Abstract Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) is a developing region characterized for its
importance for global food security, producing 23 and 11% of the global beef and milk …

Traditional Nitrogen (N) fertilization practices for tropical perennial grass are still based on
annual amounts, following flat N rates instalments. This strategy does not consider variations …

New forage cultivars require defoliation studies for recommending proper grazing
management. Our objective was to characterize herbage accumulation (HA), plant‐part …

Pasture-based livestock farming contributes considerably to global emissions of nitrous
oxide (N 2 O), a powerful greenhouse gas approximately 265 times more potent than carbon …

Beef cattle production is an important agricultural activity in Brazil, which influences
environmental and resource consumption. This study analyzed greenhouse gas (GHG) …

Brazilian beef production has been recognized as an important path to achieve
environmental, social and economic sustainability, and to ensure food security. Although …

For tropical forage grasses, leaves are the main morphological component accumulated at
the beginning of regrowth, and as leaf area index increases, plants change their growth …

Context. Using forage grass species with complementary growth and resource use
strategies to enhance forage plant diversity in pastures may be an alternative to traditional …

In grasses, leaf expansion and central rib growth occur in a non-proportional manner, with
potential implications to the nutritive value of leaves. The objective of this study was to …

Em pastagens diferidas, a adubação nitrogenada ea altura do pasto no inicio do período de
diferimento modificam a estrutura eo valor nutritivo da forragem. Esse trabalho foi conduzido …