PaspalumHistoryAgronomic performanceFuture perspectives

PaspalumHistoryAgronomic performanceFuture perspectives

Despite 100 years of agriculturalresearch and considerable investments in intensive pasture andanimal research based on exoticforages, indigenous grasses growingunder relative low-input, continue tomake a significant contribution tolivestock industries

Paspalum

Present-day pasturetechnology based on highinput systems seems lessrelevant to the likely demandsof the 21st century

Paspalum

Paspalum

HistoryAgronomic performanceFuture perspectives

DMY in the Cerrado

0.5 – 2Dry period2 – 30Wet period

DMYt ha -1

Growing season

Pure seed yield

200 – 900Paspalum spp.

220 – 350P. notatum

40 – 560P. dilatatum

60 – 400P. plicatulum

500P. guenoarum

200P. atratumSeed yield, kg ha -1Species

DMY and nutritive value

%

11121211

CP

599 - 11P. atratum604 - 8H. altissima606 - 10C. dactylon6211B. brizantha

IVDMDDMYt ha - 1Grass

P. atratum: liveweight gain

kg ha -1kg hd d -1

550 – 8000.100 – 0.700cv. Pojuca +A. pintoi

2400.710cv. Suerte

Liveweight gainCultivar

PaspalumHistoryAgronomic performanceFuture perspectives

Paspalum is analternative for the acidand low fertility soilsof tropical world