Key descriptors for forage grasses

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationsen
cg.contributor.crpGenebanks
cg.contributor.crpLivestock
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeGenebanks
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierAlice Muchugi: 0000-0002-8901-1376en
cg.creator.identifierJean Hanson: 0000-0002-3648-2641en
cg.creator.identifierErmias Haile: 0000-0003-4391-6185en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4060/cc7516enen
cg.isbn978-92-9146-784-7en
cg.placeNairobi, Kenyaen
cg.placeRome, Italyen
cg.subject.actionAreaGenetic Innovation
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTUREen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen
cg.subject.ilriCROP-LIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriFEEDSen
cg.subject.ilriFODDERen
cg.subject.ilriFORAGESen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
dc.contributor.authorMuchugi, Aliceen
dc.contributor.authorHanson, Jeanen
dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Guzmán, J.Jen
dc.contributor.authorHabte, Ermiasen
dc.contributor.authorSime, Yonasen
dc.contributor.authorAlercia, Adriana Raquelen
dc.contributor.authorCerutti, Ana Lauraen
dc.contributor.authorLópez, Franciscoen
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-12T08:03:50Zen
dc.date.available2023-12-12T08:03:50Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/135257
dc.titleKey descriptors for forage grassesen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
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
dcterms.issued2023en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseOther
dcterms.publisherILRI and FAOen
dcterms.subjectforageen
dcterms.subjectplant genetic resourcesen
dcterms.subjectfeed grassesen
dcterms.subjectanimal feedingen
dcterms.typeBook

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