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Shade induces contrasting light photosynthetic performance between Signal and Guinea Grasses

Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 2022
Signal grass (Urochloa decumbens) and guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus) are African grasses that are well established in the Brazilian Savannah and we tested their adaptation to different light intensity.
Diogo de Paula Lima, Felipe Della Torre, Áurea Rodrigues Cordeiro, Maria Rita Scotti, Marcel Giovanni Costa França   +4 more
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Morphological characteristics, nutritive quality, and methane production of tropical grasses in Brazil [PDF]

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2018
: The objective of this work was to evaluate three tropical forage species for their in vitro methane (CH4) production and organic matter degradability, in order to determine the relationships between forage grass nutritive quality and CH4 production ...
Danilo Montalvão Lima, Adibe Luiz Abdalla Filho, Paulo de Mello Tavares Lima, Gabriel Zanuto Sakita, Tairon Pannunzio Dias e Silva, Concepta McManus, Adibe Luiz Abdalla, Helder Louvandini   +7 more
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Silages of sorghum, Tamani guinea grass, and Stylosanthes in an integrated system: production and quality

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
Crop–livestock integration systems are efficient technologies for diversifying production and promoting agricultural sustainability. However, less is known about the triple intercropping of crops for silage production.
Laís Guerra Prado, Kátia Aparecida de Pinho Costa, Luciana Maria da Silva, Adriano Carvalho Costa, Eduardo da Costa Severiano, João Victor Campos Pinho Costa, Eduardo Habermann, João Antônio Gonçalves e Silva   +7 more
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Fermentative profile and nutritive value of corn silage with Tamani guinea grass

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2020
The use of silage has been an efficient alternative to feed supply during the shortage of roughage in dry periods, providing quality feed that is widely used in ruminant feeding.
Francielly Paludo, Kátia Aparecida de Pinho Costa, Mariana Borges de Castro Dias, Fábio Adriano Santos e Silva, Ana Carolina Gomes Silva, Laíne Gonçalves Rodrigues, Sabryna Álex Almeida Silva, Wender Ferreira Souza, Ubirajara Oliveira Bilego, Mariane Porto Muniz   +9 more
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Optimal Time for Haymaking and Potential Production of Grass Hay on Soybean Overseeding in Brazilian Savanna

Agronomy, 2023
The objective of this research was to determine the potential for hay production of Quenia guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus cv. BRS Quenia), Congo grass (Urochloa ruziziensis), and Xaraes palisade grass (Urochloa brizantha cv.
Patrick Bezerra Fernandes, Tiago do Prado Paim, Luizmar Peixoto dos Santos, Brunna Rafaela Souza, Vanessa Nunes Leal, Lucas Ferreira Gonçalves, Flávio Lopes Claudio, Darliane de Castro Santos, Katia Cylene Guimarães, Estenio Moreira Alves   +9 more
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Identification of optimum stage of harvesting for seed yield and seed quality parameters of forage grasses

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020
A field experiment was conducted at Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Southern Regional Research Station, Dharwad during kharif 2016 and laboratory studies in 2017 to identify the harvesting stages on seed yield and quality in guinea and ...
SUPRITHA C T, VINOD KUMAR
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Nitrogen Fertilization Boosts Maize Grain Yield, Forage Quality, and Estimated Meat Production in Maize–Forage Intercropping

Agriculture, 2023
Crop–livestock integrated systems such as intercropping and crop rotation have been critical for sustainable agriculture, promoting land use intensification throughout the year.
Bruno R. Gilli, Camila S. Grassmann, Eduardo Mariano, Ciro A. Rosolem   +3 more
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Forage Potential of Non-Native Guinea Grass in North African Agroecosystems: Genetic, Agronomic, and Adaptive Traits

Agronomy, 2021
Guinea grass (Panicum maximum Jacq., renamed Megathyrsus maximus Jacq.) is a native forage plant in Africa of great economic value, but it was introduced in almost all tropical countries as a source of animal forage.
Mohamed Ali Benabderrahim, Walid Elfalleh   +1 more
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cmorrison1/MorrisonETal-Guinea-grass-allelopathy-competition: v1.1.0

, 2022
Data and code release for private peer-for-peer review.
Colin R. Morrison
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How Are Warm-Season Pastures’ Nutritive Value and Fermentation Characteristics Affected by Open Pasture, Silvopasture, and Sward Herbage Maturity?

Agronomy, 2023
This study aimed to evaluate the forage mass and nutritional value (NV) of Guinea Massai grass (Megathyrsus maximus × Megathyrsus infestum) in an open pasture (OP) or the silvopastoral system (SPS) at different stages of development (SDs).
Mariane Rodrigues Ferreira, Abmael da Silva Cardoso, Marina Elizabeth Barbosa Andrade, Thais Ribeiro Brito, Ana Cláudia Ruggieri   +4 more
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