Título:	Adaptation and indication of forage crops for agricultural production in sandy soils in western Bahia State, Brazil.
Autoria:	SIMEÃO, R. M. SILVA, D. D. da SANTOS, F. C. dos VILELA, L. SILVEIRA, M. C. T. da RESENDE, A. C. ALBUQUERQUE, P. E. P. de
Afiliação:	ROSANGELA MARIA SIMEAO, CNPGC; DAGMA DIONISIA DA SILVA ARAUJO, CNPMS; FLAVIA CRISTINA DOS SANTOS, CNPMS; LOURIVAL VILELA, CPAC; MARCIA CRISTINA T DA SILVEIRA, CPPSUL; ANNA CAROLINA RESENDE, Universidade Federal do Paraná; PAULO EMILIO PEREIRA DE ALBUQUERQUE, CNPMS.
Ano de publicação:	2023
Referência:	Acta Scientiarum: Agronomy, v. 45, e56144, 2023.
Conteúdo:	The diversity of soils and climate in Brazil imposes the need to evaluate the adaptation of fodder species to soil and climate conditions to guide producers and technicians in choosing the best alternatives for their region. The objective of this study was to evaluate and identify fodder cultivars for pasture and soil cover with tolerance to drought and high production in the sandy soils of southern Bahia, Brazil. The performance of 29 commercial cultivars of perennial and annual tropical forage species was evaluated in six cuts in 2019 and 2020. The green and dry mass yield per cut and the daily dry matter accumulation rate were evaluated considering the periods of water surplus and deficit and the drought tolerance index for each cultivar was estimated. Grass and legume cultivars showed differences in establishment, yield in the water surplus, and in the re-establishment after the water deficit. Based on the values of the drought tolerance index and in the dry mass daily yields before and after the water deficit, the cultivars adapted and indicated for regional continuous grazing were Xaraés, Marandu, Massai, Tanzânia, Paiaguás, and Zuri, in that order. The grasses B. ruziziensis and B. decumbens were indicated for use as cover plants after the harvest due to their high capacity of establishment and short-term production. The annual and perennial legume plants were also indicated for cover, and the combination of cultivars and their potential for straw in direct planting or use in integrated systems still need to be validated.
Thesagro:	Gramínea Leguminosa Forragem Solo Arenoso Resistência a Seca
NAL Thesaurus:	Grasses Forage legumes Drought tolerance Sandy soils Forage grasses
Digital Object Identifier:	https://doi.org/10.4025/actasciagron.v45i1.56144
Tipo do material:	Artigo de periódico
Acesso:	openAccess
Aparece nas coleções:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPGC)