Meet the editor

Valentin Missiakô Kindomihou (PhD) is Professor of Animal Production and Agrostology at the School of Animal Production, Science and Technologies, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC-Benin). He graduated as an agricultural engineer in Animal Production and Technologies, and has an MBA in Environmental Protection from the University of Niamey (Niger), an MSC in Evolutionary Genetics and

Plant Ecology and a PhD in Agronomy and Bio-Engineering from the Free University of Brussels (Belgium), and a postdoctoral from Okayama University (Japan). He has 25 years of research and teaching experience, is a consultant for agencies and companies, and a reviewer for scientific journals. He has produced about 130 publications, including one book, 15 book chapters, more than 75 research papers, and 50 communications. His research interests include pastoralism, pasture ecology, biodiversity, management, agrostology, ecophysiology, forage biotechnology (storage, conservation), and organic livestock farming.

Contents

*by Valentin Missiakô Kindomihou*

United States of America

*and Edward E. Gbur*

Nitrogen Cycling

of the United States

*and Xue-Feng Ma*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 31**

**Chapter 3 57**

**Chapter 4 79**

**Chapter 5 95**

**Chapter 6 109**

**Chapter 7 123**

Introductory Chapter: Milestones in *Grasses and Grassland* Research

Soil Moisture Regime and Mound Position Effects on Soil Water and Vegetation in a Native Tallgrass Prairie in the Mid-Southern

*by Tyler J. Durre, Kristofor R. Brye, Lisa S. Wood* 

Herbicide, and Nitrogen Applications

Effects of Fire on Grassland Soils and Water: A Review *by Daniel George Neary and Jackson McMichael Leonard*

Increasing Warm-Season Native Grass Biomass Using Fire,

Effects of Grazing Intensity on Belowground Carbon and

Small Grains as Winter Pasture in the Southern Great Plains

Performance of Forage Crops and Grass Mixtures in Kosovo *by Sali Aliu, Imer Rusinovci, Shukri Fetahu and Dukagjin Zeka*

*by Tadele T. Kumssa, Joshua D. Anderson, Twain J. Butler* 

*by Sharon A. Clay, Alexander Smart and David E. Clay*

*by Guiyao Zhou, Lingyan Zhou and Xuhui Zhou*
