Advances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in Brachiaria grasses
An inter-institutional and multi-disciplinary project to identify *Brachiaria* genotypes, which combine waterlogging tolerance with high forage yield and quality, for use in agricultural land in Latin America with poor drainage, is underway. The aim is to improve meat and milk production and mitigat...
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
2013
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| author | Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés Jiménez, J. Rincón, J. Guevara, Edward D. Hoek, Rein van der Jarvis, Andy Peters, Michael Miles, John W. Ayarza, Miguel Angel Cajas, S. Rincón, A. Mateus, H. Quiceno, J. Barragán, Wilson Lascano Aguilar, Carlos Eduardo Argel M., Pedro J. Mena Urbina, Martin A. Hertentains, Luis Rao, Idupulapati M. |
| author_browse | Argel M., Pedro J. Ayarza, Miguel Angel Barragán, Wilson Cajas, S. Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés Guevara, Edward D. Hertentains, Luis Hoek, Rein van der Jarvis, Andy Jiménez, J. Lascano Aguilar, Carlos Eduardo Mateus, H. Mena Urbina, Martin A. Miles, John W. Peters, Michael Quiceno, J. Rao, Idupulapati M. Rincón, A. Rincón, J. |
| author_facet | Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés Jiménez, J. Rincón, J. Guevara, Edward D. Hoek, Rein van der Jarvis, Andy Peters, Michael Miles, John W. Ayarza, Miguel Angel Cajas, S. Rincón, A. Mateus, H. Quiceno, J. Barragán, Wilson Lascano Aguilar, Carlos Eduardo Argel M., Pedro J. Mena Urbina, Martin A. Hertentains, Luis Rao, Idupulapati M. |
| author_sort | Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés |
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| description | An inter-institutional and multi-disciplinary project to identify *Brachiaria* genotypes, which combine waterlogging tolerance with high forage yield and quality, for use in agricultural land in Latin America with poor drainage, is underway. The aim is to improve meat and milk production and mitigate the impacts of climate change in the humid areas of Latin America. Researchers at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) have developed a screening method to evaluate waterlogging in grasses. Using this method, 71 promising hybrids derived from the species, *Brachiaria ruziziensis*, *B. brizantha* and *B. decumbens*, were evaluated. Four hybrids with superior waterlogging tolerance were identified. Their superiority was based on greater: green-leaf biomass production, proportion of green leaf to total leaf biomass, green-leaf area, leaf chlorophyll content and photosynthetic efficiency; and reduced dead-leaf biomass. These hybrids, together with previously selected hybrids and germplasm accessions, are being field-tested for waterlogging tolerance in collaboration with National Agricultural Research Institutions and farmers from Colombia, Nicaragua and Panama. |
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| spelling | CGSpace350132025-11-12T05:54:17Z Advances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in Brachiaria grasses Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés Jiménez, J. Rincón, J. Guevara, Edward D. Hoek, Rein van der Jarvis, Andy Peters, Michael Miles, John W. Ayarza, Miguel Angel Cajas, S. Rincón, A. Mateus, H. Quiceno, J. Barragán, Wilson Lascano Aguilar, Carlos Eduardo Argel M., Pedro J. Mena Urbina, Martin A. Hertentains, Luis Rao, Idupulapati M. soil environment water forage An inter-institutional and multi-disciplinary project to identify *Brachiaria* genotypes, which combine waterlogging tolerance with high forage yield and quality, for use in agricultural land in Latin America with poor drainage, is underway. The aim is to improve meat and milk production and mitigate the impacts of climate change in the humid areas of Latin America. Researchers at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) have developed a screening method to evaluate waterlogging in grasses. Using this method, 71 promising hybrids derived from the species, *Brachiaria ruziziensis*, *B. brizantha* and *B. decumbens*, were evaluated. Four hybrids with superior waterlogging tolerance were identified. Their superiority was based on greater: green-leaf biomass production, proportion of green leaf to total leaf biomass, green-leaf area, leaf chlorophyll content and photosynthetic efficiency; and reduced dead-leaf biomass. These hybrids, together with previously selected hybrids and germplasm accessions, are being field-tested for waterlogging tolerance in collaboration with National Agricultural Research Institutions and farmers from Colombia, Nicaragua and Panama. 2013-12-15 2014-02-26T10:15:31Z 2014-02-26T10:15:31Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35013 en Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture Cardoso, J.A., Jiminez, J., Rincón, J., Guevara, E., Hoek, R. van der, Jarvis, A., Peters, M., Miles, J., Ayarza, M., Cajas, S., Rincón, A., Mateus, H., Quiceno, J., Barragán, W., Lascano, C., Argel, P., Mena, M., Hertentains, L. and Rao, I. 2013. Advances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in Brachiaria grasses. Tropical Grasslands 1: 197−201 |
| spellingShingle | soil environment water forage Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés Jiménez, J. Rincón, J. Guevara, Edward D. Hoek, Rein van der Jarvis, Andy Peters, Michael Miles, John W. Ayarza, Miguel Angel Cajas, S. Rincón, A. Mateus, H. Quiceno, J. Barragán, Wilson Lascano Aguilar, Carlos Eduardo Argel M., Pedro J. Mena Urbina, Martin A. Hertentains, Luis Rao, Idupulapati M. Advances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in Brachiaria grasses |
| title | Advances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in Brachiaria grasses |
| title_full | Advances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in Brachiaria grasses |
| title_fullStr | Advances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in Brachiaria grasses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in Brachiaria grasses |
| title_short | Advances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in Brachiaria grasses |
| title_sort | advances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in brachiaria grasses |
| topic | soil environment water forage |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35013 |
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