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Potential Forage Hybrid Markets for Enhancing Sustainability and Food Security in East Africa [PDF]

Foods, 2023
The cattle sector is strategic for both the economic development and food security of Africa, but the low availability and quality of forage puts the most vulnerable population at risk.
John Jairo Junca Paredes, Jesús Fernando Florez, Karen Johanna Enciso Valencia, Luís Miguel Hernández Mahecha, Natalia Triana Ángel, Stefan Burkart   +5 more
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GERMINACIÓN Y EMERGENCIA DE Megathyrsus maximus VAR.maximus [PDF]

Planta Daninha, 2015
RESUMEN Se estudió la germinación de semillas de Megathyrsus maximus al exponerlas a altas temperaturas y el efecto de diferentes profundidades de siembra y cantidades de residuos de cosecha en la emergencia de las plántulas. En laboratorio, se determinó
D.C. CABRERA, M.T. SOBRERO, S CHAILA, M. PECE   +3 more
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Entomofauna asociada a pasturas tropicales Cenchrus ciliaris, Chloris gayana y Megathyrsus maximus

Agronomía Mesoamericana, 2023
Introduction. Pastures are the primary source of food in livestock systems and can be a suitable niche for insects with beneficial and harmful functions. Objective. To estimate the entomofauna associated with three species of pastures, Cenchrus ciliaris,
Paola Vanessa Sierra-Barquero, Tatiana Sánchez-Doria, Esteban Burbano-Erazo   +2 more
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Genetic linkage mapping in Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) with multiple dosage markers. [PDF]

G3 (Bethesda)
Abstract Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.), commonly known as guinea grass, is a forage crop widely used to form pastures and feed livestock. The species stands out for presenting high yield and nutritional quality in the leaves and its ability to be clonally propagated by seeds.
Gesteira GS, Ferreira GC, Mollinari M, Santos MF, Jank L, Vilela MM, Raposo A, Chiari L, Zeng ZB, Garcia AAF.   +9 more
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Evaluation of Megathyrsus maximus genotypes under water stress conditions

Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2022
The objective was to evaluate the production of Megathyrsus maximus genotypes (Syn. Panicum maximum), under different levels of water in the soil. This was a 5x5 factorial completely randomized design conducted in a greenhouse, combining five genotypes ...
Elson Marcos de Oliveira, Janaina Azevedo Martuscello, Liana Jank, Daniel de Noronha Figueiredo Vieira da Cunha, Mateus Figueiredo Santos   +4 more
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EMERGENCE OF Megathyrsus maximus SEEDLINGS GROWN UNDER SALT STRESS

Revista de Agricultura Neotropical
The aim was to evaluate the effect of salt stress on the percentage and speed of emergence of seedlings in forage cultivars of the species Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.).
Ueslei Figueiredo de Lima, Laura Marina de Oliveira Castro, Adérico Júnior Badaró Pimentel, Janaina de Lima Silva   +3 more
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Megathyrsus Maximus cv. Massai submetido a frequências de corte

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2019
Objetivou-se neste trabalho avaliar a dinâmica de crescimento e produção de forragem do capim Massai submetido as frequências de desfolhação, durante o período chuvoso, com intuito de elucidar a melhor frequência de desfolhação no manejo do pastejo, para
Guto Joaquim de Sousa, Emerson Alexandrino, Antônio Clementino dos Santos, Marcos Vinícius Lima Freitas   +3 more
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Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus) agronomic performances in mixed cultivation using irrigation condition, North-Western Ethiopia. [PDF]

PLoS One
In this field experiment, the agronomic performance of Guinea grass was evaluated to assess the optimum planting spacing and harvesting age in mixed cultivation under irrigation conditions. These factors were arranged according to a 3*3 factorial setting, which was fitted to a randomized complete block design and replicated three times. This trial used
Wolele MA, Zeleke FM, Chekol YM, Limenih BA, Zegeye ZB.   +4 more
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Oxalate nephropathy in cattle associated with the consumption of <i>Megathyrsus maximus</i> in Argentina. [PDF]

J Vet Diagn Invest
Over a 2-wk period, 20 cows that were grazing a Megathyrsus maximus (Guinea grass) pasture died after developing depression, respiratory difficulty, and recumbency. Affected animals had increased serum urea, phosphorus, and creatinine concentrations, and below-normal calcium concentrations. Autopsy revealed moderate
Avellaneda-Cáceres A, Lee ST, Ruiz Á, Sandoval GV, Colque-Caro LA, Cook D, Aguirre LS, Uzal FA, Micheloud JF.   +8 more
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Nutrient composition, in vitro digestibility, and methane production of two tropical grasses: Effect of grazing frequency and plant spacing [PDF]

Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2023
This study aimed to evaluate the dry matter yield, nutrient composition, in vitro and methane produced from Megathyrsus maximus (Ntchisi) and Cenchrus purpureus grazed at two grazing frequency (3 and 6-week, (GF)) with two plant spacing (0.5 m x 1 m ...
Foluke ENWETE, Peter DELE, Chika ANOTAENWERE, Bolanle AKINYEMI, Olajumoke AIYESA, Oluwafemi AWOOLA, John AKINYODE, Olufemi ONIFADE   +7 more
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