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Protective action of priming agents on Urochloa brizantha seeds under water restriction and salinity conditions

Journal of Seed Science, 2021
: Analyses of germination of seeds under artificial stress conditions are tools for a better understanding of the survival and adaptation capacity of species under natural stress conditions.
Thaísa Fernanda Oliveira, Heloisa Oliveira dos Santos, Douglas Pelegrini Vaz-Tostes, Pedro Yuri Cavasin, Debora Kelli Rocha, Giovani Virgílio Tirelli   +5 more
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Farmers’ Perception and Evaluation of Brachiaria Grass (Brachiaria spp.) Genotypes for Smallholder Cereal-Livestock Production in East Africa

Agriculture, 2020
Brachiaria (Urochloa) is a genus, common name brachiaria, of forage grasses that is increasingly transforming integrated crop-livestock production systems in East Africa. A study was undertaken to (i) assess smallholder farmers’ perception on benefits of
Duncan Cheruiyot, Charles A.O. Midega, Jimmy O. Pittchar, John A. Pickett, Zeyaur R. Khan   +4 more
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Urochloa in Tropical Agroecosystems

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020
Increasing biodiversity is an important issue in more secure and sustainable agriculture. Diversified systems are more resilient to climate change, environmental stresses and enhance soil health, nutrient cycling and nutrient use efficiency.
João Leonardo Corte Baptistella, Sara Adrián López de Andrade, José Laércio Favarin, Paulo Mazzafera   +3 more
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Urochloabrizantha and corn or sorghum silage integrated production: agronomic evaluation, fermentation losses, and aerobic stability of silage [PDF]

Ciência Rural, 2023
: The present study evaluated germination, production, and morphological composition of Urochloabrizantha intercropped with corn and sorghum; and silage fermentation losses and aerobic stability of intercrop silage using microbial inoculant.
Tiago Antônio Del Valle, Francine Basso Facco, Mariana Campana, Rebeca Rodrigues Noernberg, Thainá Moreira Garcia, Estefani Capucho, Francisco Rafael da Silva Pereira, Jozivaldo Prudêncio Gomes de Morais   +7 more
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Genomic Selection in Tropical Forage Grasses: Current Status and Future Applications

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
The world population is expected to be larger and wealthier over the next few decades and will require more animal products, such as milk and beef. Tropical regions have great potential to meet this growing global demand, where pasturelands play a major ...
Rosangela M. Simeão, Marcos D. V. Resende, Rodrigo S. Alves, Marco Pessoa-Filho, Ana Luisa S. Azevedo, Chris S. Jones, Jorge F. Pereira, Juarez C. Machado   +7 more
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Near infrared spectroscopy and seedling image analysis to evaluate the physiological potential of Urochloa decumbens (Stapf) R.D. Webster seeds [PDF]

Journal of Seed Science, 2023
: The demand for techniques that make it possible to assess the physiological potential of seeds quickly and assertively make near-infrared spectroscopy (FT-NIR) and seedling analysis using ILASTIK software promising tools.
Lucas Rodrigues de Souza, Marcelo Augusto Rocha Limão, Daniel Teixeira Pinheiro, Gabriel Cordeiro de Oliveira Peris, Denise Cunha Fernandes dos Santos Dias, Luiz Antônio dos Santos Dias   +5 more
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Brachiaria species identification using imaging techniques based on fractal descriptors [PDF]

, 2014
The use of a rapid and accurate method in diagnosis and classification of species and/or cultivars of forage has practical relevance, scientific and trade in various areas of study.
Bruno, Odemir Martinez, da Silva, Fernanda de Fátima, da Silva, Núbia Rosa, Florindo, João Batista, Herling, Valdo Rodrigues, Luz, Pedro Henrique de Cerqueira, Romualdo, Liliane Maria   +6 more
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Vertical migration of Haemonchus sp. infectant larvae on Stylosanthes spp. and Brachiaria brizantha (Syn. Urochloa brizantha) cv. Marandu forage

Bioscience Journal, 2022
The present work aimed to evaluate the influence of Stylosanthes spp. (Campo Grande© styles) and Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu in the vertical migration of Haemonchus spp. infective larvae, in the region of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais.
Mylla Christhie Costa Urzedo, Manoel Eduardo Rozalino Santos, Ligia Pinho Cuccato, Suyanne Aparecida Silva Macedo, Fernanda Rosalinski-Moraes   +4 more
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Fosfato e micorriza na estabilidade de agregados em amostras de latossolos cultivados e não-cultivados Aggregate stability in two cropped and no-cropped Oxisols as affected by phosphate addition and mycorrhiza

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2001
Nos trópicos, existe escassez de informação quanto à contribuição de espécies fúngicas do solo na formação e estabilização de agregados. Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito do histórico de uso, níveis de P, de inoculação micorrízica e cultivo
Júlio César Azevedo Nóbrega, José Maria de Lima, Nilton Curi, José Oswaldo Siqueira, Paulo Emilio Ferreira da Motta   +4 more
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Suplementação a pasto: disponibilidade e qualidade x níveis de suplementação x desempenho Grazing supplementation: availability and quality x supplementation levels x performance

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2009
Objetivou-se avaliar os resultados da suplementação no período seco do ano e as possíveis interferências da disponibilidade e qualidade da forragem e os níveis de suplementação nos desempenhos.
Fabiano Ferreira da Silva, Jacqueline Firmino de Sá, Alex Resende Schio, Luís Carlos Vínhas Ítavo, Robério Rodrigues Silva, Rodrigo Gonçalves Mateus   +5 more
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