This study was planned to analyse the basis that make Brachiaria species with greater feeding value than Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) for lactating dairy cows. Forty lactating crossbred cows were stall-fed on B. brizantha cv. Piatá or Napier grass cv. French Cameroon supplemented (mixed on...
Mutimura, Mupenzi
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Ebong, Cyprian
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Nsahlai, Ignatius V.
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[Effects of supplementation of Brachiaria brizantha cultivar Piatá and Napier grass with Desmodium distortum on feed intake, digesta kinetics and milk production by crossbred dairy cows]
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Effects of supplementation of Brachiaria brizantha cultivar Piatá and Napier grass with Desmodium distortum on feed intake, digesta kinetics and milk production by crossbred dairy cows
Nesper, Maike
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Bünemann, Else K.
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Fonte, Steven J.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Velásquez, Jaime E.
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Ramírez, Bertha
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Hegglin, Django
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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Oberson, Astrid
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[Pasture degradation decreases organic P content of tropical soils due to soil structural decline]
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Pasture degradation decreases organic P content of tropical soils due to soil structural decline
Moreta, Danilo
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Arango, Jacobo
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Sotelo Cabrera, Mauricio Efren
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Vergara, Daniel
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Rincón, Álvaro
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Ishitani, Manabu
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Castro, Aracely
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Miles, John W.
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Peters, Michael
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Tohme, Joseph M.
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Subbaraoa, Guntur V.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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[Biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) in Brachiaria pastures: a novel strategy to improve eco-efficiency of crop-livestock systems and to mitigate climate change]
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Biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) in Brachiaria pastures: a novel strategy to improve eco-efficiency of crop-livestock systems and to mitigate climate change
The apomictic reproductive mode of Brachiaria (syn. Urochloa) forage species allows breeders to faithfully propagate heterozygous genotypes through seed over multiple generations. In Brachiaria, reproductive mode segregates as single dominant locus, the apospory-specific genomic region (ASGR). Th...
Worthington, Margaret
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Ebina, Masumi
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Yamanaka, Naoki
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Heffelfinger, Christopher
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Quintero, Constanza
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Zapata, Yeny Patricia
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Pérez, Juan Guillermo
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Selvaraj, Michael
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Ishitani, Manabu
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Duitama, Jorge
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Hoz, Juan Fernando de la
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Dellaporta, Stephen L.
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Tohme, Joseph M.
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Arango, Jacobo
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[Translocation of a parthenogenesis gene candidate to an alternate carrier chromosome in apomictic Brachiaria humidicola]
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Translocation of a parthenogenesis gene candidate to an alternate carrier chromosome in apomictic Brachiaria humidicola
Ruminant livestock production in the tropics, particularly when based on pastures, is frequently blamed for being detrimental to the environment, allegedly contributing to: (1) degradation and destruction of ecosystems, including degradation and loss of soil, water and biodiversity; and (2) clima...
Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Peters, Michael
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Clements, Robert J.
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Bai, Changjun
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Liu, Guodao
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[Tropical forage legumes for environmental benefits: An overview]
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Tropical forage legumes for environmental benefits: An overview
Arango, Jacobo
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Moreta, D.
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Núñez, J.
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Hartmann, K.
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Domínguez, M.
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Ishitani, Manabu
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Miles, John W.
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Subbaraoa, Guntur V.
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Peters, Michael
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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[Developing methods to evaluate phenotypic variability in biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) capacity of Brachiaria grasses]
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Developing methods to evaluate phenotypic variability in biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) capacity of Brachiaria grasses
As calls for bolstering environmental services on croplands have grown more insistent during the past two decades, the search for ways to foster sustainable, reduced input agriculture has become more urgent. In this context we re-examine by means of a meta-analysis the argument, first proposed by...
Douxchamps, Sabine
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Peters, Michael
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Hoek, Rein van der
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Schmidt, A
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Martens, S
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Polanía Perdomo, José A.
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Mena Urbina, Martin A.
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Binder, Claudia R.
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Scholl, R
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Quintero, M.
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Kreuzer, M.
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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Oberson, Astrid
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[Farm-scale tradeoffs between legume use as forage versus green manure: the case of Canavalia Brasiliensis]
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Farm-scale tradeoffs between legume use as forage versus green manure: the case of Canavalia Brasiliensis
In a field experiment in Palmira, Colombia, we studied mycorrhizal root colonization, phosphomonoesterase activities and P and N foliar content before and after N fertilization among different Brachiaria genotypes with demonstrated biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) capacity. Furthermore, ...
Teutscherova, Nikola
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Vazquez, Eduardo
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Arévalo, Ashly
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Pulleman, Mirjam M.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Arango, Jacobo
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[Differences in arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization and P acquisition between genotypes of the tropical Brachiaria grasses: is there a relation with BNI activity?]
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Differences in arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization and P acquisition between genotypes of the tropical Brachiaria grasses: is there a relation with BNI activity?
The savannas of eastern Colombia located in the Orinoco river basin represent 18% of the Latin American neotropical savannas, and those areas that are tillable and closer to markets are subject to considerable anthropic pressure in the quest for intensification. Historically, and even today, beef...
Ramírez Restrepo, Carlos A.
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Vera, Raúl R.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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[Dynamics of animal performance, and estimation of carbon footprint of two breeding herds grazing native neotropical savannas in eastern Colombia]
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Dynamics of animal performance, and estimation of carbon footprint of two breeding herds grazing native neotropical savannas in eastern Colombia