Soil nutrient availability affects tundra plant community composition and plant–vole interactions by Nicole Williamson, Matthew Suchocki, Laura Gough

“…We examined how four levels of long-term (16 years) nutrient addition in moist acidic tundra affected plant community structure and the abundance of Eriophorum vaginatum, the preferred forage for tundra voles (Microtus oeconomus). We also explored how simulated press and pulse herbivory for four years affected Eriophorum at these different nutrient levels. …”
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Dynamic Assessment of Agricultural Drought Risk in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from 2000 to 2018 by LIU Guonie, LIANG Yuanyuan, QIU Yue, XIA Jingxia, DING Mengyao, SUN Peng

“…In the context of global warming and climate change,drought poses a serious threat to agricultural production.The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a “sensor” and “sensitive area” of climate change.Researching the agricultural drought risk of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is conducive to drought prevention planning of the area and improving the ability to resist drought.A risk assessment model is developed for agricultural droughts on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in light of regional disaster system theory,which is employed to investigate the hazard,exposure,vulnerability and spatiotemporal features of agricultural droughts therein.Moreover,the paper regionalizes the risk grade at a county level.The results show the followings:① The hazard of agricultural drought risk on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau presents a “high-low-high” distribution from southeast to northwest,and the southeastern region shows an increasing trend.Wheat and highland barley in the eastern and southeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are at a high agricultural drought risk from July to September.Forages in the northern region are at a high agricultural drought risk from April to August.② The regional difference of agricultural drought exposure in Tibet Plateau is small.The exposure shows an increasing trend in the east and northwest while a decreasing trend in the central and west.③ The agricultural drought vulnerability of 98.79% of the counties and cities is decreasing,which passes the significance test at the confidence level of 99%.④ The southeastern and northern regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau witness a high agricultural drought risk and an increasing trend of it.…”
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Crop wild relatives in Adygea: inventorying and conservation by L. V. Bagmet

“…Ranking according to economic uses showed that forage (207 spp.), melliferous (158) and food species (141) prevailed, followed by medicinal (128), ornamental (86), green manure (86), industrial (48), and revegetation (26) species. …”
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The study of symbiotic traits – nodulation and activity of nitrogen fixation – in different cultivars of spring vetch (Vicia sativa L.) by K. K. Sidorova, A. V. Goncharova

“…This paper presents the results of studies of nodulation and nitrogen-fixing activity that we conducted with four spring vetch cultivars raised at the Siberian Research Institute for Plant Industry and Breeding. Two varieties of forage pea, namely Druzhnaya and traditional cv. Falenskaya 42, were taken as references. …”
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Analysis of Determinants of Economic Efficiency in Honey Production in Horo Guduru Zone, Ethiopia: Stochastic Dual Cost Frontier Model Approach by Tolesa Tesema, Megersa Adugna

“…The study suggests policies to address economic inefficiencies by increasing the number of hives, extending the best performers’ experience by increasing the frequency of extension contacts on honey production, facilitating and expanding credit service in the study area, making bee forage access simple, and increasing forest coverage on the land area in line with the current policy of Ethiopia. …”
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Fertilizer potential of biochar and ryegrass productivity in metal-contaminated soil by Joao Arthur Antonangelo, Joao Luis Bigatao Souza, Hailin Zhang

“…IntroductionResponse to fertilization with biochar in contaminated soils for forage crops lacks comprehensive understanding. This study delves into the role of biochar in enhancing soil pH and phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) availability for ryegrass (Lolium perenne) in clay and silt loam metal-contaminated soils.MethodsTwo pot experiments were conducted using switchgrass-derived biochar (SGB) and poultry litter-derived biochar (PLB) with varying biochar application rates: one without plants and the other with ryegrass.ResultsResults demonstrated a significant rise in soil pH with increasing biochar rates, particularly notable for the PLB experiment with plants, attributed to PLB’s superior buffer capacity. …”
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Morphological diversity variation of seed traits among 587 germplasm resources of Medicago Genus and 32 germplasm resources of Trigonella Genus by Bingcheng Han, Xueming Dong, Mingyu Li, Zhaoming Wang, Congcong Shi, Qiang Zhou, Zhipeng Liu, Longfeng Yan

“…Abstract Germplasm resources within the Medicago genus are highly regarded for their value as forage crops and their critical roles in nitrogen cycling, ecosystem restoration, and soil structure improvement. …”
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Priming bumble bees with caffeine, odour of the target crop, and a food reward, has minimal effects on fruit crop pollination and yield in a semi-commercial setup by Sarah Arnold, Celine Silva, Jan-Hendrik Dudenhöffer, David Hall, Dudley Farman, Felix Wäckers, Philip Stevenson, Michelle Fountain

“…In three trials in mini-polytunnels, odour/caffeine-primed and control bumblebee colonies were allowed to forage on strawberry crops with nectar-rich distractor flowers present. …”
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Effects of <i>Lactobacillus buchneri</i> and <i>Lactobacillus rhamnosus</i> on Ryegrass Silage Fermentation and Aerobic Stability by Furong Han, Mingzhu Zhang, Wentao Sun, Changrong Wu, Yuan Huang, Guanghao Xia, Chao Chen, Fuyu Yang, Jun Hao

“…Italian ryegrass is a high-quality forage grass, and a full understanding of the changes in its microbiome and metabolome during aerobic exposure can prolong its aerobic stability and improve its utilization value. …”
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Surface-Applied Biosolids Enhance Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks but Have Contrasting Effects on Soil Physical Quality by Virginia L. Jin, Kenneth N. Potter, Mari-Vaughn V. Johnson, R. Daren Harmel, Jeffrey G. Arnold

“…This study evaluates the effects of surface-broadcast biosolids application rate and duration on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, soil aggregate stability, and selected soil hydraulic properties in a municipally operated, no-till forage production system. Total SOC stocks (0–45 cm soil) increased nonlinearly with application rate in perennial grass fields treated for 8 years with 0, 20, 40, or 60 Mg of Class B biosolids (DM) ha−1 yr−1 (midterm treatments). …”
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Quails of Stavropol Region: Autumn Food Habits by Anatoly P. Kaledin, Lyubov V. Malovichko, Alexander G. Rezanov, Lyudmila S. Drozdova, Andiya T. Serikbayeva

“…Being phytophages, they rely on plant and, to a lesser extent, animal forage. In the autumn, they feeding on green plants, wheat grain, seeds of cultivated and wild plants, and insect larvae.…”
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Who does technology serve? A critical analysis of sociocultural factors shaping opportunities, practices and barriers faced by a smallholders in south-western Colombia by Marcela Ramos, Natalia Triana, Stefan Burkart, Jhon Freddy Gutiérrez, Diana María Gutiérrez-Zapata, Alejandro Ruden, Lady Sepúlveda, Brian Barrett

“…Specifically, improved forages, silvopastoral systems and new practices, such as the implementation of rotational pasturing, have been promoted as relevant new approaches. …”
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Predicted distribution of curl-leaf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. by Robert E Kissell, Michael T Tercek, David P Thoma, Kristin L Legg

“…Curl-leaf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius), an important browse species used by ungulates as forage and cover across the western US, is thought to be moderately to highly vulnerable to climate change this century, and a reduction in curl-leaf mountain mahogany occurrence may negatively impact ungulates reliant upon it. …”
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Managing Ammonia Emissions from Dairy Cows by Amending Slurry with Alum or Zeolite or by Diet Modification by John J. Meisinger, Alan M. Lefcourt, Jo Ann S. Van Kessel, Victor Wilkerson

“…NH3 loss from fresh manure collected from lactating dairy cows was not affected by three diets containing the same level of crude protein but differing in forage source (orchardgrass silage vs. alfalfa silage) or neutral detergent fiber (NDF) content (30% vs. 35% NDF). …”
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Alternative feed resources in the era of climate change: A review by Taiwo K Ojediran, Olajide S Olofintuyi, Temitope J Ojediran

“…Drawing from a comprehensive analysis of industry reports, case studies, and articles from sources such as Elsevier, Scopus, PubMed, ScholarOne, PLUS One, Science Direct, and Google Scholar, this study covers a range of innovative options, including insect-based feeds, algae, seaweeds, microbial proteins, residues, by-products, aquatic plants and weeds, hydroponic fodder production, climate-resilient forage crops, agroforestry systems, high-value crop by-products, and silvopastoral systems. …”
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Identification and investigation of the area under cultivation in Lenjanat using Landsat 8 satellite images by Vahid Riahi, Parviz Zeaiean Firouzabadi, Farhad Azizpour, Parastoo Darouei

“…The results showed that there were differences equal to 10.2%, 18.6% and 1.8%, in the area under cultivation of wheat and barley, rice, and potato and forage, respectively, in maximum likelihood classification, comparing with the statistics of Agriculture Jihad while the results of NDVI comparing with Jihad statistics showed the errors equal to 6.6 %, 6.5 % and 3.2%, respectively, that indicated the better performance of temporal vegetation indices in estimation of area under cultivation according to its phenology. …”
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Evaluation of Priority Fodder Trees for Leaf Yield and Nutritional Value at Arba Minch, Ethiopia by Habtamnesh Adane, Agena Anjulo

“…The crude protein (CP) content was 69.3 g/kg·DM, 113.2 g/kg·DM, 102.6 g/kg·DM, and 122.7 g/kg·DM for the forage hay, D. giganteus, B. aegyptiaca, and T. brownii, respectively. …”
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Molecular-genetic marking of Brassica L. species for resistance against various pathogens: achievements and prospects by F. A. Berensen, O. Yu. Antonova, А. M. Artemyeva

“…Cruciferous plants  belonging to the  genus  Brassica of the  Cabbage family (Brassicaceae) are cultivated  as vegetables, oilseeds and forage crops; they occupy one of the first places in Russia in the gross yield of vegetables. …”
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Effects of lactic acid bacterial and chemical additives on the quality and biogenic amine production of oat silage at low temperature by Yuhan Huang, Tingting Jia

“…Fresh and wilted oat forages were treated with no additives (Con), L. plantarum inoculant (Y28), propionic acid (PA), formic acid (FA) and sodium benzoate (SB). …”
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An analysis of the Medicago falcata s.l. alfalfas collected in the ex-USSR territories for the fullness of their coverage by N. Yu. Malysheva, L. L. Malyshev

“…Databases of the Perennial Forage Crop Genetic Resources Department at VIR, and digital maps of administrative subdivisions of Russia and neighboring countries served as the research material. …”
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