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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
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Perennial Grass‐Legume Integration: A Sustainable Approach to Fodder Production	46
A Comparison Between Upper and Bottom Layers in Bunker Silos: Performance of Dairy Cows	45
Sward Species Diversity Impacts on Pasture Productivity and Botanical Composition Under Grazing Systems	44
Quantifying the Contributing Potential of European Grasslands to Food Protein and Organic Manure in a Circular Food System	36
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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	27
Stocking Method Effects on Canopy Characteristics and Herbage Accumulation of Mulato II Brachiariagrass	16
Urea fertilization for potentializing beef cattle performance in agroforestry systems in the humid tropics	16
Selection of succeeding crops for a double‐cropping system in alpine pastoral areas of the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau	16
No Variation in Critical Nitrogen Curves of Modern Maize Hybrids Differing in Maturity Group Grown Under Contrasting Environmental Conditions	15
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Root Rot Affects Red Clover More Than Other Forage Legumes in Mixed Grass‐Legume Leys	14
The de‐domestication of Ornithopus sativus Brot. to develop cultivars with physical dormancy (hardseed)	14
Above and belowground litter decomposition of cover crops grazed at different intensities	14
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Editorial: Special issue on green biorefining	10
Intensive mechanical processing of forage crops to improve fibre digestion	10
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Shufflenetv2UNet: An improved neural network model for grassland sample coverage extraction	10
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	10
Native forbs interseeded into native grass pastures persist under grazing	9
Translating and applying a simulation model to enhance understanding of grassland management	9
Management of perennial forbs sown with or without self‐regenerating annual clovers for forage and nectar sources in a low‐input dryland production system	9

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Alfalfa‐bermudagrass mixtures managed under contrasting harvest strategies in the southeastern US	9
Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bacteriocins in Feed Preservation: Mechanisms and Antifungal Properties	9
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Evaluating Performance of Bouteloua gracilis Cultivars After Drought: The Role of the Soil Microbiome	8
Fermentation Parameters and In Vitro Degradability of Diets Containing Cratylia argentea Hay as a	8
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Dry‐matter production and botanical composition of multispecies and perennial ryegrass swards under varying defoliation management	8
Effect of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lentilactobacillus buchneri on corn and sorghum silage quality and sheep energy partition under tropical conditions	8
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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	8
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How do we feed grazing livestock in the future? A case for knowledge‐driven grazing systems	7
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Species Composition Influences Zinc and Selenium Uptake in Multispecies Grasslands	7
Morphology of flower bud differentiation and floral organ specialization in Caucasian clover	6
Variations of seed size and seed number per spikelet and their effects on seed germination in hulled oats	6
Yield and Stability of Three Tropical Forage Grasses Cultivated as Pure or Mixed Stands	6
Eco‐efficiency of leys—The trigger for sustainable integrated crop‐dairy farming systems	6
Agronomic and physiological responses of corn intercropped with palisadegrass growing in full sun or in a crop‐livestock‐forestry systems	6
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Agronomic and forage nutritive responses of Kentucky bluegrass dominated pastures in the northern Great Plains	6
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Main ecological and environmental factors affecting forage yield and quality in alpine summer pastures (NW‐Italy, Gran Paradiso National Park)	5
Sustainable intensification of livestock systems using forage legumes in the Anthropocene	5
Toward Standardisation of Methodologies and Biodiversity Measures for Describing the Microbiome Structure and Diversity of Silages	5
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Fractionation of mixed grass and clover stands using a leaf stripper	5
Lower soil nitrous oxide emissions by a high lipid genetically modified perennial ryegrass line compared to its wild type	5
Productivity of beef cattle grazing Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu with and without nitrogen fertilizer application or mixed pastures with the legume Desmodium ovalifolium	5
Herbage and sheep production from simple, diverse, and legume pastures established in an agrivoltaic production system	5
Nutritional Dynamics of Iranian Pasture Flora: Implications for Animal Health and Productivity	5
Are We Up to the Best Practices in Forage and Grassland Precision Harvest? A Review	4
Grasses of Saudi Arabia: A Review	4
Mixtures of grasses: An alternative to traditional pasture monocultures in the tropics	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
Evaluation of chromosome diversity of Elymus nutans on the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau by FISH	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
Canopy leaf area and leaf mass in the upper stratum of Urochloa hybrid ‘Mavuno’ grass subjected to nitrogen fertilisation	3
Review: Could Molinia caerulea Be an Alternative Forage Feed for Horses?	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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Growth responses to waterlogging stress among cool‐season grass species	3
Ensilibility and protein degradation characteristics of forage from mountain grasslands containing tanniferous species	3
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Modelling pasture management practices for soil organic carbon gain in livestock systems	3
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Multifunctionality and diversity of livestock grazing systems for sustainable food systems throughout the world: Are there learning opportunities for Europe?	3
Grassland Yield Gaps and Their Impact on the Contribution to Food Security of Walloon Dairy Farms	3
The effect of 19 years of restoration managements on forage quality and herbage‐soil relationships within improved upland grassland	3
APSIM‐Tropical Pasture model parameterization for simulating Marandu palisade grass growth and soil water in irrigated and rainfed cut‐and‐carry systems	3
The hunt for the “holy grail”: Condensed tannins in the perennial forage legume white clover (Trifolium repens L.)	3
Phenotyping of Urochloa humidicola grass hybrids for agronomic and environmental performance in the Piedmont region of the Orinoquian savannas of Colombia	3
Efficacy of adding chemical and microbial additives to silage on beef cattle performance: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	3
Forage accumulation, nutritive value, and grazing efficiency on rotationally stocked ‘Zuri’ guineagrass pastures as affected by pre‐graze canopy height and N rate	3
Factors determining yield and nutritive value of maize for silage under tropical conditions	3
What Can We Do to Improve the Contribution of European Grassland to Net Food Security?	3
Nitrogen fertilization value of compost and dried dung in soils with contrasting synthetic nitrogen fertilization histories	3
High Ca and P homeostasis ensure stable forage Ca:P following historical nitrogen inputs in a temperate steppe	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
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A cytochrome P450 gene, LpCYP72A15, confers drought tolerance in perennial ryegrass	2
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Species dynamics in forage seed mixtures exposed to different lengths of growing season	2
Functional Plant Species Traits That Shape Canopy Light Interception and Agronomic Performance of Perennial Forage Grasses Cultivated in Monoculture and Association	2
Stocking method effects on forage accumulation, canopy attributes, and nutritive value of grazed Mulato II brachiariagrass pastures	2
Effect of Harvest Stage and Ensiling on Contents of Crude Nutrients, Amino Acids, Riboflavin and Secondary Plant Metabolites of Winter Catch‐Crops Vi	2
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Net Mixture Effects on Nutritive Value in Lucerne‐Grass Swards of Varied Composition and Diversity	2
Grassland, forage, and turfgrass science in China	2
Enhancing Forage Efficiency: Insights From Cultivar, Nitrogen and Cutting Strategies in Pearl Millet	2
Topics from the 2023 EGF Symposium: The future role of ley‐farming in cropping systems, and other recent grassland events	2
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
Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum CV. Inia Sepé) responses to defoliation intensities	2
Factors Influencing Protein Utilisation in Legume Silage and Hay for Ruminants	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
Forage potential of Thinopyrum intermedium through near‐infrared spectrometry and grown in mixture with various legumes	2
Editorial	2
Higher density swards have a higher load bearing capacity	2
Efficacy of six lactic acid bacteria strains as silage inoculants in forages with different dry matter and water‐soluble carbohydrate content	1
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Utilizing treated wastewater for pasture irrigation: Effects on productivity, plant community structure and soil properties	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
A review of India’s fodder production status and opportunities	1
Exploring Clover‐Based Nurse Cropping for Birdsfoot Trefoil Establishment and Yield	1
Marandu palisade grass‐forage peanut mixed pastures: Forage intake, animal behaviour, and canopy structure as affected by grazing intensities	1
Herbage and animal responses on continuously stocked ‘Ipyporã’ and ‘Mulato II’ brachiariagrasses	1
Yield, nutrient quality and water and phosphorus recovery efficiencies of alfalfa under different drip irrigation and phosphorus levels in Northern Xinjiang, China	1
Agronomical and breeding approaches to improve the nutritional status of forage crops for better livestock productivity	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
The importance of multi‐species grassland leys to enhance ecosystem services in crop rotations	1
Effect of Chemical Additives on Maize Silage Fermentation and Aerobic Stability and on Preference and Short‐Term Intake by Goats	1
Drought stress impact on the performance of deep convolutional neural networks for weed detection in Bahiagrass	1
Improving the accuracy of models to map alpine grassland above‐ground biomass using Google earth engine	1
Assessment of remotely sensed inventories for land cover classification of public grasslands in Manitoba, Canada	1
Lactic acid bacteria and manganese‐based additives for improved lucerne, perennial grass, and perennial grass‐white clover preservation as silage	1
Defoliation Intensity Affects Bahiagrass Nutritive Value Through Increases in Proportion of Non‐Degraded Leaf Tissue Components	1
Does the inclusion of crop and forestry components in forage‐based systems affect the ruminal fermentation and methane production of Marandu palisadegrass?	1
Chemical Characterisation and Biorefinery Efficiency of Timothy Grass and Pulp Silages	1
Guest Editorial. Topics at EGF2024	1
Forage type and additive effects on fermentation quality and biorefinery performance of silages	1
White clover (Trifolium repens) population dynamics are partly dependent on timing of seminal taproot death	1
Late Stages of Tropical Silvopastoral System: An Opportunity to Maximise Forage and Animal Production	1
Convergence points of optimal herbage accumulation and intake rate by sheep grazing tall fescue	1
Shoot nitrogen concentrations required for optimal herbage growth of multiple perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) cultivars relative to modern summer‐active cocksfoot (Dac	1
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Chemical Composition, Fermentation Parameters and Losses of Silages From Different Hybrids of Biomass Sorghum	1