BACKGROUND Plants depend on their root systems to acquire the water and nutrients necessary for their survival in nature, and for their yield and nutritional quality in agriculture. Root systems are complex and a variety of root phenes have been identified as contributors to adaptation to soils with low fertility and aluminium (Al) toxicity. Phenotypic characterization of root adaptations to in...

A pot experiment was conducted to determine the response of two recent forage sorghum cultivars (JS-2002 and Chakwal Sorghum) and an old one (JS-263) to three levels of soil moisture (30%, 50% and 70% field capacity). Several traits were assessed addressing plant morphology, functional growth, leaf water status, biomass yield and water use efficiency (WUE). Soil moisture variation greatly affec...

Oat (Avena sativa) is an important forage and grain crop in countries of the southern cone region of South America. Approximately 600,000 ha of oats are grown for grain in Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil. Also, more than 4,000,000 ha are grown for forage (17,19,22), although in Brazil much of the forage oat is A. strigosa rather than A. sativa. In the subtropical to temperate climate of...

this experiment was conducted to investigate the genetic diversity, relationship between morphological, agronomic and qualitative traits and to identify components of forage yield using some multivariate statistical methods in local sainfoin populations. the experiment was conducted as randomized complete block design with four replications in isfahan university of technology research farm. res...

this experiment was conducted to investigate the genetic diversity, relationship between morphological, agronomic and qualitative traits and to identify components of forage yield using some multivariate statistical methods in local sainfoin populations. the experiment was conducted as randomized complete block design with three replications in agricultural and natural resources research center...

The objective was to evaluate whether rotatinuous stocking management in dual-purpose wheat genotypes provides greater forage performance compared the traditional rotational grazing management, which could become an alternative ryegrass, once this new strategy has been validated. Three cultivars (BRS Pastoreio, BRS Tarumã and Tarumaxi) a black oat cultivar (Embrapa 139 Neblina) were used experi...

Soybean (Glycine max L.) is a high value crop that has been used as forage since the early 1900s in southern U.S. (e.g., Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida). Renewed interest increased use of soybean viable economical protein alternative to growers region. The objective this study was determine herbage mass (HM) nutritive managed under two row spacing (36 72 cm) three st...

the peak spring and autumn production periods for coolseason forages in the eastern Great Plains (Mitchell et Two big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman) strains (Pawnee al., 1994; Moser and Vogel, 1995). Krueger and Curtis C3 and Kaw C3) developed by three breeding cycles for increased forage yield and in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) were com(1979) in South Dakota reported monocult...