Introducing Perennial Grain in Grain Crops Rotation: The Role of Rooting Pattern in Soil Quality Management

Community structure of soil fungi in a novel perennial crop monoculture, annual agriculture, and native prairie reconstruction

(2020) Thomas P. McKenna et al.   PLoS One

Digging Deeper for Agricultural Resources, the Value of Deep Rooting

(2020) Kristian Thorup-Kristensen et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Role of ley pastures in tomorrow’s cropping systems. A review

(2020) Guillaume Martin et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants

(2020) Joana Bergmann et al.   Science Advances

Contrasting Physiological and Environmental Controls of Evapotranspiration over Kernza Perennial Crop, Annual Crops, and C4 and Mixed C3/C4 Grasslands

(2019) Caitlyn Sutherlin et al.   Sustainability

Plant economic strategies of grassland species control soil carbon dynamics through rhizodeposition

(2019) Ludovic Henneron et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Integrating multipurpose perennial grains crops in Western European farming systems

(2019) Olivier Duchene et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Perennial grain crop roots and nitrogen management shape soil food webs and soil carbon dynamics

(2019) Christine D. Sprunger et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Forage nutritive value and predicted fiber digestibility of Kernza intermediate wheatgrass in monoculture and in mixture with red clover during the first production year

(2019) Jeremie R. Favre et al.   ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Tradeoffs between water requirements and yield stability in annual vs. perennial crops

(2018) Giulia Vico et al.   ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES

Energy, water and carbon exchange over a perennial Kernza wheatgrass crop

(2018) Gabriel de Oliveira et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Managing for Multifunctionality in Perennial Grain Crops

(2018) Matthew R Ryan et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The root of the matter: Linking root traits and soil organic matter stabilization processes

(2018) Vincent Poirier et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Development and Evolution of an Intermediate Wheatgrass Domestication Program

(2018) Lee DeHaan et al.   Sustainability

Neutral lipid fatty acid analysis is a sensitive marker for quantitative estimation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agricultural soil with crops of different mycotrophy

(2018) Mauritz Vestberg et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCE

How Does Nitrogen and Perenniality Influence Belowground Biomass and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Small Grain Cereals?

(2018) Christine D. Sprunger et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Maintaining grain yields of the perennial cereal intermediate wheatgrass in monoculture v. bi-culture with alfalfa in the Upper Midwestern USA

(2018) Nicole E. Tautges et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Root exudation rate as functional trait involved in plant nutrient-use strategy classification

(2018) Julien P. Guyonnet et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Changes in litter quality induced by N deposition alter soil microbial communities

(2018) Yingbin Li et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Reduced nitrate leaching in a perennial grain crop compared to maize in the Upper Midwest, USA

(2018) Jacob M. Jungers et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Root biomass, root/shoot ratio, and soil water content under perennial grasses with different nitrogen rates

(2017) Upendra M. Sainju et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Sampling roots to capture plant and soil functions

(2017) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

lmerTest Package: Tests in Linear Mixed Effects Models

(2017) Alexandra Kuznetsova et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Soil aggregate stability in Mediterranean and tropical agro-ecosystems: effect of plant roots and soil characteristics

(2017) Yves Le Bissonnais et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Can changes in litter quality drive soil fauna structure and functions?

(2017) Marie Sauvadet et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Rhizosphere priming effect: A meta-analysis

(2017) Changfu Huo et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Dual, differential isotope labeling shows the preferential movement of labile plant constituents into mineral-bonded soil organic matter

(2016) Michelle L. Haddix et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Root functional parameters predict fine root decomposability at the community level

(2016) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root structure-function relationships in 74 species: evidence of a root economics spectrum related to carbon economy

(2016) Catherine Roumet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant community controls on short-term ecosystem nitrogen retention

(2016) Franciska T. de Vries et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Comparison of biochemical and microscopic methods for quantification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil and roots

(2015) Mahaveer P. Sharma et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Grassland–Cropping Rotations: An Avenue for Agricultural Diversification to Reconcile High Production with Environmental Quality

(2015) Gilles Lemaire et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Explaining within-community variation in plant biomass allocation: a balance between organ biomass and morphology above vs below ground?

(2015) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss

(2015) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   Nature Geoscience

What does it take to detect a change in soil carbon stock? A regional comparison of minimum detectable difference and experiment duration in the north central United States

(2014) M. Necpalova et al.   JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

Mycorrhiza-mediated competition between plants and decomposers drives soil carbon storage

(2014) Colin Averill et al.   NATURE

Root traits and soil properties in harvested perennial grassland, annual wheat, and never-tilled annual wheat

(2014) S. T. DuPont et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Formation of millimetric-scale aggregates and associated retention of 13C–15N-labelled residues are greater in subsoil than topsoil

(2014) Vincent Poirier et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

(2014) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Coupling carbon and nitrogen cycles for environmentally sustainable intensification of grasslands and crop-livestock systems

(2013) Jean-François Soussana et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Agronomic and environmental impacts of pasture–crop rotations in temperate North and South America

(2013) Alan J. Franzluebbers et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Soil and Water Quality Rapidly Responds to the Perennial Grain Kernza Wheatgrass

(2013) Steve W. Culman et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Plant species identity surpasses species richness as a key driver of N2O emissions from grassland

(2013) Diego Abalos et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Relative contributions of plant traits and soil microbial properties to mountain grassland ecosystem services

(2013) Karl Grigulis et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The mycorrhizal-associated nutrient economy: a new framework for predicting carbon-nutrient couplings in temperate forests

(2013) Richard P. Phillips et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Roots and Associated Fungi Drive Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Boreal Forest

(2013) K. E. Clemmensen et al.   SCIENCE

Evolutionary Patterns and Biogeochemical Significance of Angiosperm Root Traits

(2012) L. H. Comas et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Complex facilitation and competition in a temperate grassland: loss of plant diversity and elevated CO2 have divergent and opposite effects on oak establishment

(2012) Alexandra Wright et al.   OECOLOGIA

Roots contribute more to refractory soil organic matter than above-ground crop residues, as revealed by a long-term field experiment

(2011) Thomas Kätterer et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in plant roots are not random assemblages

(2011) John Davison et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Linkages of plant traits to soil properties and the functioning of temperate grassland

(2010) Kate H. Orwin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Agroecology: the key role of arbuscular mycorrhizas in ecosystem services

(2010) Silvio Gianinazzi et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Decomposition and stabilization of root litter in top- and subsoil horizons: what is the difference?

(2010) Muhammad Sanaullah et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Use and misuse of PLFA measurements in soils

(2010) Åsa Frostegård et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Long-term impacts of high-input annual cropping and unfertilized perennial grass production on soil properties and belowground food webs in Kansas, USA

(2009) S.W. Culman et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Desirable plant root traits for protecting natural and engineered slopes against landslides

(2009) Alexia Stokes et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems

(2008) Marcel G. A. van der Heijden et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant functional composition influences rates of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation

(2008) D. A. Fornara et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Biochemical cycling in the rhizosphere having an impact on global change

(2008) L. Philippot et al.   PLANT AND SOIL