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Journal Papers

Barahona, R., C. Lascano, N. Narváez, E. Owen, P. Morris and M. K. Theodorou. (2002). In vitro degradability of mature and immature leaves of tropical forage legumes differing in condensed tannin and non-starch polysaccharide content and composition.   J. of the Science of Food and Agriculture (submitted).

Duarte, O., J. Pulido, J. Silva, and F. Holmann.  2001.  Analysis of the current situation and technological alternatives of agricultural production systems in the Caesar’s Valley Watershed of Colombia.  Pasturas Tropicales 23(3): 2-11.

Ellis, W.C., M. Mahlooji, C. E. Lascano and J.H. Matis.  (2002).  Rumen microbial digestion of different size masticated fragments of plant tissues in vitro and use of a gamma distribution of exponential rates model to estimate digestion parameters.  Journal of Animal Science, USA (submitted).

Hess, H.D., L.M. Monsalve, C. E. Lascano, J.E. Carulla, T.E. Díaz and M. Kreuzer.  2001.   Supplementation of a tropical grass diet with forage legumes and Sapindus saponaria fruits: effects on in vitro ruminal nitrogen turnover and methanogenesis.   Aust. J. Agric. Res. 51 (submitted).

Hess, H.D.; Monsalve, L.M.; Lascano, C.E.; Carulla, J.E.; Díaz, T.E.; Kreuzer, M. 2003. Supplementation of a tropical grass diet with forage legumes and Sapindus saponaria fruits: Effects on in vitro ruminal nitrogen turnover and methanogenesis. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 54:703-713.

Hess, H.D.; Kreuzer, M.; Díaz, T.E.; Lascano, C.E.; Carulla, J.E.; Soliva, C.R.; Machmüller, A. 2003. Saponin rich tropical fruits affect fermentation and methanogenesis in faunated and defaunated rumen fluid. Animal Feed Science and Technology. :1-16 In Press.

Hess, H.D., M. Kreuzer, T.E. Díaz, C.E. Lascano, J.E. Carulla, C.R. Soliva and Andrea Machmüller. (2002).  Saponin-rich tropical fruits as affecting fermentation and methanogenesis in faunated and defaunated rumen fluid. Animal Feed Science and Technology, The Netherlands (submitted).

Hess, H.D.; Kreuzer, M.; Nosberger, J.; Wenk, C.; Lascano, C.E. 2002. Effect of sward attributes on legume selection by oesophageal-fistulated and non-fistulated steers grazing a tropical grass-legume pasture. Trop Grass 36(4):227-238.

Holmann, F.; Peck, D. 2002. pdf_blanco.gif (126 bytes) Economic damage caused by Spittlebugs (Homoptera: Cercopidae) in Colombia: A first approximation of impact on animal production in Brachiaria decumbens pastures. Neotrop Entomol 31(2):1-10. Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil

Holmann, F., C. Lascano, and C. Plazas.  2002.  Ex-ante analysis of the legume Cratylia argentea in dual-purpose production systems of the Llanos piedmont in Colombia.   Pasturas Tropicales (in press).

Kelemu, S.; Dongyi, H.; Guixiu, H.; Takayama, Y. 2003. Detecting and differentiating Acremonium implicatum: Developing a PCR-based method for an endophytic fungus associated with the genus Brachiaria. Mol. plant patho 4(2):115-118.

Kelemu, S., Dongyi, H., Guixiu, H. and Takayama, Y. 2002. A PCR-based assay for specific detection of Acremonium implicatum, an endophytic fungus in species of Brachiaria. Phytopathology 92:S41.

Lascano, C. E.   2002.  Caracterización de las pasturas para maximizar producción animal.   (2002). Archivos Latinoamericanos de Producción Animal 10(2):117-123.

Lascano, C.E.; Avila, P.; Stewart, J. 2003. Intake, digestibility and nitrogen utilization by sheep fed with provenances of Calliandra calothyrsus Meissner with different tannin structure. Archivos Latinoamericanos de Producción Animal. 11(1):1-8.

Lascano, C., P. Avila and J. Stewart.  (2002).  Effect on intake, digestibility and nitrogen utilization by sheep fed with provenances of Calliandra calothyrsus Meissner with different tannin structure.  Archivos Latinoamericanos (submitted).

López M., F.E.; Peck, D.C.; Montoya L., J. 2001.pdf_blanco.gif (126 bytes) Importancia de la comunicación vibracional en el comportamiento reproductivo del salivazo de los pastos (Homoptera: Cercopidae) = The importance of vibrational communication in the reproductive behavior of grassland spittlebugs (Homoptera: Cercopidae). Rev Colomb Entomol 27(1-2):9-15 Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología

Muhr, L., Tarawali, S.A., Peters, M. and Schultze-Kraft, R. (2001) Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. Acceptability of forage legumes for improved fallows - first experiences of agropastoralists in subhumid South-West Nigeria.  Experimental Agriculture 37, 495-507.

Muhr, L., Tarawali, S.A., Peters, M. and Schultze-Kraft, R. (2002) Soil mineral N dynamics and maize grain yields following Centrosema macrocarpum and Stylosanthes guianensis: effects of different improved fallow notations and varying levels of fertiliser to maize. Field Crops Research, (in press).

Peck, D.C. 2001. Adobe PDF document Diversidad y distribución geográfica del salivazo (homoptera: Cercopidae) asociado con gramíneas en Colombia y Ecuador. Rev Colomb Entomol 27(3-4):129-136 Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología

Peck, D. C. 2002. La distribución y reconocimiento del salivazo de los pastos (Homoptera: Cercopidae) en la Costa Caribe de Colombia. Pasturas Tropicales (in press).

Peck, D. C., A. M. Pérez & J. W. Medina. 2002. Biología y hábitos de Aeneolamia reducta y A. lepidior en la Costa Caribe de Colombia. Pasturas Tropicales (in press).

Peck, D. C., A. M. Pérez,  J. W. Medina, J. Rojas and M. Barrios. 2002. Fluctuación poblacional y enemigos naturales de Aeneolamia reducta en la Costa Caribe de Colombia. Pasturas Tropicales (in press).

Peck, D. C., A. M. Pérez, J. W. Medina, M. Barrios and J. Rojas. 2002. Fenología de Aeneolamia reducta en la Costa Caribe de Colombia. Pasturas Tropicales 24(1):in press.

Peters, M., C.E. Lascano, C.E., R. Roothaert, and N.C. de Haan.  2002.  Linking research on forage germplasm to farmers – the way to increased adoption. A CIAT, ILRI and IITA perspective. Field Crops Research (submitted).

Peters, M.; Tarawali, S.A.; Schultze-Kraft, R. 2000. Relative palatability and seasonal agronomic performance of selected pasture legumes for species mixtures in dry-subhumid West Africa. Experimental Agriculture 36(3):353-368

Rodríguez C., J.; Peck, D.C.; Canal, N.A. 2002. pdf_blanco.gif (126 bytes) Biología comparada de tres especies de salivazo de los pastos del género Zulia (Homoptera: Cercopidae) = Comparative biology of three species of grassland spittlebugs of the genus Zulia (Homoptera: Cercopidae). Rev Colomb Entomol 28(1):17-25. Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología

Rodríguez Ch., J., U. Castro, A. Morales and D. C. Peck.  2002.  Biología del salivazo Prosapia simulans (Walker) (Homoptera: Cercopidae), nueva plaga de gramíneas cultivadas en Colombia. Revista Colombiana de Entomología (in press).

Roothaert, R.; Horne, P.; Stür, W.W. 2003. Integrating forage technologies on smallholder farms in the upland tropics.Tropical Grasslands. 37:1-9.

Schmidt, A., Peters, M. And Schultze-Kraft, R. 2002. An integrative strategy for stakeholder driven forage germplasm development and adoption. Tropical Grasslands (submitted).

Schmidt, A. and Schultze-Kraft, R. 2002. Desmodium ovalifolium – a review. Tropical Grasslands (submitted).

Sotelo, G., C. Cardona y J. W. Miles.  2002.  Desarrollo de híbridos de Brachiaria resistentes a cuatro especies de salivazo (Homoptera: Cercopidae).  Revista Colombiana de Entomología (in press).

Sotelo, G.; Cardona M., C. 2001. Adobe PDF document Metodología de campo para la evaluación de Brachiaria spp. por resistencia al salivazo de los pastos, Aeneolama varia (Homoptera: Cercopidae) = A field methodology to evaluate Brachiaria spp. for resistance to the spittlebug, Aeneolamia varia (F.) (Homoptera: Cercopidae). Rev Colomb Entomol 27(1-2):17-20 Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología.

Weeds, P.L., Chakraborty, S., Fernandes, C.D., Charchar, M. J. d’A., Ramesh, C.R., Kexian, Y.   and Kelemu, S. 2002. Genetic Diversity in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides from Stylosanthes spp. at centers of origin and utilization. Phytopathology (in press).

Wenzl, P., A. L. Chaves, G. M. Patiño, J. E. Mayer and I. M. Rao. 2002. Aluminium stress stimulates the accumulation of organic acids in root apices of Brachiaria species. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science (in press).

Wenzl, P., J. E. Mayer and I. M. Rao. 2002. Inhibition of phosphorus accumulation in root apices is associated with aluminum sensitivity in Brachiaria. Journal of Plant Nutrition 25:1821-1828.

Wenzl, P., L. I. Mancilla, J. E. Mayer, R. Albert amd I. M. Rao. 2002. Simulating acid-soil stress in nutrient solutions. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. (submitted).

Zhiping, Q., I. M. Rao, J. Ricaurte, E. Amézquita, J. Sanz and P. Kerridge. 2002. Root distribution effects on nutrient uptake and soil erosion in crop-forage systems on Andean hillsides. J. Sust. Agric. (submitted).

Zuleta, C., Kelemu, S. and Cardozo, O. 2002. Identificación  de fuentes de resistencia a Xanthomonas campestris en Brachiaria spp.  Manejo Integrado de Plagas y Agroecologia 64:41-47.

Workshop and Conference Papers

Castro, U., A. Pérez, G. León and D. Peck.  2002.  Relación entre las lluvias y la aparición de la primera generación del salivazo de los pastos (Homoptera: Cercopidae) en tres ecoregiones de Colombia.  In: Resúmenes, XXIX Congreso de la Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología, Montería, Colombia Julio 2002, p. 31.

Dongyi, H. y S. Kelemu.  2002. Un método rápido basado en la técnica de PCR para la detección del hongo endófito Acremonium implicatum en semillas de Brachiaria.   XXIII Congreso ASCOLFI, Julio 3-6, 2002, Bogotá.

Gómez-Carabalí, A. and I. M. Rao. 2002. Respuestas de adaptación de especies forrajeras a suelos ácidos en zonas de ladera de Colombia. Paper presented at XI Colombian Soil Science Congress, Cali, Colombia.

Hess, H.D., Monsalve, L.M., Lascano, C.E., Carulla, J.E., Díaz,T.E. and Kreuzer M., 2002.   Effect of tropical forage legumes and the addition of Sapindus saponaria on rumen fermentation and methane release in vitro.  Reproduction Nutrition Development 42 (Suppl. 1) p. 56. (Abstract)

Hess, H.D., Monsalve, L.M., Lascano, C.E., Díaz,T.E., Carulla, J.E., Machmüller, A. and Kreuzer M., 2002.  Einfluss von Futterleguminosen und Sapindus saponaria in einer tropischen Grasheuration auf Pansenfermentation und Methanfreisetzung in vitro.   Fachtagung, Optimale Nutzung der Futterressourcen im Zusammenspiel von Berg- und Talgebiet: Ein Beitrag zum Internationalen Jahr der Berge (Kreuzer, M., Wenk, C., Lanzini, T., Hrsg.). Schriftenreihe Institut für Nutztierwissenschaften, Ernährung-Produkte-Umwelt, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Vol. 22: 105-106. (Abstract)

Hess, H.D., Kreuzer, M., Machmüller, A., Lascano, C.E., Carulla, J.E. and Díaz, T.E., 2002.   Saponins: antinutritive feed ingredients with potential as valuable feed additives.   International Seminar “Challenges in the Nutrition of Tropical Livestock”, Institute of Animal Sciences, Animal Nutrition, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, February 7.

Holmann, F., C.E. Lascano, P.J. Argel, F. Romero, C. Hidalgo, M. Ibrahim, D. Lara, and J. Vela.   2002. Intensificación de los sistemas de producción de leche: Enlazando los forrajes mejorados con el manejo de los recursos naturales.  Paper presented at the VIII Seminar on Utilization and Management of forages in animal production systems. Barinas, Venezuela, March 14-16, 2002.

Holmann, F.  2002. Investigación en recursos forrajeros tropicales.  Paper presented at the XII National Congress of Animal Science. Palmira, Colombia.  October 2-4, 2002.

Kelemu S., H. Dongyi, H. Guixiu and Y. Takayama. 2002.  A PCR-based assay for specific deteccion of Acremonium implicatum an endophytic fungus in species of Brachiaria.  APS 2002, Annual Meeting, 27-31 July, 2002, Milwakee, Wisconsin.

Lascano, C., F. Holmann, F. Romero, C. Hidalgo and P. J. Argel.  2002.  Advances in the utilization of legume-based feeding systems for milk production in sub-humid tropical regions.  In: A.M. Vieira Batista, S.V.  Paes Barbosa, M.V. Ferreira dos Santos, L.M. Cavalcanti Ferreira (eds.).  Proceedings of the XXXIX Meeting of the Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia (SBZ), 29 July to August 1, 2002, Recife, P.E., Brazil, pp. 43-59.

Morales, A. y D. C. Peck.  2002. Avances bioecológicos hacia el conocimiento y manejo del salivazo de los pastos (Homoptera: Cercopidae) en Colombia. Simposio de Plagas de los Pastos en Colombia y su Manejo.  In: Memorias, XXIX Congreso de la Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología, Montería, Julio, 2002, Colombia. p. 180-188.

O’Brien, R., Cook, S., Peters, M. And Corner, R. 2002. Targeting forages to niches at farm scale using GIS, socio-economic data and expert knowledge. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference on Precision Agriculture and Other Precision Resources Management, July 14-17, 2002, Minneapolis,  Minnesota U.S.A.

O’Brien, R., R. Corner, M. Peters and S. Cook.  2002.  A GIS-based decision support tool for targeting biophysical and socio-economic niches in tropical agriculture.   Presented at SIRC, The 14th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, December 3-5, 2002 (accepted).

Orozco, P.P., Brizuela, L., Schmidt, A. and Beltran, J.A. 2002. SOL – Un concepto alternativo para el mejoramiento participativo de cultivos. Memorias de la XLVIII Reunión Anual del Programa Cooperativo Centroamericano para el Mejoramiento de Cultivos y Animales (PCCMCA), "Tecnología Agropecuaria para la Competitividad en las Cadenas Agroalimentarias", 14-20 de Abril 2002, Boca Chica, República Dominicana. Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF), Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. p. 105.

Peck, D.   2002.  CGIAR System-wide IPM Programme Meeting on Soil Biota, Fertility and Plant Health, 6-8 February, 2002, CABI, UK.

Peck, D. C. 2002. Desafíos y perspectivas para el manejo integrado de la candelilla (Homoptera: Cercopidae) en pastos tropicales,pp. 37-49. In: R. Tejos, W. García, C. Zambrano, L. Mancilla & N. Valbuena [eds] Memorias, VII Seminario Manejo y Utilización de Pastos y Forrajes en Sistemas de Producción Animal, UNELLEZ, Barinas, Venezuela, 14-16 de marzo de 2002.

Peters, M., Hernández Romero, L.A., Franco, L.H., Schmidt, A. 2001.  Participatory Selection and Strategic Use of Multipurpose Forages in Hillsides of Central America. Contribution to the joint CG-PRGA/NRI Workshop Participatory Research for NR managers: continuing to learn together. Chatham, 1-3 September 1999 (in press).

Peters, M. and Lascano, C.E. 2002.  Linking On-Station Research with Participatory Approaches: Forage Development as the Pathway to Forage Technology Adoption. Paper presented at the International Workshop on ‘Forage Demand and Adoption by Smallholder Livestock Keepers’, co-sponsored by ILRI, FAO and CIAT, June 2001, (submitted).

Rivas, L. and F. Holmann.  2002.  Sistemas de doble  propósito y su viabilidad en el contexto de los pequeños y medianos productores en América Latina Tropical.  Paper presented at the International Simposium on Management of Dual Purpose Cattle Production Systems. Universidad Autónoma de México. November 21-23,  2002. Veracruz, Mexico.  

Rodríguez Ch., J. and D. C. Peck.  2002.  Biología y hábitos del salivazo Mahanarva andigena (Homoptera: Cercopidae).  In: Resúmenes, XXIX Congreso de la Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología, Montería, Colombia.

Rodríguez-Mosquera, M. E., C. I. Giraldo, y S. Kelemu.  2002. Caracterización molecular y patogénica de aislamientos de Colletotrichum gloeosporioides aislados del hospedero Stylosantes guianensis.  XXIII Congreso  ASCOLFI, Julio 3-6, 2002, Bogotá.

Roothaert, R. L., Kerridge, P.C.  2002.  Adoption strategies for forages experiences of the Forages for Smallholders Project Proceedings of the Workshop on Research and Development Strategies for the Livestock Sector in South East Asia through National and International Partnerships, 11-15 March, 2002, Bangkok.  ILRI, Los Baños, Philippines.

Roothaert, R.; Kerridge, P.; 2002. Adoption strategies for forages-Experiences of the Forages for Smallholders Project. In: Frio, A. S.; Gray, G.D. (eds.) Research and development strategies for the livestock sector in South-East Asia through national and international partnerships. Proceedings of a workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand, 11-15 March 2002. ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya. p. 140-152.

Schmidt, A.   2002.  CIAT’s Tropical Grasses and Legumes Project-Optimizing Genetic Diversity for Multipurpose Use: it’s history and current activities.  In: Roothaert, R. (ed.).  Third Annual Regional Programme Meeting of the Forages for Smallholders Project-The impact of FSP on people, livestock and environment.  28 January-2 February 2002, Luang Phabang, Lao PDR.  Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Los Baños, Philippines (in press).

Stür, W.W.; Horne, P.M.; Hacker, J.B.; Kerridge, P.C. (eds.). 2000. Working with farmers: the key to adoption of forage technologies. Proceedings of an international workshop held in Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao, Philippines, 12-15 October 1999. ACIAR Proceedings Series 95. 325 p.

Tscherning, K., Barrios, E., Lascano, C., Peters, M. and Schultze-Kraft, R. 2002.  Comparison of Aerobic and Anaerobic Methods to Assess Quality of Multipurpose Tropical Shrub Legumes. Proceedings of the ‘Deutscher Tropentag’, Challenges to Organic Farming and Sustainable Land Use in the Tropics and Subtropics  October 9-11, University of Kassel-Witzenhausen.

Zuleta Carolina, X. Bonilla, H. Dongyi and S. Kelemu. 2002.  Detección de hongos endófitos en Brachiaria usando la técnica de PCR.  XXIII Congreso ASCOLFI, Julio 3-6, 2002, Bogotá, Colombia.

Working Documents and Technical Bulletins

Argel, P.J., Giraldo, G., Peters, M. and Lascano, C.E. (2002). Guia para la producción artesanal en Centro América de semillas del Pasto Toledo (Brachiaria brizantha) Accesión CIAT 26110 (in press).

Argel, P.J., Giraldo, G., Peters, M., Burgos, C., Cruz, H. and Lascano, C.E. (2002). Guia para la producción artesanal de semillas de Cratylia (Cratylia argentea) (in press).

Argel, P.J.  2002.  Cratylia argentea: Nuevo arbusto forrajero para la ganadería del trópico bajo costarricense.  Revista Oficial de la Escuela Centroamericana de Ganadería (ECAG).  Edición Especial No. 21, Julio-Septiembre, 2002.  p. 10-11.

Bosma, R.H., Roothaert, R., L. Ibrahim.  2002.  Economic and social benefits of new forage technologies in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.  CIAT Working Document No. 190.   Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, Colombia,  65 p.

Cheng, Y.; Horne, P. 1997. Field experiments with forages and crops. Practical tips for getting it right the first time. ACIAR Monograph Series (also published in Vietnamese, Chinese, Indonesian and Lao). 48pp.

Cramb, R.; Purcell, T. 2001. How to monitor and evaluate impacts of participatory research projects: a case study of the Forages for Smallholders Project. CIAT Working Document No. 185. 55 p.

Holmann, F. and C. Lascano.  2001.  Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms.  A project excecuted by the TROPILECHE Consortium.  Holmann, F. and C. Lascano, (eds.).  International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and Systemwide Livestock Programme (SLP).  Cali, Colombia (Spanish version), and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (English version).

Horne, P.M.; Stür, W.W. 2003. Developing agricultural solutions with smallholder farmers-How to get started with participatory approaches. ACIAR Monograph No. 99. 119 p.

Horne, P.M.; Stür, W.W. 1999. Developing forages with smallholder farmers-How to select the best varieties to offer farmers. ACIAR Monograph No. 62. 80 p.

Horne, P.M.; Phaikaew, C.; Stür, W.W. (eds.). 1998. Forage seed supply systems: Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Khon Kaen, Thailand, 31 October - 1 November 1996. CIAT Working Document No. 175. Los Banos, Philippines. 80 p.

Horne, P.M.; Stür, W.W.; Phengsavanh, P.; Gabunada Jr., F.; Roothaert, R. . New forages for smallholder livestock systems in Southeast Asia: recent developments, impacts and opportunities. (In press)

Lascano, C., A. Rincón, C. Plazas, P. Avila, G. Bueno and P. J. Argel.  2002.  Cultivar Veranera – Cratylia argentea (Desvaux) O. Kuntze.  Leguminosa arbustiva de usos múltiples para zonas con períodos prolongados de sequía en Colombia.   Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Corpoica), Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (MADR) and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Villavicencio, Colombia. 28 p.

Lascano, C., R. Pérez, C. Plazas, J. Medrano, O. Pérez and P. J. Argel.  2002.  Pasto Toledo – Brachiaria brizantha CIAT 26110.  Gramínea de crecimiento vigoroso para intensificar la ganadería colombiana. Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Corpoica), Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (MADR) and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Villavicencio, Colombia. 18 p.

Lascano C., R. Pérez, C. Plazas and O. Pérez.  2002.  Nuevas accesiones de Brachiaria brizantha en proceso de liberación. Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Corpoica), Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (MADR) and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Villavicencio, Colombia. 3 p.

Peck, D.C., U. Castro, F. López, A. Morales and J. Rodríguez.  2002.  El complejo salivazo de los pastos en Colombia.  Boletín Técnico, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropial (CIAT), Cali, Colombia (in press).

Pérez, R., A. Rincón, M. Cipagauta, A. Schmidt, C. Plazas, and C. Lascano. 2002. Cultivar Maquenque – Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. subsp. ovalifolium (Prain) Ohashi (Accesión CIAT 13651): leguminosa para usos múltiples en sistemas agropecuarios en Colombia. Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Corpoica), Fondo Nacional del Ganado (Fedegan), Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (MADR) and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Villavicencio, Colombia. 31 p.

Peters, M., Franco, L.H., Schmidt, A and Hincapié, B. 2002.  Especies forrajeras multipropósito –Opciones para productores de Centro  América.  Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) (in press).

Rivas, L. and C. Lascano.  2002.  Impacto económico potencial y resultados de la investigación en forrajeras tropicales para la Orinoquía Colombiana (Convenio MADR-CIAT).   Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (MADR) and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Villavicencio, Colombia. 10 p.

Roothaert, R., G.M. Karanja, I. Kariuki, R. Paterson, P. Tuwei, E. Kiruiro, J. Mugwe and S. Franzel.   2002.  Calliandra for livestock.  2nd edition.  Technical Bulletin No. 1. ICRAF, Nairobi.

Stür, W.W.; Horne, P.M. 2001. Developing forages with smallholder farmers-How to grow, manage and use forages. ACIAR Monograph no. 88. 96 p.

Invited Book Chapters

Estrada, R. D., F. Holmann, and R. Posada.  2002.  Farmer and industry funding of agricultural research in Colombia.  In: Derek Byerlee and Ruben Echeverría, eds.  Emerging issues in Agricultural Research Policy and Funding: Lessons from case studies.   Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau (CAB).  England. pp. 67-80

Gómez-Carabalí, A., I. M. Rao, R. F.  Beck and M. Ortiz. 2002. Rooting ability and nutrient uptake by tropical forage species that are adapted to degraded andisols of hillsides agroecosystem. In: N. Gaborcik (ed.) Grassland Ecology V, Slovakia (in press).

Miles, J. W., C. B. do Valle, I. M. Rao and V. P. B. Euclides. 2002. Brachiaria grasses. In: L. E. Sollenberger, L. Moser and B. Burson (eds) Warm-season grasses. ASA-CSSA-SSSA, Madison, WI, USA (in press).

Rao, I.  and   G. Cramer 2002. Plant nutrition and crop improvement in adverse soil conditions. In: M. Chrispeels and D. Sadava (eds). Plants, Genes, and Crop Biotechnology. Published in partnership with the American Society of Plant Biologists and ASPB Education Foundation. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA, pp 270-303.

Rao, I. M., M. A. Ayarza, P. Herrera and J. Ricaurte. 2002. El papel de las raíces de especies forrajeras en la adquisición, reciclje y almacenamiento de nutrientes en el suelo. Memorias de Curso Internacional "Investigación y Desarrollo de Systemas de Producción Forrajera en el Tropico". CIAT, Cali, Colombia (in press).

Other Publications (Web)

Andersson, M.; Schultze-Kraft, R.; Peters, M. 2002. Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Merrill. FAO Grassland Index, Rome, Italy.

Barco, F.; Franco, M.A.; Franco, L.H.; Hincapié, B.; Lascano, C.E.; Ramirez, G; Peters, M. 2002. Base de datos de Recursos Genéticos Multipropósito. Version 1.0. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) Serie CD-ROM.

Hess, H.D.; Abreu, A.; Carulla, J.E.; Kreuzer, M.; Lascano, C.E. 2002.  Intake, digestion and duodenal nitrogen flow in sheep fed tropical diets supplemented with fruits of Sapindus saponaria.  In: Abstracts, Deutscher Tropentag 2002: Challenges to Organic Farming and Sustainable Land Use in the Tropics and Subtropics (Abstract)

Holmann, F. 2001. Milk market analysis of small rural artisan cheese factories in livestock watersheds of Honduras and Nicaragua.  Journal of Livestock Research for Rural Development (13):1:2001.

Peters, M.; Schultze-Kraft, R. 2002.Aeschynomene histrix Poiret.

Peters, M.; Schultze-Kraft, R. 2002.Centrosema brasilianum (L.) Benth. FAO Grassland Index, Rome, Italy.

Peters, M.; Schultze-Kraft, R. 2002. Cratylia argentea (Desv.) Kuntze. FAO Grassland Index, Rome, Italy. 

Peters, M.; Horne, P.; Schmidt, A.; Holmann, F.; Kerridge, P.C.; Tarawali, S.A.; Schultze-Kraft, R.; Lascano, C.E.; Argel, P.J.; Stür, W.; Fujisaka, S.; Muller-Samann, K.; Wortmann, C. 2001. pdf_blanco.gif (126 bytes) The role of forages in reducing poverty and degradation of natural resources in tropical production systems. AGREN Network Paper No. 117.

Schmidt, A.; Peters, M.; Schultze-Kraft, R. 2001 Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. subsp. ovalifolium (Prain) Ohashi. FAO Grassland Index, Rome, Italy.

Schmidt, A.; University of Hohenheim. 2001. pdf_blanco.gif (126 bytes) Bibliography on Desmodium ovalifolium

 


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