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Direct and indirect means of predicting forage quality through near infrared reflectance spectroscopy by Stuth, J., Jama, A., Tolleson, D.

“…The advent of NIRS technology for assessing quality of plant/forage/feed tissue and predicting diet quality from feces offers livestock nutritionists, researchers, farm advisors and resource consultants a rapid mechanism to acquire nutritional information. …”
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Detection of a strain of soybean mosaic virus affecting tropical forage species of Centrosema by Morales, Francisco José, Niessen, AI, Castaño, M., Calvert, Lee A.

“…A filamentous virus about 715 nm long was isolated from a plant of the tropical forage legume Centrosema macrocarpum affected by mosaic. …”
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Advances in improving adaptation of common bean and Brachiaria forage grasses to abiotic stress in the tropics by Rao, Idupulapati M.

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Drought Resistance of Tropical Forage Grasses: Opening a Fertile Ground for Innovative Research by Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés, Rao, Idupulapati M.

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Early adoption of the tropical forage legume Arachis pintoi in Huetar Norte, Costa Rica by Wunscher, T., Schultze-Kraft, Rainer, Peters, Michael, Rivas Ríos, Libardo

“…To collect the data, 115 randomly selected livestock holders and an additional 34 farmers known to have planted A. pintoi were interviewed. Farmers see improved pastures to be the most important technology to enhance forage and cattle production. …”
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Effect of liquid swine effluent on the initial growth of forage corn under greenhouse conditions by Peña Caurino, M. Y., Luis Olivas, D. B., Gambini de la Cruz, Tabita Abigail, Mendoza Nieto, E., Fardim Christo, B., Contreras Liza, S.

“…The research aimed to evaluate the effect of swine liquid effluent on the growth of hybrid corn for forage purposes. A pot experiment was designed to determine the effect of liquid effluent applications of treatments 21 days after planting. …”
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Forage yield and nutritive value of plantain and chicory for livestock feed at high altitudes in Peru by Vallejos Fernández, Luis A., Guillén, Ricardo, Pinares Patiño, César, García Ticllacuri, Rubén, Muñoz Vilchez, Yudith Yohany, Quilcate, Carlos Enrique, Alvarez García, Wuesley Yusmein

“…The parameters evaluated were dry matter yield (DMY), plant height (PH), growth rate (GR) and nutritional value. …”
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Factors Affecting the Adoption of Forage Technologies in Smallholder Dairy Production Systems in Lushoto, Tanzania by Ndah, Hycenth T., Schuler, Johannes, Nkwain, Vandoline N., Nzogela, Beatus, Mangesho, Walter E., Mollel, Richard, Loina, Rose, Paul, Birthe K.

“…To increase future forage adoption rates, it is recommended to invest in knowledge transfer, more effective local authority and extension structures, stronger multi-stakeholder partnerships, access to loan and credit facilities, improvement of off-farm income possibilities, better access to input markets including AI and forage planting material, and more favorable output markets. …”
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Seeding solutions: Closing the ruminant feed gap through forage innovation in Southeast Asia by Burkart, Stefan, Mwendia, Solomon, Karimi, Peggy, Atieno, Mary, Dao, Hang Thi, Philp, Joshua

“…However, achieving this scale requires overcoming systemic barriers, including weak seed markets, limited private sector engagement, fragmented policy implementation, and poor farmer access to quality planting materials. Forage development is therefore both a technical and institutional challenge, calling for farmer training, improved extension services, access to finance, embedding forage seed systems into national strategies, decentralizing seed production, harmonizing regional seed regulations, and incentivizing private sector engagement. …”
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Evidence on the response of Patagonian forage grasses to the mulching effect of recent tephra deposits in Argentina by Edwards, Priscila, Varela, Santiago Agustin, Lopez, Dardo Ruben, Willems, Priscila Mabel, Lopez, Aldana, Gyenge, Javier

“…This study aimed to test whether superficial deposition of volcanic tephra could benefit two of the most prominent Patagonian forage grass species (Poa ligularis and Pappostipa speciosa var. speciosa). …”
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Land reclamation potential of four forage legumes along an environmental gradient in Cauca, Colombia by Sotelo Cabrera, Mauricio Efren, Vivas Quila, Nelson J., Barahona Rosales, Rolando, Cardoso, Juan Andrés, Peters, Michael

“…There are several strategies aimed to restore, rehabilitate or reclaim degraded lands based on forages. In soils with inherent low organic matter contents—such as the ones typically found in highly weathered soils of tropical LAC—the use of forage legumes has great potential for soil reclamation while providing feed for livestock. …”
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Potential of multipurpose forages to enhance mixed smallholder farming productivity and food security in Malawi by Bekele, Regassa, Hami, Joseph, Homann-kee Tui, Sabine, Banda, Mcloyd, Mwendia, Solomon, Notenbaert, An

“…Field observations and discussions with farmers, researchers, government officials, development agencies, and private sectors across Malawi’s northern, central, and southern regions revealed opportunities for forage integration. Forage production strategies such as backyard planting, intercropping, alley cropping, crop rotation, agroforestry, and push-pull systems are recommended as entry points for improving livestock feed availability while simultaneously enhancing soil fertility, reducing erosion, and controlling pests. …”
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Nitrogen fixation by annual forage legumes and its contribution to succeeding wheat in the Ethiopian highlands by Haque, I., Lupwayi, N.Z.

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Evaluation the availability of biomass and woody regrowth capacity of pasture forage dry tropical Nicaragua by Lombo Ortiz, Darwin F.

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Benefits of adopting improved forages in smallholder farms in Central America: An ex post analysis by Holmann, Federico J., Argel M., Pedro J., Pérez, E.

“…The objective of this study was to estimate the benefits received by producers who adopted improved forages as part of a project[1] carried out in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica in terms of increased productivity, stocking rate, and income due to the additional sale of milk and beef in retribution for family labor. …”
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Growth performance and nutritive quality of tree Lucerne (Chamaecytisus palmensis) fodder under different management conditions in the Highlands of Ethiopia by Tadesse, F.

“…The maximum survival rate was observed for plants which grew around backyard on small plot followed by that grown on the contour lines, whereas the lowest survival rate was achieved from plants grown around water logged areas. …”
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Adaptive attributes of tropical forage species to acid soils. V. Differences in phosphorus acquisition from less available inorganic and organic sources of phosphate by Rao, Idupulapati M., Borrero, V., Ricaurte Oyola, José Jaumer, García, Ramiro

“…Previous research showed that the forage legume, Arachis pintoi, was more efficient in acquiring P from infertile acid soils than the forage grass, Brachiaria dictyoneura. …”
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Assessment of forage production, feed resource utilization and substitution effect of oat-vetch forage for concentrate mix on performance of sheep fed desho grass as a basal diet i... by Mengistu, S.

“…Desho grass split was the only marketable forage planting material. Feed shortage was the primary problem (index=0.33) for livestock production. …”
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Study on phytoplasma causing Napier grass stunt disease (NGSD) in different farmers’ fields in Ada Woreda, Ethiopia by Melesse, A.

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Fungal Endophytes from the Aerial Tissues of Important Tropical Forage Grasses Brachiaria spp. in Kenya by Ghimire, Sita R., Njuguna, Joyce, Kago, Leah, Ahonsi, Monday, Njarui, Donald M. G.

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