Track 1-02: Development and Impact of Sown Tropical Species
Publication Date
2013
Location
Sydney, Australia
Description
Two strategies have been used in the breeding of Brachiaria (syn. Urochloa) to produce new cultivars. The first involves exploring the natural variability existing in nature, which is the selection of ecotypes, mostly apomicts, from the diversity in germplasm banks. This strategy proved efficient originally and the cultivars in use in Brazil were derived in this way, but progress with this strategy is limited in the medium to long term.
Citation
Alves, Geovani F.; de Figueiredo, Ulisses J.; Pandolfi Filho, Antônio D.; Barrios, Sanzio C. L.; and Valle, Cacilda B., "Breeding Strategies for Brachiaria spp. to Improve Productivity–An Ongoing Project" (2013). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 29.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/22/1-2/29)
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Breeding Strategies for Brachiaria spp. to Improve Productivity–An Ongoing Project
Sydney, Australia
Two strategies have been used in the breeding of Brachiaria (syn. Urochloa) to produce new cultivars. The first involves exploring the natural variability existing in nature, which is the selection of ecotypes, mostly apomicts, from the diversity in germplasm banks. This strategy proved efficient originally and the cultivars in use in Brazil were derived in this way, but progress with this strategy is limited in the medium to long term.
