Key descriptors for forage grasses

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationsen_US
cg.contributor.crpGenebanksen_US
cg.contributor.crpLivestocken_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeGenebanksen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierAlice Muchugi: 0000-0002-8901-1376en_US
cg.creator.identifierJean Hanson: 0000-0002-3648-2641en_US
cg.creator.identifierErmias Haile: 0000-0003-4391-6185en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4060/cc7516enen_US
cg.isbn978-92-9146-784-7en_US
cg.placeNairobi, Kenyaen_US
cg.placeRome, Italyen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaGenetic Innovationen_US
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTUREen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen_US
cg.subject.ilriCROP-LIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ilriFEEDSen_US
cg.subject.ilriFODDERen_US
cg.subject.ilriFORAGESen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversityen_US
dc.contributor.authorMuchugi, Aliceen_US
dc.contributor.authorHanson, Jeanen_US
dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Guzmán, J.Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorHabte, Ermiasen_US
dc.contributor.authorSime, Yonasen_US
dc.contributor.authorAlercia, Adriana Raquelen_US
dc.contributor.authorCerutti, Ana Lauraen_US
dc.contributor.authorLópez, Franciscoen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-12T08:03:50Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-12-12T08:03:50Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/135257en_US
dc.titleKey descriptors for forage grassesen_US
dcterms.abstractThe key descriptors for forage grasses consist of an initial minimum set of characterization and evaluation descriptors for some species of the family Poaceae. Grasses belong to the plant family Poaceae and many of the important forage grass genera have similar morphology, making it possible to suggest a common set of descriptors that can be used for describing diversity within multiple species. Despite similarities, grasses show diversity in morphology, productivity, feed quality and their response to drought and cold, even within the same species. These general forage grass descriptors are limited to tropical species with specific examples from Andropogon gayanus, Bothriochloa pertusa, Cenchrus ciliaris, Cenchrus clandestinus, Cenchrus purpureus, Chloris gayana, Cynodon dactylon, Cynodon nlemfuensis, Digitaria eriantha, Megathrysus maximus, Melinis minutiflora, Panicum coloratum, Paspalum dilatatum, Paspalum plicatulum, Setaria sphacelata, Sorghum x almum, Tripsacum laxum, Urochloa brizantha, Urochloa decumbens and Urochloa ruziziensis. These are all grasses that are already being adopted by smallholder farmers worldwide.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMuchugi, A., Hanson, J., González-Guzmán, J.J., Habte, E., Sime, Y., A., Alercia, A., Cerutti, A.L. and Lopez, F. 2023. Key descriptors for forage grasses. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI and Rome, Italy: FAO.en_US
dcterms.issued2023en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.publisherILRI and FAOen_US
dcterms.subjectforageen_US
dcterms.subjectplant genetic resourcesen_US
dcterms.subjectfeed grassesen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal feedingen_US
dcterms.typeBooken_US

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