Publication Date
1985
Location
Kyoto Japan
Description
Following former recommendations to leave traditional schemes of simultaneous evaluation of several species, and extensive program has been initiated as a result of an international agreement between French and Brazilian research organizations, to evaluate one single tropical forage grass species with wide genetic diversity. A field experiment was designed for preliminary evaluation of 400 accessions of Panicum maximum at two levels of soil fertility. Emphasis is placed on a fixed-interval cutting regime, seed production, and detailed morphological characterization of promising accessions. A list of the morphological descriptors is presented. Selected accessions will enter further phases of evaluation under grazing and be tested in several locations, both at the farm level and in other regional research institutions.
Citation
Savidan, Y H.; Jank, L; Souza, F.H.D de; and Boock, A, "Preliminary Evaluation of Panicum maximum Germplasm in Brazil: An International Agronomy Research Program" (1985). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 6.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1989/session14/6)
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Preliminary Evaluation of Panicum maximum Germplasm in Brazil: An International Agronomy Research Program
Kyoto Japan
Following former recommendations to leave traditional schemes of simultaneous evaluation of several species, and extensive program has been initiated as a result of an international agreement between French and Brazilian research organizations, to evaluate one single tropical forage grass species with wide genetic diversity. A field experiment was designed for preliminary evaluation of 400 accessions of Panicum maximum at two levels of soil fertility. Emphasis is placed on a fixed-interval cutting regime, seed production, and detailed morphological characterization of promising accessions. A list of the morphological descriptors is presented. Selected accessions will enter further phases of evaluation under grazing and be tested in several locations, both at the farm level and in other regional research institutions.
