C4 perennial bioenergy grasses are an economically and ecologically important group whose responses to climate change will be important to the future bioeconomy. These …
K Kørup, PE Laerke, H Baadsgaard… - Gcb …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Drought is a great challenge to agricultural production, and cultivation of drought‐tolerant or water use‐efficient cultivars is important to ensure high biomass yields for bio‐refining and …
Brachiaria and Cynodon are important pasture grasses in Brazil. Convert HD 364 (Dow AgroSciences, São Paulo, Brazil) brachiariagrass (Brachiaria hybrid CIAT 36087; also …
JA Cardoso, M Pineda, JC Jiménez, MF Vergara… - AoB Plants, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Drought severely limits forage productivity of C4 grasses across the tropics. The avoidance of water deficit by increasing the capacity for water uptake or by controlling water loss are …
Northern India is a densely populated subtropical region with heavy aerosol loading (mean aerosol optical depth or AOD is∼ 0.7), frequent heat waves, and strong atmosphere …
Ten accessions of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.) were evaluated for their dry matter (DM) yield and forage quality in a semi-arid lowland (Katumani) and a …
BACKGROUND Low rainfall is a major limitation to expanding the dairy industry in semi‐arid environments in East Africa. In such dry areas, plants need to keep their tissues hydrated …
SW Mwendia, R Odhiambo, A Juma… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Livestock productivity has remained low in sub-Saharan African countries compared to other places on the globe. The feeding component is the major limitation, in both quantity and …