Brachiaria: Biology, Agronomy, and ImprovementJohn W. Miles, Brigitte L. Maass, Cacilda Borges Valle CIAT, 1996 - 288 pages Identifying and naming Brachiaria species. Morphology, taxonomy, and natural distribution of Brachiaria (Trin.) Griseb. Natural variation in Brachiaria and existing germplasm collections. The agronomy and physiology of Brachiaria species. National requirementes of Brachiaria and adaptation to acid soils. Nutrient cycling and environmental impact of Brachiaria Pastures. Pests and diseases of Brachiaria species. Nutritional quality and animal production of Brachiaria pastures. Reproductive physiology, seed production, and seed quality of Brachiaria. Seed production: perspective from the Brazilian private sector. Genetic, cytogenetics, and reproductive biology of Brachiaria. Manipulation of apomixis in Brachiaria breeding. Theoretical potential of biotechniques in crop improvement. Aplication of biothecnology to Brachiaria. Regional experience with Brachiaria: Tropical America-humid lowlands. Regional experience with Brachiaria: Tropical America-savannas. Regional experience with Brachiaria: Sub-savannas Africa. Regional experience with Brachiaria: Asia, the South Pacific, and Australia. Reports of working groups. |
Expressions et termes fréquents
accessions acid soils adaptation Agric agronomic animal production apomictic apomixis Arachis Arachis pintoi areas associated Australia Basilisk Boddey Brachiaria brizantha Brachiaria cultivars Brachiaria decumbens Brachiaria germplasm Brachiaria humidicola Brachiaria pastures Brachiaria ruziziensis Brachiaria seed Brachiaria species Brazil breeding brizantha brizantha cv Cali Campo Grande Carimagua Cerrados chromosome CIAT Colombia Costa Rica crop cultivars decumbens cv dictyoneura cv diploid DM yields dormancy dry season EMBRAPA evaluation fertilizer forage grasses forage quality gayanus gene genetic genotypes germplasm germplasm collection grazing Grof growth harvest humidicola hybrids International Grassland Congress IVDMD jubata Keller-Grein kg/ha Lapointe Lascano legumes Llanero Marandu mutica nitrogen Nova Odessa numbers nutrient Oxisol Panicum maximum pastagens Pastos personal communication Pesquisa pests pintoi plant progeny pure grass reproductive mode Research resistance São Paulo savannas seed production sexual signalgrass spikelets spittlebug Stapf stocking rates t/ha tetraploid tropical forage Tropical Pastures Tropicales TSSF unpublished data Valério Valle volume