OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Grass and Forage Science is 4. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Forage legumes in grass pastures in tropical Brazil and likely impacts on greenhouse gas emissions: A review	45
How does grassland management affect physical and biochemical properties of temperate grassland soils? A review study	37
Methane mitigating options with forages fed to ruminants	26
Agronomical and breeding approaches to improve the nutritional status of forage crops for better livestock productivity	23
Forage yield trend of alfalfa cultivars in the Canadian prairies and its relation to environmental factors and harvest management	22
Prediction of aboveground biomass and dry‐matter content in Brachiaria pastures by combining meteorological data and satellite imagery	21
Grassland soil organic carbon stocks along management intensity and warming gradients	21
“Summer sowing”: A successful innovation to increase the adoption of key species of annual forage legumes for agriculture in Mediterranean and temperate environments	18
A review of India’s fodder production status and opportunities	18
Using plant diversity to reduce vulnerability and increase drought resilience of permanent and sown productive grasslands	17
A proposal for enhanced EU herbage VCU and DUS testing procedures	15
Coupling the benefits of grassland crops and green biorefining to produce protein, materials and services for the green transition	15
How do we feed grazing livestock in the future? A case for knowledge‐driven grazing systems	14
Long‐term storage of forage legumes greatly alters the hard seed breakdown pattern in situ	14
Productivity and nutritional value of 20 species of perennial legumes in a low‐rainfall Mediterranean‐type environment in southern Australia	14
Botanical composition and aroma compounds of semi‐arid pastures in Algeria	14
Grass and legume breeding matching the future needs of European grassland farming	14
Farming with forages can reconnect crop and livestock operations to enhance circularity and foster ecosystem services	12
Palisadegrass pastures with or without nitrogen or mixed with forage peanut grazed to a similar target canopy height. 1. Effects on herbage mass, canopy structure and forage nutritive value	12
Nitrous oxide emissions from grass–clover swards as influenced by sward age and biological nitrogen fixation	12
Grazing management strategies for Urochloa decumbens (Stapf) R. Webster in a silvopastoral system under rotational stocking	11
Shading effects on canopy and tillering characteristics of continuously stocked palisadegrass in a silvopastoral system in the Amazon biome	11
Hard seed breakdown patterns of unprocessed forage legume seed sown into dry soil in summer in southern Australia	11
Impact of increasing shade levels on the dry‐matter yield and botanical composition of multispecies forage stands	10
Pasture legumes differ in herbage production and quality throughout spring, impacting their potential role in fodder conservation and animal production	10

Palisadegrass pastures with or without nitrogen or mixed with forage peanut grazed to a similar target canopy height. 2. Effects on animal performance, forage intake and digestion, and nitrogen metabo	9
Sustainability aspects of milk production in Sweden	9
An investigation into the grazing efficiency of perennial ryegrass varieties	9
Primary productivity in patches of heterogeneous swards after 12 years of low‐intensity cattle grazing	8
Pasture production, persistence of legumes and lamb growth in summer‐dry hill pastures	8
Fungal endophyte diversity in Paspalum and effects on plant growth	8
Moving warm‐season forage bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) into temperate regions of North America	8
The changing role of perennial ryegrass in dairy pastures in northern Victoria, Australia	7
Image‐based high‐throughput phenotyping for the estimation of persistence of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)—A review	7
The breeding system of Ornithopus sativus Brot. subsp. sativus	7
Drought stress impact on the performance of deep convolutional neural networks for weed detection in Bahiagrass	7
Sorghum silage quality as determined by chemical–nutritional factors	7
The hunt for the “holy grail”: Condensed tannins in the perennial forage legume white clover (Trifolium repens L.)	7
Diversification increases the resilience of European grassland‐based systems but is not a one‐size‐fits‐all strategy	6
Optimizing the growth of forage and grain legumes on low pH soils through the application of superior Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae strains	6
Herbage allowance and stocking method effect on grazing systems: Results of a long‐term experiment	6
Interaction of multispecies sward composition and harvesting management on herbage yield and quality from establishment phase to the subsequent crop	6
Combining ability and selection for agronomic and nutritional traits in Urochloa spp. hybrids	6
Developing an approach to assess farmer perceptions of the value of pasture assessment technologies	5
Relationships and influence of yield components on spaced‐plant and sward seed yield in perennial ryegrass	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
Grass silage composition and nutritive value on Northern Ireland farms between 1998 and 2017	5
Forage quality of species‐rich mountain grasslands subjected to zero, PK and NPK mineral fertilization for decades	5
Irrigation effects on elephant grass morphology, and its genotype‐dependent responses	4
The history and distribution of nodulating Paraburkholderia, a potential inoculum for Fynbos forage species	4
Sourcing Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae strains from Mediterranean centres of origin to optimize nitrogen fixation in forage legumes grown on acid soils	4
Yield, nutrient quality and water and phosphorus recovery efficiencies of alfalfa under different drip irrigation and phosphorus levels in Northern Xinjiang, China	4
Factors determining yield and nutritive value of maize for silage under tropical conditions	4
Managing “Marandu” palisadegrass and calopo pastures based on light interception	4
Comparing the effects of horse grazing alone or with cattle on horse parasitism and vegetation use in a mesophile pasture	4
The contribution of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) breeding to whole pasture productivity under dairy cattle grazing in New Zealand. 1. Variation in yield, nutritive value and persisten	4
Increases in forage legume biomass as a response to nitrogen input depend on temperature, soil characters and planting system: A meta‐analysis	4
Potential of lucerne sowing rate to influence root development and its implications for field stand productivity	4
Intensive mechanical processing of forage crops to improve fibre digestion	4
Main ecological and environmental factors affecting forage yield and quality in alpine summer pastures (NW‐Italy, Gran Paradiso National Park)	4
The impact of genotype‐by‐environment interaction on the dry matter yield and chemical composition in timothy (Phleum pratense L.) examined by using the additive main effects and multiplicative	4