Advances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in Brachiaria grasses

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dc.creatorCardoso Arango, Juan Andrés
dc.creatorJiménez, J.
dc.creatorRincón, J.
dc.creatorGuevara, Edward D.
dc.creatorHoek, Rein van der
dc.creatorJarvis, Andy
dc.creatorPeters, Michael
dc.creatorMiles, John W.
dc.creatorAyarza, Miguel Angel
dc.creatorCajas, S.
dc.creatorRincón, A.
dc.creatorMateus, H.
dc.creatorQuiceno, J.
dc.creatorBarragán, Wilson
dc.creatorLascano Aguilar, Carlos Eduardo
dc.creatorArgel M., Pedro J.
dc.creatorMena Urbina, Martin A.
dc.creatorHertentains, Luis
dc.creatorRao, Idupulapati M.
dc.date2013-12-15
dc.date2014-02-26T10:15:31Z
dc.date2014-02-26T10:15:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:34:52Z
dc.descriptionAn inter-institutional and multi-disciplinary project to identify *Brachiaria* genotypes, which combine waterlogging tolerance with high forage yield and quality, for use in agricultural land in Latin America with poor drainage, is underway. The aim is to improve meat and milk production and mitigate the impacts of climate change in the humid areas of Latin America. Researchers at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) have developed a screening method to evaluate waterlogging in grasses. Using this method, 71 promising hybrids derived from the species, *Brachiaria ruziziensis*, *B. brizantha* and *B. decumbens*, were evaluated. Four hybrids with superior waterlogging tolerance were identified. Their superiority was based on greater: green-leaf biomass production, proportion of green leaf to total leaf biomass, green-leaf area, leaf chlorophyll content and photosynthetic efficiency; and reduced dead-leaf biomass. These hybrids, together with previously selected hybrids and germplasm accessions, are being field-tested for waterlogging tolerance in collaboration with National Agricultural Research Institutions and farmers from Colombia, Nicaragua and Panama.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/35013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/82299
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceCardoso, J.A., Jiminez, J., Rincón, J., Guevara, E., Hoek, R. van der, Jarvis, A., Peters, M., Miles, J., Ayarza, M., Cajas, S., Rincón, A., Mateus, H., Quiceno, J., Barragán, W., Lascano, C., Argel, P., Mena, M., Hertentains, L. and Rao, I. 2013. Advances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in Brachiaria grasses. Tropical Grasslands 1: 197−201
dc.subjectsoil
dc.subjectenvironment
dc.subjectwater
dc.subjectforage
dc.titleAdvances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in Brachiaria grasses
dc.typeJournal Article

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