The objective of the field experiment was to evaluate agronomic performance and nutritive values brachiaria grass in response cultivars, soil type, fertilizer application. A randomized complete block design containing three replications with factors (fertilizer, types) used. cultivars were Brachiaria mutica, hybrid Mulato-II, Mulato-I, birzantha Marandu, La liberated. root splits means propagat...

Forage accumulation yields and nutritive value of 12 Urochloa cultivars pre-commercial lines (Mulato II, Cayman, Cobra, Marandu, Toledo, BRS Piatã, Paiaguás, Ruzi, Humidicola, BRO4/3025, BRO4/3207 BRO4/2515) were evaluated in a field trial Northeast Thailand during 2015–2018. Total herbage for over 3 years ranged from 15,800 kg DM/ha (Ruzi) to 33,800 (Toledo). Toledo produced the highest total ...

cultivar Paiute, which originated from a single plant introduction (PI-109072) (Alderson and Sharp, 1994), Within the Great Basin, availability of irrigation water throughout very little breeding has been done to develop improved the growing season is the limiting factor in the development of improved pastures. The choice of species and their water requirements cultivars of cool-season perennia...

The purpose of the study was to identify plant compositional constituents that influence forage intake. Emphasis was put on the ratio in vitro digestibility of organic matter (IVDOM):NDF because preliminary work with cattle and a limited number of forages showed the ratio to account for more variation in intake than either IVDOM or NDF alone. The compositional constituents were tested in intake...

Multi-environment trials play a significant role in selecting the best cultivars to be used at different locations. The objective of this study was to identify grain and forage yields stability of grass pea advanced lines across different locations. The 14 advanced lines of grass pea, developed by the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), were tested at three dif...

Plant breeders developing cultivars to minimize the hazards of grass tetany are concentrating largely on increasing herbage Mg concentrations in cool-season (C3) grasses. Significant genetic variation has been found for Mg, Ca and K concentrations within C3 grass species studied to date. For most C3 forage grass species, heritability estimates are highest for Mg, slightly lower for Ca and lowes...

Warm-season grasses, also called C4, are the predominant forages for ruminant production in Florida. The C4 grasses grow well under high temperatures and generally cultivated between 25 N and 25 S of the equator. The C4 grasses are more efficient in fixing carbon dioxide than other grasses; however, they have a specialized thick-walled parenchyma bundle sheath around each vascular bundle, and m...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Advanced phenotyping, i.e. the application of automated, high-throughput methods to characterize plant architecture and performance, has the potential to accelerate breeding progress but is far from being routinely used in current breeding approaches. In forage and turf improvement programmes, in particular, where breeding populations and cultivars are characterized by high ...