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Tropical forage grasses and legumes released as commercial cultivars in different countries. For more information (in Spanish) about the accessions click on their numbers.


For further information contact: Luis Horacio Franco
Species Accession no. CIAT Market class Year Country
Grasses
Andropogon gayanus 621 Carimagua 1 1980 Colombia
Planaltina 1980 Brazil
Sabanero 1983 Venezuela
Veranero 1983 Panama
Veranero 1989 Costa Rica
San Martín 1984 Peru
Llanero 1986 Mexico
Andropogon 1988 Cuba
Otoreño 1989 Honduras
Gamba 1989 Nicaragua
ICTA-Real 1992 Guatemala
Brachiaria humidicola 6133 Llanero 1987 Colombia
Pasto Ganadero 1992 Venezuela
Gualaca 1992 Panama
Pasto Brunca 1994 Costa Rica
Brachiaria brizantha 6780 Marandú 1984 Brazil
Brizantha 1987 Cuba
Gigante 1989 Venezuela
Insurgente 1989 Mexico
Diamantes 1 1991 Costa Rica
26646 La Libertad 1987 Colombia
26110 Toledo 2000 Costa Rica
  Toledo 2002 Columbia
Brachiaria decumbens 606 Brachiaria 1986-87 Cuba
Chontalpo 1989 Mexico
Señal 1989 Panama
Pasto peludo 1991 Costa Rica
Brachiaria humidicola 679 INIAP-Napo 1985 Ecuador
Aguja 1989 Venezuela
Pasto Humidicola 1992 Colombia
Humidicola 1990 Panama
Chetumal 1991 Mexico
Brachiaria híbrido

36061

Mulato 2000 Mexico
Brachiaria híbrido

36087

Mulato II 2006 Mexico
Panicum maximum 26900 Vencedor 1990 Brazil
16031 Tanzania 1 1990 Brazil
6962 Mombaca 1993 Brazil
6299 Tobiata Brazil
Legumes
Arachis pintoi 17434 Amarillo 1987 Australia
Maní Forrajero perenne 1992 Colombia
Amarillo MG-100 1994 Brazil
Pico Bonito 1993 Honduras
Mani Mejorador 1994 Costa Rica
Multiline Maní Forrajero perenne 1997 Panama
  Belmonte 1999 Brazil
18744 Porvenir 1998 Costa Rica
Centrosema pubescens 438 El Porvenir 1990 Honduras
Centrosema acutifolium 5277 Vichada 1987 Colombia
Cratylia argentea 18516 Veraniega 2001 Costa Rica
18668 Veranera 2002 Colombia
Clitoria ternatea 20692 Thehuana 1988 Mexico
    Clitoria 1990 Honduras
Desmodium ovalifolium 350 Itabela 1989 Brazil
13651 Maquenque 2002 Colombia
Leucaena leucocephala 21888 Romelia 1992 Colombia
Pueraria phaseoloides 9900 Jarocha 1989 Mexico
Stylosanthes capitata 10280 Capica 1983 Colombia
S. guianensis var. vulgaris 184 Pucallpa 1985 Peru
Stylo 1995 Philippines
Bihuadou (Zhuhuacao) 1987 China
2950 Mineirao 1993 Brazil
S. guianensis var. pauciflora 2243 Bandeirante 1983 Brazil
Stylosanthes macrocephala 1281 Pioneiro 1983 Brazil

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