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| Title |
Improving the Yield and Nutritional Quality of Forage Crops
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Plant Science, April 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpls.2018.00535 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nicola M. Capstaff, Anthony J. Miller |
| Abstract |
Despite being some of the most important crops globally, there has been limited research on forages when compared with cereals, fruits, and vegetables. This review summarizes the literature highlighting the significance of forage crops, the current improvements and some of future directions for improving yield and nutritional quality. We make the point that the knowledge obtained from model plant and grain crops can be applied to forage crops. The timely development of genomics and bioinformatics together with genome editing techniques offer great scope to improve forage crops. Given the social, environmental and economic importance of forage across the globe and especially in poorer countries, this opportunity has enormous potential to improve food security and political stability. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 12 | 57% |
| Brazil | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Austria | 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 3 | 14% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 67% |
| Scientists | 7 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 282 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 282 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 35 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 34 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 33 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 6% |
| Other | 46 | 16% |
| Unknown | 96 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 114 | 40% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 16 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 8 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 2% |
| Engineering | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 23 | 8% |
| Unknown | 109 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 May 2018.
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#2,778,687
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#1,263
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#56,602
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#37
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