cultivar, Nitrogen and Cutting Strategies in Pearl Millet	1
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Efficacy of six lactic acid bacteria strains as silage inoculants in forages with different dry matter and water‐soluble carbohydrate content	1