Publication Date
1989
Description
Lack of adaptation of commercial grass and legume cultivars to biotic and edaphic constraints prevailing in tropical American savannas has been partially responsible for failures in the development of improved pastures in these areas (Toledo, 1985). As a result, the Tropical Pastures Program of CIAT has taken responsibility to collect and select forage germplasm with adaptation to acid soils of low natural fertility. Within the Centrosema genus promising acid soil tolerant species have been identified, such as C. macrocarpum (SchultzeKraft et al., 1985), C. acutifolium (Schultze-Kraft et al., 1987) and C. brasiliarum (Schultze-Kraft and Benavides, 1988). A grazing experiment was conducted in a well drained savanna site to evaluate legume productivity and animal performance in grass-legume pastures with three Centrosema species.
Citation
Lascano, C; Estrada, J; and Avila, P, "Animal Production of Pastures Based on Centrosema Spp. in the Eastern Plains of Colombia" (2025). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 31.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1989/session10/31
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Animal Production of Pastures Based on Centrosema Spp. in the Eastern Plains of Colombia
Lack of adaptation of commercial grass and legume cultivars to biotic and edaphic constraints prevailing in tropical American savannas has been partially responsible for failures in the development of improved pastures in these areas (Toledo, 1985). As a result, the Tropical Pastures Program of CIAT has taken responsibility to collect and select forage germplasm with adaptation to acid soils of low natural fertility. Within the Centrosema genus promising acid soil tolerant species have been identified, such as C. macrocarpum (SchultzeKraft et al., 1985), C. acutifolium (Schultze-Kraft et al., 1987) and C. brasiliarum (Schultze-Kraft and Benavides, 1988). A grazing experiment was conducted in a well drained savanna site to evaluate legume productivity and animal performance in grass-legume pastures with three Centrosema species.
