Interspecific hybrids between Paspalum plicatulum and P. oteroi: a key tool for forage breeding

ABSTRACT Grama-tio-pedro (Paspalum oteroi Swallen) is a rare stoloniferous grass of the Plicatula group of Paspalum, well adapted to continuous grazing in areas subject to seasonal flooding in the Pantanal region, in central western Brazil. The species is a facultative apomictic (asexual reproductio...

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Main Authors: Patricia Elda Novo, José Francisco Montenegro Valls, Florencia Galdeano, Ana Isabel Honfi, Francisco Espinoza, Camilo Luis Quarin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016-08-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162016000400356&lng=en&tlng=en