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Agricultural production in Asia emphasises intensive rice and wheat production. Other systems are associated with maize, cassava, trees and a range of secondary crops. Both monoculture and multiple cropping systems are common, with crops being grown for subsistence and cash. Irrigated agriculture...


Devendra, C.Thomas, D.[Smallholder farming systems in Asia]Smallholder farming systems in Asia

Trials were conducted at Citedze research station in Malawi between 1972-75 on two forages species, namely Ntchisi panic (Panicum maximum CV.Ntchisi) and pearl millet (Pennisteum typholdes CV. Katherine). The purpose or the study was to evaluate the two forage species performances as a green feed...


Addy, B.L.Thomas, D.[The utilization of Ntchisi panic and Katherine pearl millet for summer stall feeding in Lilongwe District]The utilization of Ntchisi panic and Katherine pearl millet for summer stall feeding in Lilongwe District

Adaptation of new accessions of Panicum maximum to an acid Oxisol (pH 4.8, 90% AI saturation) was assessed over 3 years on 2 sites of contrasting soil texture at the Carimagua Research Station, in the Eastern Plains of Colombia. Twenty-seven lines, selected originally from a collection of 436 acc...


Thomas, D.Lapointe, Stephen L.[Testing new accessions of guinea grass (Panicum maximum) for acid soils and resistance to spittlebug (Aeneolamia reducta)]Testing new accessions of guinea grass (Panicum maximum) for acid soils and resistance to spittlebug (Aeneolamia reducta)

During field screening from 1978 to 1981 of 121 accessions of the tropical pasture legume Stylosanthes capitata at two sites in Colombia and at Planaltina in Brazil, 94.2% of the accessions were resistant to anthracnose (caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides) in Colombia while 85.1% were susce...


Lenne, J.M.Thomas, D.Andrade, Ronaldo P. deVargas, A.[Anthracnose of Stylosanthes capitata: Implications for future disease evaluations of indigenous tropical pasture legumes]Anthracnose of Stylosanthes capitata: Implications for future disease evaluations of indigenous tropical pasture legumes

No Brasil, o potencial para o estabelecimento de uma exploração expecializada em produção de sementes de forrageiras é considerável. Para que estes produtores de sementes obtenham êxito em seu empreendimento é necessário que eles se estabeleçam em regiões ideais para esta atividade agrícola. Nest...


Andrade, Ronaldo P. deThomas, D.Ferguson, John E.Costa, NMSCurado, TFC[Importância da escolha de áreas para a produção de sementes de forrageiras]Importância da escolha de áreas para a produção de sementes de forrageiras

Dairy production in an important enterprise for many smallholders in the East African highlands, where population pressure is high and inheritance traditionally leads to the subdivision of land holdings. As a result, farm sizes are decreasing such that in Kiambu District, central Kenya, they aver...


Mwangi, D.M.Giller, Ken E.Thorpe, W.R.Thomas, D.[Effect of intercropping with herbaceous legumes on the yield and quality of Napier grass in the central highlands of Kenya]Effect of intercropping with herbaceous legumes on the yield and quality of Napier grass in the central highlands of Kenya

An experiment was conducted to study the effect of four harvesting intervals(2,4,6 and 8 weeks) and two levels of fertilizer (0 and 500 kg N ha-1 per annum) on DM yield, nutrient composition and in vitro dry matter digestibility of four irrigated cultivated grasses (Chloris gayana, Panicum maximu...


Tsegahun, A.Chichaibelu, B.Thomas, D.Wolde-Ab, A.[Effect of frequency of clipping and nitrogen fertilization on dry matter yield, and nutritional quality of four improved grasses under irrigation]Effect of frequency of clipping and nitrogen fertilization on dry matter yield, and nutritional quality of four improved grasses under irrigation

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