Publication Date
1989
Location
Nice France
Description
During one of the joint plant exploration missions between CIA T's Tropical Pastures Program and national research institutions which aim at building up a comprehensive international forage germplasm collection for development of acidsoil tolerant cultivars (Schultze-Kraft, 1985), an unknow Centrosema species was collected. It is closely related to C. brasilianum and was recently described as C. tetragonolobum (Schultze-Kraft and Williams, in press). Its natural distribution is restricted to the Orinoco region in Colombia and Venezuela between latitudes 4° and 6° N. At present 12 germplasm accessions are available. They were collected during 1984-86 on acid soils (pH 4.5-5.5) and in rather high-rainfall environments (2.000-2.500 mm/year) with 3-4 dry months in Vichada, Colombia and in the Federal Territory Amazonas and state of Bolivar, Venezuela.
Citation
Schultze-Kraft, R, "Centrosema Tetragonolobum- A New Tropical Pasture Legume for Acid Soils" (1989). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 10.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1989/session3/10)
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Centrosema Tetragonolobum- A New Tropical Pasture Legume for Acid Soils
Nice France
During one of the joint plant exploration missions between CIA T's Tropical Pastures Program and national research institutions which aim at building up a comprehensive international forage germplasm collection for development of acidsoil tolerant cultivars (Schultze-Kraft, 1985), an unknow Centrosema species was collected. It is closely related to C. brasilianum and was recently described as C. tetragonolobum (Schultze-Kraft and Williams, in press). Its natural distribution is restricted to the Orinoco region in Colombia and Venezuela between latitudes 4° and 6° N. At present 12 germplasm accessions are available. They were collected during 1984-86 on acid soils (pH 4.5-5.5) and in rather high-rainfall environments (2.000-2.500 mm/year) with 3-4 dry months in Vichada, Colombia and in the Federal Territory Amazonas and state of Bolivar, Venezuela.
