Seven perennial species of African origin-Brachiaria arrecta, B. brizantha, B. decumbens, B. dictyoneura, B. humidicola, B. mutica, and B. ruziziensis-have been used as fodder plants, particularly in tropical America. The history of the commercial cultivars is given, and their most important attr...
Keller-Grein, Gerhard
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Maass, Brigitte L.
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Hanson, Jean
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[Natural variation in Brachiaria and existing germplasm collections]
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Natural variation in Brachiaria and existing germplasm collections
We describe a method of fitting a model of germplasm distribution to climate data and illustrate it`s use in mapping the continental distribution of five Stylosanthes species. The climate data used are the monthly totals of rainfall and the monthly mean temperatures and diurnal temperature ranges...
Jones, Peter G.
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Rebgetz, R
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Maass, Brigitte L.
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Kerridge, Peter C.
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[Genetic diversity in Stylosanthes species : a GIS mapping approach]
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Genetic diversity in Stylosanthes species : a GIS mapping approach
Keller-Grein, Gerhard
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Maass, Brigitte L.
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Hanson, Jean
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[Variación natural en Brachiaria y bancos de germoplasma existentes]
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Variación natural en Brachiaria y bancos de germoplasma existentes
Forages are usually associated with grasslands, but they also occur and are used widely on roadsides, in fallow areas, and as crop residues. In temperate areas livestock is grazed on domesticated forages. In the tropics livestock use native grasslands (Africa, Australia), naturalized grasslands (...