Out-crossing perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) is the most important forage grass species in temperate regions. It is also proposed as a sustainable source of biomass for energy production. However, the improvement ...

The development of models that go beyond traditional linear regression has been a topic of great interest in statistical research over the last years. As a consequence, a powerful toolbox has emerged, allowing for a realistic ...

A key research question in livestock research is how livestock’s phenotypic diversity is shaped by its genomic diversity. Genomic diversity is thereby assessed through genomic markers. The use and definition of genomic ...

Tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) is probably the most important beverage worldwide and gains further popularity as an important health drink . It is served as daily morning drink for ...

Ruminants evolved a forestomach in which plant materials are fermented with the help of ruminal symbiotic microbes. Ruminal microbes use the ingested materials to proliferate, and produce volatile fatty acids which are ...

Common guava (Psidium guajava L.) fruit has a significant nutritional and medicinal potential besides its economic importance, yet is still underutilized in terms of production and consumption. The current global guava ...

Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is an allogamous plant which allows both self and cross fertilization. Self fertilization which occurs without pollinators or without any other external mechanic stimulus in faba bean is the ...

For centuries, agriculture was the economic sector in which the majority of people worked. Due to industrialisation, structural change and mechanisation, German agriculture has changed considerably in recent decades. This ...

In order to clarify the issues to which height the possible organic load in the fermentation of maize silage may be increased, which parameters are able to indicate disorders early in the ...