The pressing need to increase food production in the tropics to feed the burgeoning
population of the Third World requires that crop yields ha− 1 must be increased without …

Liquid biofuels, as ethanol and biodiesel, supply 25% of the road transport fuel consumed in
Brazil. Ethanol blending has been mandatory since 1931, pure ethanol has been used since …

Estudaram-se a distribuição, a acumulação de carbono orgânico (C) e o papel do solo
como fonte ou depósito de C-CO2 em perfis de Latossolo Vermelho-Escuro (LE) argiloso e …

A degradação das pastagens tem sido um grande problema para a pecuária brasileira,
desenvolvida basicamente em pasto. Estima-se que 80% dos 50 a 60 milhões de hectares …

Brachiariagrass breeding programs are beginning to contribute to the array of available
cultivars. In practical terms, the cultivars of koroniviagrass are easily distinguished from other …

Over the last 25 years more than 70 million ha of the native vegetation in Brazil have been
replaced by pastures for beef production planted to grasses of the genus Brachiaria, and to …

In the central savannah (Cerrados) region of Brazil approximately 50 Mha are occupied by
Brachiaria pastures, most of which are classified as degraded. There are few reliable data …

Savannas are the most common vegetation type in the tropics and subtropics, ranging in
physiognomy from grasslands with scattered woody plants to woodlands with …

Integrated Systems (IS) have been identified as an efficient land-management strategy for
restoring degraded areas worldwide, increasing crops and beef yields and providing …

Some years after their installation, areas of pasture planted to Brachiaria and other African
grasses in the Brazilian savanna (“Cerrado”) region show a continuous decline in forage …