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Ryegrass

Lolium is a genus of tufted grasses in the bluegrass subfamily (Pooideae). It is often called ryegrass, but this term is sometimes used to refer to grasses in other genera.

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Research across the genus Lolium 25 articles

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Real farm testing reveals which ryegrass handles grazing best

If you've ever wondered why a pasture or lawn grass looks great on paper but turns patchy and stressed once animals or heavy...

Perennial Ryegrass crop-improvement / soil-health

Clover-boosted pastures make dairy cows more productive and profitable

The clover patch spreading through your lawn is quietly packing more nutrition per bite than the grass around it, which is...

Perennial Ryegrass crop-improvement / soil-health

Ryegrass plus helpful microbes locks up smelter toxins and revives dead soil

If you garden on old industrial land or near a busy roadway, sowing a fast-growing grass like ryegrass alongside a microbial...

Ryegrass phytoremediation / soil-health

Some sludge-based soil fixes push toxic metals deeper, not away

If you've ever added compost or soil amendments to raised beds or reclaimed land, this study is a reminder that not every...

Perennial Ryegrass phytoremediation / soil-health

Three bacteria team up to turn mine waste into soil

Abandoned mine sites near many communities sit barren for decades, and this kind of microbial treatment shows how bacteria...

Ryegrass soil-health / phytoremediation

Engineering pasture grasses genetically is far harder than reported

The clover and ryegrass mixes grazing animals depend on for feed are notoriously resistant to lab modification, which is part...

Ryegrass crispr / crop-improvement

Tiny bubbles help ryegrass suck heavy metals from dirty soil

If you've ever wondered how brownfield sites or old industrial lots near your neighborhood could become usable green space...

Ryegrass phytoremediation / soil-health

Hidden fungus lets grass grow fast and stay pest-resistant

The turfgrass and pasture grasses under your feet often carry an invisible fungal partner that's quietly doing pest control,...

Perennial Ryegrass plant-signaling / crop-improvement

Grass and straw turn toxic mine waste into living soil

If you've ever driven past a scarred, rusty-looking mine site and wondered if it could ever be green again, this research...

Perennial Ryegrass soil-health / phytoremediation

Cover crops in garden walkways cut future weeds by 80%

If you've ever pulled the same weeds from your garden paths year after year, this shows that planting something there on...

Perennial Ryegrass soil-health / organic-farming

Charcoal soil additive helps grass reclaim toxic mining waste land

If you've ever tried to rescue a patch of dead, compacted soil in your yard, this is a reminder that a simple amendment like...

Ryegrass phytoremediation / soil-health

Industrial ash plus manure waste makes a safe soil substitute

If you've ever wondered what happens to the ash-like leftovers from power plants and the manure runoff from livestock farms,...

Ryegrass soil-health / composting

Breeding tannin-rich clover and ryegrass could curb cow burps

The clover and ryegrass growing in that grazed paddock down the road are being redesigned with more tannins and lipids...

Ryegrass climate-adaptation / crop-improvement

Fermented coffee grounds help grass roots survive toxic soil metal

If you've ever tossed spent coffee grounds in your compost bin, this research shows fermenting them first could turn kitchen...

Perennial Ryegrass phytoremediation / composting

Composting rocky eroded soil with farm waste makes it farmable again

Slopes stripped bare by erosion can be coaxed back to life with the same organic waste your local farm or municipal composter...

Ryegrass soil-health / composting

Ryegrass roots and earthworms team up to clean toxic soil faster

Soil tainted by industrial runoff sits beneath parks, vacant lots, and community gardens in most cities, and this study shows...

Ryegrass phytoremediation / soil-health

Pathogen community assembly in a host population is associated with interannual variation in seasonal environmental conditions.

The mix of fungal diseases hitting your lawn or meadow grasses each summer is largely shaped by that season's rainfall and...

Tall Fescue phenology / climate-adaptation

Form dictates function: Component-specific remediation mechanisms of compost in tetracycline-contaminated soil.

Compost tea brewed from your backyard pile may do more than feed your garden—it can actively break down antibiotic residues...

Ryegrass composting / soil-health

Efficient U(VI) immobilization of uranium-contaminated soil mediated by Fungal-Bacterial Consortia.

Uranium-contaminated land sits abandoned near mining sites in dozens of states, and the microbes living in that poisoned soil...

Ryegrass phytoremediation / soil-health

Interaction of nanoplastics and atrazine in a hydroponic system: Antagonistic phytotoxicity mediated by plant-microbe crosstalk and root endophytic bacteria restructuring.

Runoff from lawns and farm fields carries both plastic particles and herbicides into the same streams where aquatic grasses...

Ryegrass soil-health / plant-signaling

Physiological regulation and threshold behavior of lithium uptake and removal by perennial ryegrass.

Roadside verges and municipal turf seeded with perennial ryegrass may already be quietly filtering runoff from nearby...

Perennial Ryegrass phytoremediation / soil-health

Bisphenol A-mediated root exudates of ryegrass as potential activators of functional succession in the rhizosphere microorganisms: Mechanistic insights into microbial community assembly and biodegradation.

BPA from plastics contaminates garden soils and urban green spaces, and this research suggests that certain grasses may...

Ryegrass phytoremediation / soil-health

Nano-zero-valent iron promotes early-phase PFOA phytoaccumulation by enhancing root surface adsorption, ROS/anion channel-mediated transmembrane uptake, and soluble protein-facilitated translocation for enhanced phytoremediation.

PFOA 'forever chemicals' are silently contaminating soils near farms, parks, and gardens worldwide, and this discovery brings...

Perennial Ryegrass phytoremediation / forever-chemicals

Plant species, metabolites, and environmental factors shape the phyllosphere microbiota of grazed grasslands.

Invisible microbes living on grass and plant leaves influence how ecosystems respond to fertilizers and grazing — knowledge...

Perennial Ryegrass soil-health / climate-adaptation

Research Mentions

PubMed → · research article

Form dictates function: Component-specific remediation mechanisms o...

Compost tea brewed from your backyard pile may do more than feed your garden—it can actively brea...

PubMed → · research article

Ryegrass roots and earthworms team up to clean toxic soil faster

Soil tainted by industrial runoff sits beneath parks, vacant lots, and community gardens in most ...

PubMed → · research article

Tiny bubbles help ryegrass suck heavy metals from dirty soil

If you've ever wondered how brownfield sites or old industrial lots near your neighborhood could ...

PubMed → · research article

Composting rocky eroded soil with farm waste makes it farmable again

Slopes stripped bare by erosion can be coaxed back to life with the same organic waste your local...

PubMed → · research article

Efficient U(VI) immobilization of uranium-contaminated soil mediate...

Uranium-contaminated land sits abandoned near mining sites in dozens of states, and the microbes ...

PubMed → · research article

Three bacteria team up to turn mine waste into soil

Abandoned mine sites near many communities sit barren for decades, and this kind of microbial tre...

PubMed → · research article

Industrial ash plus manure waste makes a safe soil substitute

If you've ever wondered what happens to the ash-like leftovers from power plants and the manure r...

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Lolium
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Lolium
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Poales
Hardiness: Zone 1
Habit: grass
Bloom: Mid Spring