August 2021 issue

Volume 66, Issue 8

Kernza is a commercial variety of intermediate wheatgrass—a perennial grain that both animals and humans can consume. New Crop Science research tested the impact of nitrogen and forage harvest on belowground biomass and nonstructural carbohydrates. Their findings indicate that Kernza could be suited to widespread perennial growth, with summer grain harvest and winter forage. See story on p. 3. Cover photo shows Valentin Picasso, a professor of agronomy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and senior author on the paper, standing in a Kernza field. Photo courtesy of the lab of Valentin Picasso, University of Wisconsin–Madison.