Using plant diversity to reduce vulnerability and increase drought resilience of permanent and sown productive grasslands

A Lüscher, K Barkaoui, JA Finn, D Suter… - Grass and Forage …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change associated with a greater variability of inter‐and intra‐annual droughts and
the occurrence of extreme events act in combination to challenge semi‐natural and sown …

Plant diversity enhanced yield and mitigated drought impacts in intensively managed grassland communities

G Grange, JA Finn, C Brophy - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is a global requirement to improve the environmental sustainability of intensively
managed grassland monocultures that rely on high rates of nitrogen fertiliser, which is …

The importance of multi‐species grassland leys to enhance ecosystem services in crop rotations

CS Malisch, JA Finn, J Eriksen, R Loges… - Grass and Forage …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The ongoing simplification of agricultural production systems has resulted in several
negative consequences, ranging from losses in soil organic carbon and biodiversity to a …

Alfalfa-grass mixtures reduce greenhouse gas emissions and net global warming potential while maintaining yield advantages over monocultures

MU Ghani, M Kamran, I Ahmad, A Arshad… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improving forage productivity with lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from limited
grassland has been a hotspot of interest in global agricultural production. In this study, we …

Interspecific interactions contribute to higher forage yield and are affected by phosphorus application in a fully-mixed perennial legume and grass intercropping …

Y Bi, P Zhou, S Li, Y Wei, X Xiong, Y Shi, N Liu… - Field crops …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although intercropping is a common technique that has been widely applied, the effect of
phosphorus (P) fertilization on productivity of a fully-mixed perennial intercropping system …

Mixture composition influenced the biomass yield and nutritional quality of legume–grass pastures

M Tahir, C Li, T Zeng, Y Xin, C Chen, HH Javed… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
A two-year field experiment was conducted to address the effects of mixture composition and
legume-grass seeding ratio on the biomass yield and nutritional quality of legume–grass …

Cover crop and cereal straw management influence the residual nitrogen effect

D Fontaine, J Eriksen, P Sørensen - European Journal of Agronomy, 2020 - Elsevier
Cover crops (CC) may play an essential role in the recycling of nutrients in organic farming
systems with cereals. Harvest time of cereals and management of straw in the field can affect …

[HTML][HTML] Maceration and fractionation technologies in a demonstration-scale green biorefinery: Proteins, sugars, and lipids extraction and energy efficiency

TA Andrade, DEL Fetzer, NHM dos Passos… - Industrial Crops and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Different configurations of maceration and wet fractionation of green biomasses were
assessed at a demonstration scale intending to extend the extraction of leaf protein …

[PDF][PDF] Yield of binary-and multi-species swards relative to single-species swards in intensive silage systems

T Moloney, H Sheridan, J Grant… - Irish Journal of …, 2020 - archive.sciendo.com
Binary-and multi-species sown mixtures may increase herbage yield and/or reduce
inorganic nitrogen (N) requirement compared to perennial ryegrass (PRG)(Lolium perenne …

Positive effects of plant diversity on dry matter yield while maintaining a high level of forage digestibility in intensively managed grasslands across two contrasting …

B Golińska, R Vishwakarma, C Brophy… - Grass and Forage …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The local abiotic and environmental conditions of a grass‐based farming system may
influence the agricultural benefits of mixtures in comparison to pure stands. We investigated …