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The Land Institute is an American nonprofit research, education, and policy organization dedicated to sustainable agriculture, based in Salina, Kansas. Their goal is to develop an agricultural system
Harvesting a Thinopyrum intermedium breeding nursery at The Land Institute
Thinopyrum intermedium
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Thinopyrum intermedium, known commonly as intermediate wheatgrass, is a sod-forming perennial grass in the Triticeae tribe of Pooideae native to Europe and Western Asia. It is part of a group of plant
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…1979, The Land Institute has annually hosted its Prairie Festival, which includes lectures, art displays, tours, and music performances. Kernza, an intermediate wheatgrass developed by The Land Institute, is the first commercial perennial grain crop grown across the northern United States. A perennial grain is a grain…
Thinopyrum intermedium field
Roots compared to those of wheat (at left in each month)
Abnormally thick heads (far right) compared to those of wild-type plants
New seeding in 30-inch (760 mm) rows