Evaluation And Selection Of The Salt-Tolerant Alfalfa,
2025
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Evaluation And Selection Of The Salt-Tolerant Alfalfa, Geng Huazhu
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) as a good forage has b��en popularly cultivated for a long time in China. Now it is mainly distributed in the north of the Yangtse River, and covers about 1.3 million hectares in the 14 provinces and regions. It can be planted in the saline-alkali areas, accept alluvial plains and hill regions, for instance, the North of Jiangsu, East of Hebei, North-west of Shandong and Xingjiang. The alfalfa is successfully used in improving and utilizing the saline-alkali soils for developing animal husbandry in the Gangzhou District of Hebei Province, where its planting area is increasing rapidly, …
Use Of New Methods For Grass And Legume Breeding In Western Region Of The Soviet Union,
2025
Lithuanian Agricultural Research Institute
Use Of New Methods For Grass And Legume Breeding In Western Region Of The Soviet Union, R Dapkus
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
The climatic conditions of the Western region of the Soviet Union are favourable for grassland production which provides the major part of forage for livestock nutrition. In raising grassland productivity, new varieties play an important role. Adapted varieties with high yield potential must be used. For developing such varieties, the Fodder Crops Breeding Centre fbr the Western region of the Soviet Union was established at the Lituanian Agricultural Research Institute in 1972 on the basis of experience since 1922, when selection of herbage species was initiated there. During the past twenty years, breeding work has progressed rapidly. At present, breeding …
Cool Season Grazing Of Winter-Active Lucernes,
2025
Lincoln College
Cool Season Grazing Of Winter-Active Lucernes, J.G H. White, W J. Lucas
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
In New Zealand, lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) is commonly grazed with sheep for much of the year, but winter production is low and alternative, higher-cost feeds need to be provided. However, in most lucerne-growing areas, winters are relatively mild (Lincoln June-August mean temperature 6.2°C), and the recent release of cool-season active cultivars has resulted in considerable farmer interest in winter grazing of lucerne. Standard winter dormant cultivars such as Wairau are normally grazed once in early June for aphid control (Smallfield et al., 1980), then remain ungrazed for at least three months. Coolseason active cultivars are known to produce …
Improvement Of Season Growth And Resistance To Crown Rust Of Tall Fescue Through Hybridization Between Mediterranean Populations And Adapted Cultivars In Japan,
2025
Kyushu National Agricultural Experiment Station
Improvement Of Season Growth And Resistance To Crown Rust Of Tall Fescue Through Hybridization Between Mediterranean Populations And Adapted Cultivars In Japan, Y Ueyama, S Sato
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Since tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea, Schreb.) is one of the temperate grass species which have good heat tolerance, it is mainly used in grasslands established throughout southwestern Japan where it is hot and humid in summer and mild in winter. The cultivars which have good adaptability to the Japanese condition mainly originated from European or North American populations. Mediterranean populations of tall fescue have good growth potential under the low temperature and short day conditions (Evans et al., 1973) and high levels of crown rust resistance (Wofford et al., 1982). But, the grass species distributed in Mediterranean area are known …
Progress And Prospects For Combining Resistance To Meloidogyne Javanica (Grass Root-Knot Nematode) With Improved Forage Yield In Chloris Gayana (Rhodes Grass),
2025
Grassland Research Station, Zimbabwe
Progress And Prospects For Combining Resistance To Meloidogyne Javanica (Grass Root-Knot Nematode) With Improved Forage Yield In Chloris Gayana (Rhodes Grass), P A. York
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Meloidogyne javanica, root-knot nematode, has been described as the most serious pest of crops in Central Africa (Daulton & Curtis, 1963). It is widespread in Zimbabwe and very damaging to susceptible crops, particularly tobacco. Good tobacco growers use integrated control measures, sterilizing seed-beds with methyl bromide, lands with ethylene dibromide (EDB) and resting with three or four year Katambora Rhodes grass pastures. Katambora controls M. javanica, improves soil structure, reduces erosion and provides cattle fodder as grazing and poor quality hay. A breeding project has been established in Zimbabwe to combine the better forage production of tetraploid Rhodes grass strains …
Intermediate White Clover - A Model For Clover Persistence On The Gulf Coast In Usa,
2025
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Intermediate White Clover - A Model For Clover Persistence On The Gulf Coast In Usa, G W. Evers
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
The Gulf Coast region of the USA is classified as subtropical (Rotar and Kretschmer, 1985). Persistence of perennial temperate legumes in this area is poor because of climatic, management, insect and disease factors (Kendall and Stringer, 1985). Frosts during the short-day season limit flowering and seed set of perennial tropical legumes (Rotar and Kretschmer, 1985; Evers, 1973). Annual Trifolium spp. or perennial species which act as annuals, are used in the area (Evers, 1984). The major limitation of annual legumes is dependable reseeding each fall. Although classified as a perennial, Hollowell (1966) has suggested that white clover (Trifolium repens …
Productivity Of Selected High And Low Leaf Area Expansion Festuca Arundinacea Strains,
2025
University of Missouri
Productivity Of Selected High And Low Leaf Area Expansion Festuca Arundinacea Strains, D A. Sleper, C J. Nelson
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
A selection program was initiated in 1975 to select for high (H) - and low (L)-LAER in a broad-based population of tall fescue ( Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) to improve vegetative herbage yield (Nelson and Sleper, 1983). Response to divergent selection was linear and symmetric for five cycles (Reeder et al., 1984). Mean increase in selecting for H-LAER was greater than 10 % per cycle ; a mean decrease of more than 8 % per cycle was observed when selecting for L-LAER. Nelson et al. (1977) and Reeder et al. (1984) showed that HLAER genotypes had wider leaves and higher leaf …
Effects Of Acid Soil Selection On Agronomically Important Traits In Alfalfa,
2025
University of Georgia
Effects Of Acid Soil Selection On Agronomically Important Traits In Alfalfa, J H. Bouton, D E. Radcliffe
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Acid soils and their related toxicities are found in every continent of the world. Since liming and fertilization rarely overcome subsoil acidity, poor rooting usually results when growing sensitive legumes such as alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.). Subsoil liming increased alfalfa yield 46 % over conventionally limed controls indicating deeper rooting achieved through an ability to overcome subsoil toxicity significantly enhanced stand life and productivity (Bouton et al., 1986). If acid soil tolerance could be incorporated into new multiple-pest resistant cul ti vars without loss of their desirable traits, farmers may realize the benefits of any new alfalfa cultivar. The …
Improvement Of Winter, Early Spring Growth In Temperate Pasture Grasses,
2025
Agricultural Research and Veterinary Centre
Improvement Of Winter, Early Spring Growth In Temperate Pasture Grasses, D R. Kemp, M O. Humphreys, C F. Eagles
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Improvement of pasture growth during winter and early spring in temperate regions has been a major goal of many grass breeding programmes. Improvements have been made by selecting for increased yield in early spring, although the basis of these yield improvements is poorly understood. The increase, measured as vegetative components of yield, has been interpreted as improved efficiency of growth at low temperatures. However, there is evidence that increased grass growth rates during late winter and early spring are associated with reproductive development (Kemp, 1985, 1988). In this paper we review physiological evidence for growth differences between genotypes during winter …
Kikuyu Grass Improvement For Grazing And Amenity Uses,
2025
MAFTech, NZ
Kikuyu Grass Improvement For Grazing And Amenity Uses, G J. Piggot, H M. Morgan
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) is a stoloniferous perennial important in warm-temperate and sub-tropical regions for grazing, erosion control, or amenity uses. Genetic improvement and the registration of cultivars has occurred in Australia (Wilson, 1975; Anon., 1983a, 1983b). Evaluation in New Zealand of this material has investigated the potential for further improvement of kikuyu grass for grazing and amenity uses. In this work, plants considered suitable for selection as a « grazing» type have erectness, large leaves, low stolons number, and high yield. «Amenity» types have fines leaves, thin stolons, low stolon number, and a prostrate and dense habit.
Adaptation Of The Tree Legume Leucaena To Avid Tropical Soils,
2025
EMBRAPA-CPAC
Adaptation Of The Tree Legume Leucaena To Avid Tropical Soils, E M. Hutton
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit is native to alkaline soils of Central America, especially Mexico. It is persistent and widely grown in the tropics for leafy, high protein forage giving high productivity in cattle and goats. Leucaena thrives in fertiles soils with pH's in excess of about 5.5. In the tropics, including 55 % of South America, 40 % Africa and 37 % Asia, where soils are infertile oxisols and ultisols with pH's 5 or less, common Leucaena varieties like Cunningham lack productivity and persistence. Genetic adaptation of L. leucocephala varieties to acid tropical soils was found possible (Hutton, 1981 …
Varietal Differences Of Competitive Ability During Establishment Stage In Dactylis Glomerta And Lolium Perenne,
2025
Hokkaido University
Varietal Differences Of Competitive Ability During Establishment Stage In Dactylis Glomerta And Lolium Perenne, S Sugiyama
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Herbage grasses are usually grown in association with other herbage species in pastures. But populations which are very productive under the pure swards do not necessarily show high productivity under the mixed swards (Eagles, 1983). Thus, competitive ability becomes important in determining the productivity of component species in mixed swards. This paper examines the varietal differences of performance during establishment stage when grown in association with other grass species, and morphological characteristics affecting it for two grass species, Dactylis glomerata and Lolium perenne.
Forage And Seed Yield Of 9 Chloris Gayana (Rhodes Grass) Varieties At 3 Sites In Zimbabewe,
2025
Grassland Research Stations, Zimbabwe
Forage And Seed Yield Of 9 Chloris Gayana (Rhodes Grass) Varieties At 3 Sites In Zimbabewe, P A. York, E Nyamandzawo, E Bemont
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Katambora Rhodes grass (diploid) is grown in rotation with tobacco in Zimbabwe to control Meloidogyne javanica (rootknot nematode). A 4 year ley is recommended (Martin, 1967) as the nematode can survive in bare fallow for up to 4 years. Katambora produces less herbage than Zimbabwe Giant, and is less palatable than it and other tetraploids. Potential area of use is 200 to 250 thousand ha, and annual replacement 60,000 ha. A breeding project was initiated in 1986 to combine the agronomic value of tetraploid types with the nematode resistance of Katambora. In addition to forage yield and nematode resistance seed …
Bean Yellow Mosaic Virus Resistance In Arrowleaf Clover,
2025
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Bean Yellow Mosaic Virus Resistance In Arrowleaf Clover, G R. Smith, I J. Pemberton
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Arrowleaf clover (Trifolium vesiculosum Savi) is a winter annual forage legume often overseeded on warm-season perennial grass pastures in the southern region of the United States. Bean yellow mosaic virus (BYMV) can reduce forage production, seed production and cause plant death of arrowleaf clover (Gibson et al., 1979; Pratt et al., 1982). Resistance to BYMV has been identified in red clover (Trifolium pratense) and the inheritance reported in detail (Taylor et al., 1986). A research program was initiated in 1985 to quantify the effects of BYMV on arrowleaf and to develop BYMV resistant arrowleaf germplasm through recurrent …
Breeding For Resistance To Root Rot In Red Clover,
2025
Svalof AB
Breeding For Resistance To Root Rot In Red Clover, B Andersson, U Kristiansson
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) is one of the most important species for forage production in Sweden. The use of red clover is however restricted by poor persistence among other things caused by attacks of fungal diseases like clover crown rot and root rot. Investigations have shown (Rufeldt, 1986) that root rot is distributed in almost every field where red clover is grown and is one of the main reasons for the poor persistence. In the same investigations Fusarium roseum, Phoma medicaginis and Cylindrocarpon sp. are pointed out as the most important fungi in the root rot complex. One …
An Induced Non-Nitrogen-Fixing Mutant In Stylosanthes Guianensis,
2025
CIAT
An Induced Non-Nitrogen-Fixing Mutant In Stylosanthes Guianensis, J W. Miles, R Sylvester-Bradley
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
A reliable seedling genetic marker would • improve the efficiency of a recurrent selection scheme used in the tropical forage legume Stylosanthes guianensis (Miles, 1985; Cameron and Irwin, 1986). However, seedling markers are rare in S. guianensis. Only presence vs. absence of stem pubescence is reported (Cameron and Irwin, 1986), and this is an unreliable marker in many crosses (Miles, unpublished data). We initiated a project to induce a seedling mutant with gamma radiation. Non-nodulating mutants have been found in other legume species (e.g. Davis et al., 1985) so our project was deliberately designed to identify these if they occurred. …
The Role Of Root System In Tall Fescue (Festuca Arundinacea Schreb.) Productivity,
2025
Soil Fertility Research Centre
The Role Of Root System In Tall Fescue (Festuca Arundinacea Schreb.) Productivity, N Gaborcik
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Dry matter production of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) is usually analysed from the following aspects: 1. CO2 metabolism., 2. leaf area index., 3. morphological traits. The relationship between photosynthesis and DM production of this species is relatively complex and not yet clearly elucidated (Wilhelm and Nelson, 1978). On the other hand a close relationship between the leaf area index and DM production of this species was confirmed (Poskuta et al., 1986; Gaborcik, 1986 a). There is relatively less information about the relationship between root system characteristics and shoot DM production (Elkins et al., 1979). The aim of this …
Genetic Variances In Crested Wheatgrass - Alfalfa Mixtures,
2025
USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Genetic Variances In Crested Wheatgrass - Alfalfa Mixtures, K H. Asay, D A. Johnson
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Since it was first successfully introduced into North America from Eurasia in 1906 (Dillman 1946), crested wheatgrass [Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertner, A. desertorum (Fish. ex Link) Schultes, and A.fragile (Roth) Candargy] has had more impact on revegetation of western rangelands in North America than any other grass. Much of the early crested wheatgrass seedings were made as monocultures ; however, the multiple demands now made on rangelands dictate that other grass, shrub, and forb species be included in the seeding mix. The advantages of grass-legume mixtures in terms of improved forage quality and productivity are well documented (Trenbath, 1974). …
Breeding Acid-Soil Tolerant Lines Of The Tropical Grass Panicum Maximum Jacq.,
2025
EMBRAPA-CPAC
Breeding Acid-Soil Tolerant Lines Of The Tropical Grass Panicum Maximum Jacq., E M. Hutton
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Coloniao (P. maximum) originally from Africa is widely grown in fertile tropical soils, especially of Brazil, because of high yield and feeding value. Its growth and persistence are poor in the extensive acid oxisols and ultisols (pH 4.5-5.0) of South America (68 % in Brazil) where pasture improvement is increasing. The object of the work was to create sufficient variability in the usually apomictic P. maximum by crossing it with some of the few available obligate sexual types of the species (Hanna et al., 1973). This was to give opportunity for selection of acidsoil tolerant lines.
Improvement In Seasonal Production Of Orchardgrass (Dactlyis Glomerata L.) By Selection For Flowering Habit In Autumn Environment,
2025
Kyushu National Agricultural Experiment Station
Improvement In Seasonal Production Of Orchardgrass (Dactlyis Glomerata L.) By Selection For Flowering Habit In Autumn Environment, S Sato, F Ikegaya, S Kawabata
IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)
Reproductive development of temperate grass species generally proceeds by exposure to low temperature and short daylength and then to moderate temperature and long daylength. However, differentiation and development of inflorescences can be observed even under short day conditions in spring habit types of temperate grasses and grain crops such as ryegrass, wheat, barley and oats. Similar variations called ever-flowering habit were found in orchardgrass. The purpose of this study was to select the materials for everflowering habit, to observe their productive behavior under some temperature and photoperiod conditions and to improve seasonal production by using selected materials in orchardgrass.
