Soil organic matter (SOM) provides vital services to humanity. Its preservation and further
accrual are key to sustain food production and avoid an irreversible climate crisis. Here we …

Climate change is a defining challenge of the 21st century, and this decade is a critical time
for action to mitigate the worst effects on human populations and ecosystems. Plant science …

Plants and soil biota are important ecosystem engineers interacting via plant-soil feedback
on large gradient of temporal scales from immediate interactions to long term legacy, which …

Organic crop production is a growing part of the agricultural economy. The transition from a
conventional to an organic cropping system, while complying with certification guidelines, is …

The introduction of novel perennial grains into annual row crop rotations is proposed to
increase soil ecosystem services and enhance plant-soil-microbial linkages because …

Perennial grains have potential to contribute to ecological intensification of food production
by enabling the direct harvest of human-edible crops without requiring annual cycles of …

Identifying the sources of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and carbon dioxide (CO 2) production from
soil is central to enhancing the understanding and prediction of these emissions to the …

Intermediate wheatgrass [IWG; Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkworth & DR Dewey] is a
perennial grass with the unique distinction of having been, for more than 30 years, the target …

The use of the perennial grain intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium (Host)
Barkworth & DR Dewey) may have the potential to sustain soil health and fertility through the …

Perennial grain crops are being developed to reduce the negative environmental impacts of
tillage and chemical inputs related to annual row-crop agriculture. To further improve the …