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Author:   W.D. Pitman (Louisiana State University, Rosepine, Louisiana, USA) ,  Antonio Sotomayor-Rios (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) ,  Eduardo C. Schroder ,  Antonio Sotomayor-Rios
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.910kg
ISBN:  

9780849323188

ISBN 10:   0849323185
Pages:   404
Publication Date:   28 November 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO THE TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT. Land Resources for Forage Production in the Tropics. Environmental Constraints to Tropical Forage Plant Adaptation and Productivity. THE TROPICAL FORAGE PLANTS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT. Germplasm Resources of Tropical Forage Grasses. Germplasm Resources of Tropical Forage Legumes. Breeding and Improvement of Tropical Grasses. Tropical Forage Legume Breeding. Contraints and Developments in the Enhancement of Tropical Forage Grasses of Economic Importance. Biotechnology in Tropical Forage Crops. USE OF TROPICAL FORAGES. Seed Production Technology of Tropical Forages. Intensive Management of Forage Grasses in the Humid Tropics. Pennisetums and Sorghums in an Integrated Feeding System in the Tropics. The Effects of Arthopods, Diseases, and Nematodes on Tropical Pastures. Animal Production in Grass-Legume Pastures in the Tropics. Conservation of Forages in the Tropics and Subtropics. Importance of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Forage Legume Production. Contribution of Rangelands to Animal Production in the Tropics. GLOBAL REVIEW OF THE LATEST RESEARCH ON TROPICAL FORAGES. Current Developments from Tropical Forage Research in Australia. Current Developments from Tropical Forage Research in Africa. Contrasts in Current Developments with Tropical Forage Research in Asia and the Americas.

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Tropical forage plants represent an enormous potential for use in developing sustainable, integrated agricultural production systems in the tropics everywhere. This book contributes through synthesis of information to a global overview of tropical plants, their potential and constraints, their use and importance, and current research activities. -Cacilda Borges do Valle, Embrapa - National Center for Beef Cattle Research, Brazil, in Crop Science, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2002 Promo Copy

""Tropical forage plants represent an enormous potential for use in developing sustainable, integrated agricultural production systems in the tropics everywhere. This book contributes through synthesis of information to a global overview of tropical plants, their potential and constraints, their use and importance, and current research activities."" -Cacilda Borges do Valle, Embrapa - National Center for Beef Cattle Research, Brazil, in Crop Science, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2002 Promo Copy

Tropical forage plants represent an enormous potential for use in developing sustainable, integrated agricultural production systems in the tropics everywhere. This book contributes through synthesis of information to a global overview of tropical plants, their potential and constraints, their use and importance, and current research activities. -Cacilda Borges do Valle, Embrapa - National Center for Beef Cattle Research, Brazil, in Crop Science, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2002 Promo Copy

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Pitman, W.D.; Sotomayor-Rios, Antonio

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