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1995 - 280 p.

Adaptation capacity of tropical forage crops in Southern Italy

Maiorana M., Convertini G., Stelluti M., Fornaro F.

Ten tropical crops (four grasses: Chloris gayana Kunth, with three cv., and Sorghum almum; six leguminous: Dolichos lablab L., Medicago scutellata Mill., Stylosanthes scabra L., Desmodium intortum Urb., Cassia trora L. and Glycine spp.) have been introduced and grown in the 'Murgia' hilly area (Apulian region) to test their adaptation capacity to the unfavourable soil and climatic conditions of that area. Sorghum almum and Medicago scutellata were shown to be the best, with dry matter yields of 9.1 t ha-1 (two-year average) and 11.5 t, respectively, and satisfactory crude protein and neutrodetergent fibre (NDF) contents. Chloris gayana and Dolichos lablab were at an intermediate level, whereas the six remaining species showed very low emergence rates.

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ADAPTATION, GRAMINEE FOURRAGERE, LEGUMINEUSE FOURRAGERE, QUALITE, RENDEMENT

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Maiorana M., Convertini G., Stelluti M., Fornaro F. Adaptation capacity of tropical forage crops in Southern Italy. Systèmes sylvopastoraux. Pour un environnement, une agriculture et une économie durables . Zaragoza : CIHEAM, 1995. p. 59-62. (Cahiers Options Méditerranéennes; n. 12). Réunion du Groupe de Travail Méditerranéen du Réseau Interrégional FAO/CIHEAM de Recherche et Développement sur les Pâturages et les Cultures Fourragères, 1995/05/29-1995/06/02, Avignon (France). http://om.ciheam.org/om/pdf/c12/96605486.pdf