Advances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in Brachiaria grasses

Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-201

  Cardoso, Juan A ^a   Jiménez, Juan ^a   Rincón, Joisse ^a   Guevara, Edward ^a   van der Hoek, Rein ^a   Jarvis, Andy ^a   Peters, Michael ^a   Miles, John ^a   Ayarza, Miguel ^b   Cajas, Socorro ^b   Rincón, Álvaro ^b   Mateus, Henry ^b   Quiceno, Jaime ^b   Barragán, Wilson ^b   Lascano, Carlos ^b   Argel, Pedro ^b   Mena, Martín ^c   Hertentains, Luis ^d   Rao, Idupulapati ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN TIBAITATÁ   (Colombia)

^c Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria INTA   (Nicaragua)

^d Instituto De Investigación Agropecuaria de Panamá IDIAP   (Panama)

Author keywords

Participatory evaluation; Poor soil drainage; Root aeration traits; Screening; Tropical grasses

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012981532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23463775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17138/TGFT(1)197-201     Document Type: Article

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