Identifying Germplasm for Successful Forage Legume-Grass Interactions.Proceedings of a Symposium of the Crop Science Society of America. Held in Seattle, Washington on November 14, 1994

摘要

A summary of available information on agronomic attributes, seed production,disease and pest resistance, drought tolerance, nutritive value, animal performance, and alternative uses of forage Arachis spp. and Paspalum spp. was presented. Dry matter (DM) forage yields of Arachis spp. have been recorded in seasonally flooded land and well-drained savannas of tropical America. DM yields for forage Arachis ranged from 2.5 to 13 t/ha in the Brazilian lowlands, 0 to 500 kg/ha DM during the rainy season in the LLanos of Columbia, and to 0 to 3 t/ha in the humid tropics. Pure seed yield varied from 0 to 5 t/ha at 14 months after planting. The DM yield in the Paspalum collection reached 29 t/ha in the Brazilian lowlands vs. 18 t/ha in the Cerrado.