Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.)-rice (Oryza sativa L.) rotation promotes the nitrogen cycle in the rice rhizosphere through dominant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

Sustainability of Lolium multiflorum L. “Ecotype Cajamarquino”, Associated with Trifolium repens L., at Three Harvest Times in the Northern Highlands of Peru

“…Pastures are used worldwide to feed livestock; however, the anatomy and digestive physiology of these animals means that methane is generated as an end product of this digestive process, the greenhouse effect of which is more harmful than other gases, and the state of maturity of the pasture influences methane production [1]. It is essential, therefore, to recognise that pastures serve to control soil carbon cycling [2] and nutrient recycling, mainly of nitrogen [3]; nutrients that remain accumulated in soils for up to decades [4], forming a soil-pasture interaction suitable for the grass-legume association environment [5]. Italian ryegrass-white clover pastures, introduced in the northern highlands of Peru from 1950 onwards, still constitute the basis of the diet of dairy cattle, the main economic activity of the rural population in this area.…”