Tropical forage plants : development and use /: development and use. (©2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Antonio Sotomayor-Ríos, W.D. Pitman.
• Other Names: Sotomayor-Ríos, Antonio; Pitman, William Don, 1949-
• Contents: Cover -- TOC36;Contents -- Section I46; Introduction to the Tropical Environment -- CH36;Chapter 1 Land Resources for Forage Production in the Tropics -- CH36;Chapter 2 Environmental Constraints to Tropical Forage Plant Adaptation and Productivity -- Section II46; The Tropical Forage Plants and Their Development -- CH36;Chapter 3 Germplasm Resources of Tropical Forage Grasses -- CH36;Chapter 4 Germplasm Resources of Tropical Forage Legumes -- CH36;Chapter 5 Breeding and Improvement of Tropical Grasses -- CH36;Chapter 6 Tropical Forage Legume Breeding -- CH36;Chapter 7 Constraints and Developments in the Enhancement of Tropical Forage Grasses of Economic Importance -- CH36;Chapter 8 Biotechnology in Tropical Forage Crops -- Section III46; Use of Tropical Forages -- CH36;Chapter 9 Seed Production Technology of Tropical Forages -- CH36;Chapter 10 Intensive Management of Forage Grasses in the Humid Tropics -- CH36;Chapter 11 Pennisetums and Sorghums in an Integrated Feeding System in the Tropics -- CH36;Chapter 12 The Effect of Arthropods44; Diseases44; and Nematodes on Tropical Pastures -- CH36;Chapter 13 Animal Production in Grass45;Legume Pastures in the Tropics -- CH36;Chapter 14 Conservation of Forages in the Tropics and Subtropics -- CH36;Chapter 15 Importance of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Forage Legume Production -- CH36;Chapter 16 Contribution of Rangelands to Animal Production in the Tropics -- Section IV46; Global Review of the Latest Research on Tropical Forages -- CH36;Chapter 17 Current Developments from Tropical Forage Research in Australia -- CH36;Chapter 18 Current Developments from Tropical Forage Research in Africa -- CH36;Chapter 19 Contrasts in Current Developments with Tropical Forage Research in Asia and the Americas -- IDX36;Index -- Last Page.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Copyright Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (391 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 633.2/00913; Forage plants -- Tropics; Pastures -- Tropics; Tropical crops; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science; Forage plants; Pastures; Tropical crops; Tropics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420038781; 1420038788
• Related ISBNs: 0849323185
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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