Tropical Grasses

Author : P. J. Skerman,Fernando Riveros
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9251011281

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Tropical Grasses by P. J. Skerman,Fernando Riveros Pdf

The importance of grasslands. The classification and distribution of grasses. The world's major tropical grasslands. Performance and management of natural pasture. The case for improved pastures to replace indigenous species. Pasture improvement by introducing new species. Selection of pasture grass species, seed purchase and storage, and fertilizer needs. Pasture leys. Management of improved grassland in semi-intensive and intensive production systems. Reseeding the arid and semi-arid range. Handling difficult grasses. Grasses for special purposes. Utilization and conservation of forage. The chemical compostion and nutritive value of tropical grasses. The tropical grasses catalogue. Common names of tropical grasses. Common names of other plants. Index. Illustrations.

Author : A. J. Oakes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468414554

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Ornamental Grasses and Grasslike Plants by A. J. Oakes Pdf

The Gramineae, or grass family, is second in size only to the Compositeae, or sunflower family. It is among the most important plant families in the world. The major food crops of the world are found in the grass family. From time immemorial, grasses have provided food and shelter for humanity, domesticated livestock, and wildlife; without grasses, these forms of life might cease to exist. The grass family is large in size, diverse in habit, and ubiquitous in distribution. Earth would be bleak and bare, indeed, in the absence of this life-sustaining plant family. In addition to its economic and industrial value, the grass family has some ornamental value. It provides us with physical sustenance and gives us much pleasure and satisfaction in its ornamental forms. The purpose of this book is to point out the value and usefulness of grasses as ornamentals and to deline:tte their attributes and uses in the home, in the garden, and in the landscape. Ornamental grasses serve a unique and significant purpose in ornamental horticulture. Horticulturists, other plant scientists, and nursery personnel are more fully aware of the value and usefulness of grasses as ornamentals than is the general public. It is mainly for this reason that this work is directed toward the home gardener and the scientist alike, in the hope of enhancing reader appreciation of the roie grasses play in ornamental horti culture.

Author : G. Boonman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401582247

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East Africa’s grasses and fodders: Their ecology and husbandry by G. Boonman Pdf

The series Tasks for Vegetation Science is devoted to a variety of research aspects in vegetation science, pure as wellas applied. Of the applied problems one of the most pressing is to achieve better knowledge and improvement of the pasture vegetation in tropical and subtropical regions. As series editor I was impressed by the sheer volume of useful scientific information concerning pasture plants from East Africa collected during many years by Dr. Boonman and compiled in one manuscript. Dr. Boonman first came to East Africa in 1963 on an overland journey along the river Nile which took him from Alexandria in Egypt to Lake Victoria in Uganda and Kenya and back again. After a brief spell as a cotton agronomist in the Sudan Gezira he joined the grassland research team at Kitale, Kenya in 1966. Improvement ofseed yield oftropical grasses was his principal interest which finally led him into the fieldof breeding grasses. Well-known varieties from his work include Boma & Elmba Rhodesgrass as wellas Clone 13Elephantgrass. In 1979he was recalled to The Netherlands to head a cooperative seedcompany involved in the breeding of grasses and cereals. The author has focused this study on one region, Eastern Africa.Global application of theories runs into conflicts too easily with local types of farming, if not with bare economics. Very few books can be found that describe existing practices and seek local answers by digging deep in the stacks of old, local reports.

Author : Zerihun Tadele
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781789847987

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Grasses as Food and Feed by Zerihun Tadele Pdf

The grass or Poaceae family includes all cereal crops and forage grasses. Hence, they play a significant role in the economy of both the developed and developing world. Similar to other crop types, grasses are continuously challenged by a variety of environmental constraints. These constraints include a variety of biotic and abiotic stresses, and an enabling environment, which mainly refers to policy-related issues that affect productivity. In this book, the importance of selected cereal crops and grasses as well as associated constraints are presented. In addition, techniques proven to improve the productivity of these groups of crops are discussed. The techniques include variety development, soil and crop management practices, and biological control of fungal pathogens using different types of bacterial strains.

Author : Daphne T. Fairey,D. S. Loch,John G. Hampton,J. E. Ferguson
Publisher : CABI
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780851991917

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Forage Seed Production Tropical and subtropical species by Daphne T. Fairey,D. S. Loch,John G. Hampton,J. E. Ferguson Pdf

Published in association with the International Herbage Seed Production Research Group, this volume and its companion provide the definitive resource for anyone involved in the breeding and commercial production of grass and legume seeds, whether for grazing systems, horticulture or recreation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 4072 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780123744074

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Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences by Anonim Pdf

Dairy Science, Four Volume Set includes the study of milk and milk-derived food products, examining the biological, chemical, physical, and microbiological aspects of milk itself as well as the technological (processing) aspects of the transformation of milk into its various consumer products, including beverages, fermented products, concentrated and dried products, butter and ice cream. This new edition includes information on the possible impact of genetic modification of dairy animals, safety concerns of raw milk and raw milk products, peptides in milk, dairy-based allergies, packaging and shelf-life and other topics of importance and interest to those in dairy research and industry. Fully reviewed, revised and updated with the latest developments in Dairy Science Full color inserts in each volume illustrate key concepts Extended index for easily locating information

Author : G. P. Cheplick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1998-03-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521572057

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Population Biology of Grasses by G. P. Cheplick Pdf

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Author : Paulo de T. Alvim,T. T. Kozlowski
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781483215983

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Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops by Paulo de T. Alvim,T. T. Kozlowski Pdf

Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops covers the knowledge and opinion on ecophysiology of the major tropical crop plants. The book discusses the fundamental ideas about the numerical description of plant development and considers effects of climatic factors (e.g., temperature, light, and water) on physiological processes in plants. The text also presents an overview of the physical and chemical characteristics of tropical soils. The ecophysiology of the major crop plants, particularly those suitable for the wet tropics, including rice, sugarcane, pineapple, grasslands, root crops, sweet potato, coffee, cacao, rubber, banana, tea, oil palm, coconut palm, citrus, cashew, and mango, is also considered. Plant ecologists, plant physiologists, biochemists, horticulturists, agronomists, meteorologists, soil scientists, food technologists, plant breeders, and people interested in the production of tropical crops will find the book invaluable.

Author : John W. Forster,Kevin F. Smith
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9783038425427

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Genetics and Breeding for Productivity Traits in Forage and Bioenergy Grasses by John W. Forster,Kevin F. Smith Pdf

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Genetics and Breeding for Productivity Traits in Forage and Bioenergy Grasses" that was published in Agronomy

Author : Maxim Konradovich Elias
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Grasses, Fossil
ISBN : 9780813720418

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Tertiary Prairie Grasses and Other Herbs from the High Plains by Maxim Konradovich Elias Pdf

Author : A. A. Hanson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000694017

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CRC Handbook of Plant Science in Agriculture by A. A. Hanson Pdf

First published in 1987, this two-volume set is an exhaustive compilation of the most recent data on economically important crops. Volume I presents information on genetics, botany and growth of crop plants, while Volume II covers the production of Crops and their utilization.

Author : Anne Pratt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Botany
ISBN : OXFORD:590805305

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The British Grasses and Sedges by Anne Pratt Pdf

Author : Anne PRATT
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017590586

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The British Grasses and Sedges, Etc by Anne PRATT Pdf

Author : Anne Pratt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Grasses
ISBN : BL:A0019881720

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The Green Fields and Their Grasses by Anne Pratt Pdf

Author : Robert Earl Hudgens
Publisher : INIAP Archivo Historico
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Compatibility, Persistence, And Nutritive Value of Grass Legume Associations In The Wet-Dry Tropics Of Coastal Ecuador by Robert Earl Hudgens Pdf