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Selection of pasture cultivars from many germplasm entries under grazing

author(s) Grof, Bert
from International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
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  • South America
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Americas
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Grof, Bert. 1993. Selection of pasture cultivars from many germplasm entries under grazing . In: Paladines M., Osvaldo L.; Lascano, Carlos E. (eds.). Forage germplasm under small-plot grazing: Evaluation of methodologies: Proceedings of a workshop held in Cali, Colombia, 22-24 September 1982 . Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. p. 157-169. (CIAT publication no. 210)
Selection of pasture cultivars from many germplasm entries under grazing

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Abstract

Grassland improvement work, particularly in the early stages of developing a program for tropical regions, involves a comparison of new accessions selected from wild populations whose potential as cultivated forages is often unknown.
Pasture species evaluation strategies employed at CIAT's main savanna research station in the Colombian Eastern Plains (Llanos Orientales) and appropriate techniques for testing large numbers of accessions under grazing are discussed.
During the 1977-1982 period, 41 accessions of 14 leguminous species and seven grass species have been screened with the techniques described. Results of preliminary grazing tests of Centrosema spp., Desmodium ovalifolium, and Stylosanthes capitata are reported.

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