Adaptation capacity of tropical forage crops in Southern Italy
1995
Maiorana, M. | Convertini, G. | Stelluti, M. | Fornaro, F.
Ten tropical crops (four grasses: Chloris gayana Kunth, with three cv., and Sorghum almum; six leguminous: Dolichos lablab L., Medicago scutellata Mill., Stylosanthes scabra L., Desmodium intortum Urb., Cassia trora L. and Glycine spp.) have been introduced and grown in the "Murgia" hilly area (Apulian region) to test their adaptation capacity to the unfavourable soil and climatic conditions of that area. Sorghum almum and Medicago scutellata were shown to be the best, with dry matter yields of 9.1 t ha-1 (two-year average) and 11.5 t, respectively, and satisfactory crude protein and neutrodetergent fibre (NDF) contents. Chloris gayana and Dolichos lablab were at an intermediate level, whereas the six remaining species showed very low emergence rates
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