Pastures for the Tropical Lowlands: CIAT's Contributions
- ISBN-10
- 958918345X
- ISBN-13
- 9789589183458
- Category
- Forage plants
- Pages
- 252
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- CIAT
- Author
- Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Description
Introduction; Tropical pastures target environments; Regional germplasm evaluation: A portfolio of germplasm options for the major ecosystems of tropical amarica; Methodological challenges in pasture research; Germplasme case study: Brachiaria species; Germplasm case study: Arachis pintoi; Integrating the native savanna resource with improved pastures; Experiences at the interface of research and development with tropical pastures; The role of pastures in production systems; Soil-plant factors and prodesses affscting productivity in ley farming; tropical pastures program: bibliobraphy of publictions, 1985-1991; Acronyms; abbreviations.
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