[Evaluation of feed grasses and legumes in the Itapetinga agrosystem, Bahia, Brazil]
1993
Moreno R, M.A. | Silva, G.R. e | Lima, J.A.
In a Mollisol at Itapetinga, a cacao-growing region of Bahia, Brazil (15 degrees 14'S, 40 degrees 15'W), at 269 m.a.s.l. and 930 mm of annual rainfall, between February 1988 and January 1989, DM production of CIAT accessions of 6 grasses and 24 forage legumes was evaluated. At planting, 22, 25, and 20 kg/ha of P, K, and Mg, respectively, were applied to both the grasses and the legumes. In addition, 100 kg/ha of N were applied to the grasses. Evaluations were made every 3 weeks in periods of maximum and minimum rainfall. The grasses Panicum maximum CIAT 662 and 673 and Brachiaria brizantha CIAT 6387; and the legumes Stylosanthes guianensis CIAT 184 and 10136, Clitoria ternatea (local variety), Centrosema macrocarpum CIAT 5713, 5740, 5065, 5744, and 5737, C. acutifolium CIAT 5568, and C. pubescens CIAT 438 had the highest DM production in the region.
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