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Crop and Pasture Science

Crop and Pasture Science is a highly cited and prestigious journal publishing original research on advances in plant sciences, sustainable farming systems, and food quality. Read more about the journalMore

Editors-in-Chief: Sergio Atienza and Zed Rengel

Publishing Model: Hybrid. Open Access options available.

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These articles are the latest published in the journal. Crop and Pasture Science is published under a continuous publication model. More information is available on our Continuous Publication page.

Published online 20 February 2025

CP24283Patterns of mixed virus infections: a 3-year study of symptomatic cereal and grass hosts in Australia

Narelle Nancarrow 0000-0002-5860-5278, Brendan Rodoni, Shu Kee Lam and Piotr Trebicki
 

Virus infection can significantly reduce grain yield in cereals. Infection with two or more virus species can be especially damaging. We examined the proportion of single and multiple virus infections present in symptomatic cereal and grass plants in Australia. The proportion of plants infected with multiple virus species was almost four times higher than previously reported in 1985 and varied with host type. These findings demonstrate the challenges with developing virus-resistant cereal cultivars and highlight the importance of regular surveillance.

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Published online 18 February 2025

CP23234Energy-carbon footprint, productivity, and profitability of fodder-based cropping patterns under different nutrient management options in north-west India

Malu Ram Yadav, Magan Singh, Rakesh Kumar 0000-0002-9711-0964, Biswaranjan Behera 0000-0002-0337-9808, Dinesh Kumar, Rajendra Kumar Yadav, Md Basit Raza, Milan Kumar Lal 0000-0002-2442-9640, Rajesh Kumar Meena, Govind Makarana, Kirttiranjan Baral, Kaushik Kumar Panigrahi and Sanatan Pradhan
 

Intercropping of cereal–legume forages along with integrated nutrient management could be an effective agronomic strategy to increase forage biomass while maintaining soil health and biodiversity in India. The energy and carbon footprint of a cropping system indicates its environmental impact and is crucial for the efficient conservation of available resources. This study identified the best possible combinations with higher profitability with lower energy-carbon footprints, which will be useful for climate-smart agriculture in the similar agro-climate of the globe.

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Published online 14 February 2025

CP24073Detecting rice (Oryza sativa) panicle using an improved YOLOv5 model

Xiaoyue Seng, Xue Yang, Tonghai Liu 0000-0002-7390-7098, Rui Zhang, Chuangchuang Yuan, TianTian Guo and Wenzheng Liu
 

Enumerating panicle development in rice (Oryza sativa) provides important information for crop production and plant breeding. This study evaluated a revised version of the YOLOv5 (You Only Look Once) model to accurately count and monitor rice panicles in real time. Results showed that the revised model provided an accurate and efficient tool to count rice panicles and monitor crop development.

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Published online 11 February 2025

CP24291Effect of foliar application of lithium on biofortification, physiological components, and production of irrigated rice

Danilo Pereira Ramos 0000-0002-6559-6218, Guillermo Arturo Herrera Chan, Wanessa Rocha de Souza, Dayara Vieira Silva, Larissa Urzêdo Rodrigues, Patrícia Sumara Moreira Fernandes, Paulo Henrique Cavazzini, Danyllo Santos Dias, Roberto Antonio Savelli Martinez, Damiana Beatriz da Silva, Patrícia Martins Guarda, Emerson Adriano Guarda, Vitor L. Nascimento, Renato de Almeida Sarmento and Rodrigo Ribeiro Fidelis
 

Lithium (Li) is an essential trace element in the human diet because of its importance for the health and rice (Oryza sativa) is a staple food for more than half of the global population. There are strong indications of Li deficiency in the population, which can result in serious illness. Regardless of the source used, foliar application of Li allowed the biofortification of rice grains without influencing their yield. This can contribute to improve the health of the global population.

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Published online 07 February 2025

CP24290Characterisation of nodulation capacity with native rhizobia in germplasm of the under-utilised forage species Macroptilium

Juan Marcelo Zabala 0000-0002-4364-6819, Lorena Marinoni 0000-0002-5580-6832, Nicolas Zuber, Laura Viviana Fornasero and José Pensiero
 

The Gran Chaco region of Argentina accounts 82% of livestock stock of South America. In this region, there are few cultivated forage legumes. However, the Gran Chaco have several underutilised native forage legumes, such as species from the genus Macroptilium. We have developed an alternative approach to select genotypes with higher biological nitrogen fixation with native rhizobia, which brings environmental benefits (i.e. reduced use of fossil fuel-based fertilisers) and economic advantages (i.e. inoculation with rhizobia would not be necessary).

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Published online 30 January 2025

CP24222Integration of seed priming with nano-sized chitosan-proline and biochar application improves salt tolerance in differentially responding genotypes of alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

Safaa Mohammed Al-Farsi, Abdullah M. Al-Sadi, Aman Ullah 0000-0002-5777-8310, Abdul Rehman 0000-0002-4789-3462 and Muhammad Farooq 0000-0003-4368-9357
 

Integrated use of nano-sized chitosan-proline (NsCP) seed priming and biochar significantly improved the salt tolerance in alfalfa (Medicago sativa) genotypes. The combined application of NsCP and biochar was more effective in enhancing salt tolerance than individual treatments alone. NsCP seed priming enhanced the salinity stress tolerance in alfalfa genotypes by facilitating osmotic adjustment (proline accumulation), maintaining ionic homeostasis (higher K+/Na+ ratio), and increasing the levels of α-tocopherol, flavonoids, and the activities of antioxidant enzymes.

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Published online 17 January 2025

CP24320Natural genetic adaptation allows flexible reproductive behaviour: the case of wild carrot (Daucus carota L. subsp. carota) vs cultivated carrot (Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus)

Asharp Godwin 0000-0002-2998-7756, Simone Pieralli, Svetla Sofkova-Bobcheva and Craig McGill
 

We compared the flowering patterns of wild and cultivated carrot genotypes in the context of quality carrot seed production. Wild carrots exhibited higher overwintering survival, thrive in different environmental conditions, have a more flexible life history approach, and attract reward pollinators better than cultivated carrots. Our findings provide baseline information for policymakers, scientists, industrialists, and growers to control wild carrots and produce genetically pure commercial seeds by incorporating knowledge of lifecycles and flowering behaviour of wild and cultivated carrots.

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Published online 17 January 2025

CP24162An improved method for biometric analysis of soil test – crop response data sets

Maheswaran Rohan 0000-0001-7370-2431 and Mark Conyers 0000-0001-9811-4679
 

There are various methods available for the calculation of critical soil test values. We provide a new method that overcomes the shortcomings of previous approaches and provides a result for critical soil test value that is intermediate to the conventional Mitscherlich and the arcsine-log calibration curve (ALCC) methods. We recommend that this new proposed method be applied to a broad range of soil test data sets in order to establish its utility as the preferred method.

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Published online 17 January 2025

CP24238Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) genetic diversity: genetic resources, breeding progress, and future prospects

Zeba Shahnaz, Arooba Shahnaz, Asif Ismail, Zahid Manzoor 0000-0003-4243-9233, Rashid Iqbal and Muhammad Abu Bakar Zia 0000-0002-7685-1392
 

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is grown in arid climate of the southern Punjab in Pakistan. The major limits on chickpea production are poor genetic diversity, low and variable yield, and vulnerability to biotic and abiotic stressors. However, the abundance of chickpea germplasm accessions provides opportunity for improved production in a range of biotic and abiotic constraints.

This article belongs to the collection: Plant breeding- and genetics-based tools for food security under changing climate.

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Published online 16 January 2025

CP24259Studies on key seed physico-chemical factors and climatic variables regulating hardseededness in green gram (Vigna radiata L.) genotypes

Debashis Paul 0000-0001-9358-9536, S. K. Chakrabarty, Lata Nain and Aniruddha Maity
 

Green gram (Vigna radiata) is an important source of plant-based dietary protein. Green gram seeds exhibit variable proportion of hard seeds that do not imbibe water; known as ‘physical dormancy’ or ‘hardseededness’. Seed hardness leads to extended cooking time to allow softening to a desired texture. A relatively low lignin, calcium, phenol, and structural carbohydrate content in varieties grown in summer seasons may be the reason behind lower occurrence of hard seeds.

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Published online 16 December 2024

CP24295Phosphorus buffering determines how soil properties and rainfall influence wheat (Triticum aestivum) yield response to phosphorus fertiliser

Craig A. Scanlan 0000-0002-2199-9939, Raj Malik, Gustavo Boitt, Mark Gherardi, James Easton and Zed Rengel
 

Fertiliser decision support systems need to be reassessed as cropping systems change. Our analysis of a series of 40 field experiments showed that phosphorus buffering in the topsoil determined the factors that had the greatest influence on wheat (Triticum aestivum) response to phosphorus fertiliser. Rainfall prior to sowing and soil pH were important in low phosphorus buffering soils, and wheat response to fertiliser P was closely related to plant-available P in high buffering soils.

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Published online 13 December 2024

CP24256The spatial distribution of soil nitrogen determines responses of Sorghum bicolor to banded phosphorus fertiliser

Megan A. Hunter 0000-0001-6879-2233, Michael J. Bell, Frederik J. T. van der Bom, Millicent R. Smith, Chelsea K. Janke and Timothy I. McLaren
 

Applying concentrated bands of P to the subsoil (‘deep P’) increases plant P uptake in cropping systems reliant on stored soil water. However, we determined that sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) deep P responses can be limited by delayed N access, with biomass accumulation, productive tillering and P uptake maximised when N was concentrated in the 0–20 cm soil layer compared to at depth. Growers should ensure adequate N status of the upper soil profile to optimise sorghum deep P responses.

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Published online 10 December 2024

CP24124Early indicators of declining pasture persistence: sensor-based tools for paddock-scale identification

Chinthaka Jayasinghe 0000-0003-2237-6917, Anna Thomson, Kevin Smith and Joe Jacobs
 

Discovering early signs of declining pasture health is crucial for sustainable farming. This review paper highlights a breakthrough in using cutting-edge technology to spot early indicators and risk factors of declining pasture longevity before they become problematic. By identifying indicators like weed invasion and slow regrowth rates, this study offers farmers a proactive approach to maintaining productive pastures, ultimately supporting sustainable land management practices.

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Published online 06 December 2024

CP23219Additive main effects and multiplicative interaction for grain yield of rice (Oryza sativa) genotypes for general and specific adaptation to salt stress locations

S. L. Krishnamurthy 0000-0002-9389-2997, B. M. Lokeshkumar, Suman Rathor, A. S. Warraich, N. M. Vinaykumar and P. C. Sharma
 

Salt tolerant varieties with stable performance can be used to address productivity in salt-affected land. Five rice (Oryza sativa) genotypes (RP 5989-2-4-8-15-139-62-6-9, CSR RIL-01-IR 75, CSR-2748-4441-193, CSR-2748-4441-195, and CSR 2711-17) were highly stable across salt-affected environments with yielded 5% more than the national control genotype (CSR23). These high yielding genotypes identified could be used as potential parental lines for breeding varieties for salt-affected conditions to enhance the productivity of salt-affected soils.

This article belongs to the collection: Abiotic Stress Tolerance vs Climate Change.

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Published online 21 November 2024

CP24046Profiling the omega-3 content of annual and perennial forages during growth and development and the relationship with other quality parameters

E. H. Clayton 0000-0002-3302-3781, T. J. Dale, P. Orchard, H. M. Burns, W. M. Pitt, S. M. Hildebrand and J. B. Ward
 

Omega-3 levels in pasture-fed beef and lamb are related to its availability in the forage plants grazed by livestock. We measured how omega-3 levels changed at different stages of plant development in four species of forages in south-eastern Australia. Omega-3 was richest in clover and least abundant in oats, diminishing as plants matured. Grazing forages at earlier developmental stages and maximising the amount of crude protein available for growth will increase the amount of omega-3 in plant material.

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Collections

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Plant breeding- and genetics-based tools for food security under changing climate

This collection of Crop and Pasture Science focuses on ‘Plant breeding- and genetics-based tools for food security under changing climate’. Papers will demonstrate the application of various plant breeding and genetics based approaches for climate smart crops, supporting the United Nations second sustainable development goal of zero hunger.

Collection Editors
Sajid Fiaz (University of Haripur, Pakistan)
Muhammad Jawad Umer (Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China)
Hafiz Husnain Nawaz (Free University Of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy)

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024

Abiotic stress tolerance in crops vs climate change: outlook of physiological, biochemical and molecular mechanisms

This collection of Crop and Pasture Science presents a series of studies targeted to enhance crop resilience by understanding the physiological, biochemical, or molecular mechanisms governing the plant response to environmental constraints.

Collection Editors
Dr Mohd. Kamran Khan (Selcuk University, Turkey)
Dr Enrico Francia (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024

Agricultural Science in China: Recent Research in Crop and Pasture Science

Crop & Pasture Science is proud to be a sought-after publishing outlet for Chinese agricultural scientists. This Collection featuring a small selection of papers from China will hopefully contribute to raising further the profile of agricultural science in China and around the world.

Collection Editor
Zed Rengel (University of Western Australia)

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2023

Leading the Way in Canola Research and Development

Canola/rapeseed is an important crop for high quality oil and protein markets. This Crop & Pasture Science Collection compiles a series of important papers promoting the continued advancement of canola crops. Continuous research, development and innovation in areas such as breeding, agronomy, physiology and genetics among others, have made it possible to expand the global market for canola.

Collection Editor
Sergio G. Atienza (Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Spain)

Last Updated: 23 Oct 2023

Genetics and Physiology of Water-use Efficiency in Wheat

This Virtual Issue contains a selection of the review and experimental papers published in Crop & Pasture Science elucidating some aspects of wheat genetics and crop physiology that underpin increased water-use efficiency in a range of environments (from Europe to Australia). The knowledge presented in this issue should be used as stepping stones for further work to enhance water-use efficiency in wheat production worldwide.

Last Updated: 19 Jul 2018

Climate Change Science, Land Use and Food Production

Recent research innovations in climate change and primary industries are documented in this selection of research and review articles. The authors are world leaders in developing climate-smart primary production systems and are strong advocates for primary producers and decision-makers who are challenged with feeding the world in a changing climate.

The Crop & Pasture Science editors hope this collection of papers will inform and inspire the audience.

Last Updated: 05 Nov 2015

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