Habitat
- Grazing and cutting systems for animal feed doc/980937
- Intensive dairy production systems doc/1186533
Distribuição / ocorrência
- Cultivated in Western Amazon (Roraima, Piauí) doc/1034754
- Originally from África, widely adopted in Cuba and southeastern USA doc/1186533
- Occurs in Low Parnaíba region doc/980937
Fenologia
- Fast regrowth capacity (vigor de rebrota) after cutting/grazing doc/1034754
Morfologia
- Grass (Poaceae family, genus Cynodon) doc/1087651
- High leaf área index and blade length doc/1034754
Usos
- Hay production for livestock feed doc/1186533
- Forage for intensive dairy production systems doc/1186533
- Pasture for grazing systems (intensive and extensive) doc/980937
- Suitable for horses and sheep (Vaquero cultivar noted) doc/1034754
- Erosion control doc/1034754
Solo
- Tolerates sandy soils (arenosa) doc/1150600
- Responsive to nitrogen fertilization for productivity doc/694480
Espécies associadas
- Digitaria sp. (compared in forage productivity trials, Lower Parnaíba) doc/980937
Outras informações
- Tifton-85: High-yield cultivar from Georgia USA breeding program (G.W. Burton) doc/980937
