Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-04-25DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70075
{"title":"Erratum to: Oaxacan Green Dent maize is not from Oaxaca","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70075","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Holland, J. B., Willcox, M.C., Samayoa, L. F., Woore, M. S., Salazar-Vidal, M. N., & Tracy, W. F. (2025). Oaxacan Green Dent maize is not from Oaxaca. <i>Crop Science</i>, <i>65</i>, e70029. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70029</p><p>The ORCID ID of Martha C. Willcox was not included in the published version of this paper. Her ORCID ID is https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9437-1122</p><p>We apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csc2.70075","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143875600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-04-24DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70063
Miguel S. Castillo, Thomas C. Griggs, Matthew F. Digman, João M. B. Vendramini, Jose C. B. Dubeux Jr., Carlos G. S. Pedreira
{"title":"Reporting forage nutritive value using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy","authors":"Miguel S. Castillo, Thomas C. Griggs, Matthew F. Digman, João M. B. Vendramini, Jose C. B. Dubeux Jr., Carlos G. S. Pedreira","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70063","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Despite the well-documented merits of near-infrared reflectance (NIR) spectroscopy for forage nutritive value analysis, recent studies reveal inconsistencies in accuracy of NIR-predicted values. These findings underscore the critical need for robust validation efforts to ensure reliability. Employing visual tools, such as scatter plots comparing laboratory-measured with NIR-predicted values, enhances the interpretation and qualification of data. Standardized reporting of validation outcomes, including key metrics and best practices, is essential for ensuring data quality and fostering broader adoption of NIR spectroscopy across research and industry. In this article, we suggest guidelines for reporting NIR spectroscopy predictions and emphasize the need for independent validation as a required procedure to enhance the credibility and application of NIR spectroscopy for forage analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csc2.70063","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143871457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-04-24DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70057
Velumani Ravi, Saravanan Raju, P. Murugesan
{"title":"Mexican yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus L. Urban): A neglected leguminous root crop with emerging potential for food security and industrial applications","authors":"Velumani Ravi, Saravanan Raju, P. Murugesan","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70057","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Meeting the projected food demands of a global population nearing 10 billion by 2050 requires innovative strategies to expand food supply while addressing nutritional and environmental challenges. This review evaluates the potential of the Mexican yam bean (<i>Pachyrhizus erosus</i> L. Urban), an underutilized leguminous crop cultivated mainly for its storage roots—with tender pods also consumed as a vegetable—to enhance food security and nutritional quality. Its unique attributes, including nitrogen fixation and propagation through true seed, underpin its high storage root yields and favorable nutrient profile, particularly in essential minerals such as iron. The review provides novel insights into its versatile applications across food, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and cosmetic industries by synthesizing global research on its photosynthetic performance, yield determinants, and compositional properties. These findings underscore the crop's promise as a valuable resource for diversifying agricultural production and improving dietary mineral intake, especially in marginal production systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143871458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Potential ecological implications of extensive cereal rye cover cropping in the United States","authors":"Nisith Nishank Purohit, Rakesh Kumar Ghosh, Andrew Jennings Price, Aniruddha Maity","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cereal rye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.) is the most widely grown small grain cover crops in the United States. The rapid and intensive expansion of cereal rye as a cover crop for soil conservation and weed suppression may raise the concern of its invasiveness with ecological implications in a few years. Cereal rye has greater chances of developing weediness as compared to other small grain cover crops such as winter wheat and barley. This is partially due to multiple cycles of unintentional or ill-defined human selection and stringent domestication efforts during the process of its evolution, which has reduced the genetic diversity in cereal rye but helped retain traces of weedy traits. Furthermore, unrestricted gene flow due to natural hybridization and incomplete speciation because of weak domestication bottleneck have led to incomplete lineage sorting among the <i>Secale</i> species. This has increased the risks of introgression of weedy characters like delayed flowering and shattering seedhead from wild ancestors and feral rye into cereal rye. The introgression and naturalization of weedy alleles may enable cereal rye to overcome all the barriers of plant invasion, making it an aggressive competitor for resources like nutrient and water as compared to most field crops. Therefore, while the entire northern American agriculture is undergoing extensive adoption of cereal rye cover cropping, it is critically important to assess its invasive potential and implement effective management strategies for its containment, ensuring sustainable agricultural practices and preventing ecological disruptions.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143865734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-04-10DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70052
{"title":"Erratum to “Seedbank seeds for the study of environmentally induced transgenerational epigenetic variability: A case study of barley”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70052","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Martinelli, T., Gavazzi, F., Mascheretti, I., Panzeri, D., Börner, A., & Lauria, M. (2021). Seedbank seeds for the study of environmentally induced transgenerational epigenetic variability: A case study of barley. <i>Crop Science</i>, <i>61</i>, 1241–1253. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20351</p><p>This erratum corrects the following errors:</p><p>Figure S1 and Tables S1–S3 are missing from the Supporting Information. That has now been corrected.</p><p>Figure S2 was mistakenly cited twice as Figure S4. In the fifth paragraph in the Discussion section, the sentence “The MSAP dendrograms generally display an overall structure that is comparable to AFLP analysis (Figures S1 and S4)” should have stated “The MSAP dendrograms generally display an overall structure that is comparable to AFLP analysis (Figures S1 and S2).” In the sixth paragraph under the Discussion section, the sentence “Perhaps, this also explains why at epigenetic level the two clusters grouping the single cultivars displayed comparatively minor distance than that observed at genetic level (Figures S1 and S4)” should have stated “Perhaps, this also explains why at epigenetic level the two clusters grouping the single cultivars displayed comparatively minor distance than that observed at genetic level (Figures S1 and S2).”</p><p>We apologize for this.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csc2.70052","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-04-10DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70055
S. T. Kreinberg, J. P. Kerns, G. L. Miller, M. D. Richardson, T. N. Spurlock, W. J. Hutchens
{"title":"Review of the biology and management of large patch of warm-season turfgrasses","authors":"S. T. Kreinberg, J. P. Kerns, G. L. Miller, M. D. Richardson, T. N. Spurlock, W. J. Hutchens","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Large patch (<i>Rhizoctonia solani</i> Kühn: anastomosis group [AG] 2-2) is a destructive disease in warm-season turfgrasses worldwide, particularly zoysiagrass (<i>Zoysia</i> spp.). Developing as an orange or tan color, the disease starts as small, round patches that can eventually progress to several meters in diameter. Large patch results in reduced turfgrass health, loss of turfgrass aesthetics, and playability concerns. There have been many studies conducted on the pathology, development, and management of large patch in turfgrass, yet there are gaps in the literature that must be addressed by the turfgrass community. This review addresses current research needs for large patch on turfgrass, and it also provides a comprehensive summary of all previously published research on the disease. Specifically, the review focuses on the highly sophisticated complex of <i>Rhizoctonia solani</i>, along with the many changes that have occurred with the species complex throughout previous research. This review also highlights the common management methods for large patch, including many cultural practices, but the details of chemical and biological control research are emphasized. The objective of this paper is to provide an intensive review on the completed work for large patch as well as illustrate potential areas that require further research.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csc2.70055","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-04-10DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70058
Alison L. Thompson, Kelly R. Thorp, Matthew T. Herritt
{"title":"Identifying seed cotton yield and abiotic stress response in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) grown in the Arizona low desert","authors":"Alison L. Thompson, Kelly R. Thorp, Matthew T. Herritt","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70058","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cotton (<i>Gossypium</i> sp.) is an important natural fiber crop that supports a multi-billion-dollar textile industry worldwide. Improved breeding strategies are needed to develop heat- and drought-tolerant cotton. Six upland cotton entries were grown in the Arizona low desert at the Maricopa Agricultural Center, and seed cotton yields were recorded. Cotton responses to abiotic stressors, including high heat and low soil water content, were estimated from leaf chlorophyll and nitrogen content and chlorophyll fluorescence throughout the growing season. Statistical analysis identified important relationships and temporal patterns between the measured traits within each cotton entry. The data showed that leaf chlorophyll and nitrogen content and chlorophyll fluorescence can indicate degrees of abiotic stress tolerance along with improved seed cotton yields. These results agree with previous reports that low and stable leaf chlorophyll content and increased photochemical efficiency during heat stress are indicators of thermotolerance in cotton. The data also indicate that measurements collected just before and during peak flower are most informative for breeding programs when compared to a control.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csc2.70058","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-04-09DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70053
Eric Watkins, Dominic P. Petrella, Trygve Aamlid, Dominic C. Christensen, Sigridur Dalmannsdottir, Andrew P. Hollman, Gary Deters
{"title":"Recovery of five cool-season turfgrasses following long-term ice encasement","authors":"Eric Watkins, Dominic P. Petrella, Trygve Aamlid, Dominic C. Christensen, Sigridur Dalmannsdottir, Andrew P. Hollman, Gary Deters","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70053","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Ice encasement is a major concern for turfgrass managers in cold climates; however, there is a lack of data about both which turfgrasses are best suited for survival under these conditions and the reasons behind the superior recovery of some grasses from long-term ice encasement. In this study, we encased golf course putting greens-height field plots of creeping bentgrass (<i>Agrostis stolonifera</i> L.), velvet bentgrass (<i>Agrostis canina</i> L.), annual bluegrass (<i>Poa annua</i> L. var. <i>reptans</i> Hausskn.), Chewings fescue (<i>Festuca</i>. <i>rubra</i> L. ssp. <i>commutata</i> Gaudin), and slender creeping red fescue (<i>F</i>. <i>rubra</i> L. ssp. <i>littoralis</i> (G. Mey.) Auquier) with ice for 90–120 days with the inclusion of CO<sub>2</sub>, O<sub>2</sub>, and temperature sensors at 2.5 and 12.5 cm depth to better understand environmental conditions under ice and factors related to winterkill. Velvet bentgrass had the best overall performance and recovery, while annual bluegrass did not survive. Differences in recovery among turfgrass taxa may have been affected by the length of the ice encasement period, higher CO<sub>2</sub> levels (>40,000 ppm), and lower O<sub>2</sub> values, particularly in the second experimental run. During the recovery period in both years, photochemical efficiency values began increasing 5–10 days before percent green cover, suggesting that visual performance of the turf surface is a lagging indicator of recovery. Overall, recovery from ice encasement was annual bluegrass < Chewings fescue < creeping bentgrass = slender creeping red fescue = velvet bentgrass. These results can guide turfgrass managers in making species selection decisions in areas where long-duration ice encasement is a risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csc2.70053","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143809485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-04-09DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70050
Augustine K. Obour, Johnathan D. Holman, P. V. V. Prasad, Yared Assefa
{"title":"Grain sorghum yield stability as affected by nitrogen fertilizer, tillage, and yield environment","authors":"Augustine K. Obour, Johnathan D. Holman, P. V. V. Prasad, Yared Assefa","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70050","url":null,"abstract":"<p>As climate variability increases across the globe, understanding factors that affect grain sorghum (<i>Sorghum bicolor</i> L. Moench) yield stability is crucial. Limited information is available on the impact of soil management such as tillage and nitrogen rate interaction with weather on yield stability of grain sorghum. The objective of this study was to (1) evaluate the effects of tillage intensity (conventional tillage [CT], no-tillage [NT], and reduced tillage [RT]), nitrogen fertilizer rates, and year on grain sorghum yield and its stability and (2) identify the environmental drivers favoring specific sorghum management practices. This was done by analyzing a long-term study from 1975 to 2022 at Hays, KS, on wheat (W, <i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.)–sorghum (S)–fallow (F) rotation. Yield environments in this study refer to years that were grouped into four (9 or 10 years in each group), based on the average yield obtained in each of these years from this one experimental site. Results of the study indicated that Tillage × Year and N-rate × Year had significant effect on sorghum yields. The number of years (yield environments) that favored one tillage yielding greater than the others split almost equally, that is, 5–6 years for each of the three tillage. Application of fertilizer significantly increased grain sorghum yields in all years, except for four (1976, 1978, 2014, and 2015), compared to the control. Yield stability of grain sorghum evaluated across multiple years was affected by fertilizer rate but not by tillage. In very low-yielding (VLY) years, CT or RT had greater yields compared with NT. In low-yielding (LY) years, NT with >45 kg N ha<sup>−1</sup> yielded the greatest. In high-yielding years, tillage had no effect on sorghum yields but applying fertilizer-N increased grain yield. We concluded that an NT system with 45–90 kg N ha<sup>−1</sup> will most likely guarantee both high yield and stability across years (LY to very high yielding), except in VLY environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143809796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High-energy alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) developed by recurrent phenotypic selection for nonfiber carbohydrate concentration in stems","authors":"Annie Claessens, Mireille Thériault, Annick Bertrand, Julie Lajeunesse, Solen Rocher, Bill Biligetu","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70054","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In forages, genetic improvement in readily fermentable energy can improve the energy-to-protein balance, thus reducing N losses to the environment. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of recurrent selection targeting high nonfiber carbohydrate (NFC) concentrations in alfalfa stems on nutritive value and biomass yield. Populations developed after one to three cycles of recurrent selection for NFC (NFC1, NFC2, and NFC3) and a control population (NFC0) were evaluated in a field trial at three sites across Canada, and in a greenhouse trial along with the population developed after a fourth cycle of selection for NFC (NFC4). When comparing NFC3 to NFC0, increases in NFC concentration of 14 and 28 g kg<sup>−1</sup> dry matter (DM) were observed in field and greenhouse trials, respectively. This increase reached 45 g kg<sup>−1</sup> DM for NFC4 compared to NFC0 in the greenhouse trial. Crude protein (CP) concentration was similar among populations in both trials, resulting in an increase in their NFC/CP ratio. Fiber concentrations were lowered, which resulted in an increase in in vitro DM digestibility of more than 10 g kg<sup>−1</sup> DM for NFC3 in the field and for NFC4 in the greenhouse trials, as compared with NFC0. None of the selected populations displayed significant annual yield differences. The recurrent phenotypic selection for high stem NFC concentrations is an effective approach to improve alfalfa NFC concentration while increasing its energy-to-protein balance and digestibility, and maintaining its biomass productivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csc2.70054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143809486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}