Abstract
The potential of Stenotaphrum secundatum (buffalo grass) as a forage species for ruminants is reviewed. Buffalo grass has been used as a pasture grass to a limited extent in Florida, the Caribbean, the Pacific Islands and Australia. From agronomic and animal production data, it is concluded that buffalo grass has value as a pasture grass for shaded, humid-tropical environments in developing countries, where smallholders require a robust, persistent grass. Considerable genetic variation exists within the species with the sterile triploid types showing greatest potential for grazing. Dry matter productivity is only moderate but buffalo grass is tolerant of a wide range of edapho-climatic conditions. Its moderate nutritive value can be improved by combination with legumes such as Leucaena leucocephala, Arachis pintoi cv. Amarillo, Aeschynomene americana cv. Glenn and Desmodium spp. Animal production from buffalo grass is highly sensitive to stocking rate. It has been well adopted by smallholders grazing cattle under coconuts in the Pacific Islands because of its ease of establishment and tolerance of long-term heavy grazing. The ability of buffalo grass to form a dense, stable and weed-free sward under heavily shaded and heavily grazed conditions makes it worthy of consideration for grazing under plantation crop systems.
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Claim · model-written summary
The review concludes that buffalo grass has value as a pasture grass for shaded, humid-tropical environments in developing countries.
- Taxon
- buffalo grass
Urochloa muticae0 - Outcome
- value as a pasture grass for shaded, humid-tropical environmentse1
- Setting
- developing countriese1
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Verbatim
e0“The potential of Stenotaphrum secundatum (buffalo grass) as a forage species for ruminants is reviewed”
e1“it is concluded that buffalo grass has value as a pasture grass for shaded, humid-tropical environments in developing countries”
Claim · model-written summary
Dry matter productivity of buffalo grass is only moderate.
- Taxon
- buffalo grassUrochloa muticae0
- Outcome
- Dry matter productivitye2
- Qualifier
- only moderatee2
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Verbatim
e0“The potential of Stenotaphrum secundatum (buffalo grass) as a forage species for ruminants is reviewed”
e2“Dry matter productivity is only moderate”
Claim · model-written summary
Buffalo grass is tolerant of a wide range of edapho-climatic conditions.
- Taxon
- buffalo grassUrochloa muticae0
- Outcome
- tolerant of a wide range of edapho-climatic conditionse3
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Verbatim
e0“The potential of Stenotaphrum secundatum (buffalo grass) as a forage species for ruminants is reviewed”
e3“buffalo grass is tolerant of a wide range of edapho-climatic conditions”
Claim · model-written summary
Combination with legumes can improve the moderate nutritive value of buffalo grass.
- Taxon
- buffalo grassUrochloa muticae0
- Treatment
- combination with legumese4
- Outcome
- nutritive valuee4
- Direction
- improvede4
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The potential of Stenotaphrum secundatum (buffalo grass) as a forage species for ruminants is reviewed”
e4“Its moderate nutritive value can be improved by combination with legumes such as Leucaena leucocephala, Arachis pintoi cv. Amarillo, Aeschynomene americana cv. Glenn and Desmodium spp.”
Claim · model-written summary
Animal production from buffalo grass is highly sensitive to stocking rate.
- Taxon
- buffalo grassUrochloa muticae0
- Outcome
- Animal productione5
- Qualifier
- highly sensitive to stocking ratee5
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Verbatim
e0“The potential of Stenotaphrum secundatum (buffalo grass) as a forage species for ruminants is reviewed”
e5“Animal production from buffalo grass is highly sensitive to stocking rate”
Claim · model-written summary
Buffalo grass has been well adopted by smallholders grazing cattle under coconuts in the Pacific Islands.
- Taxon
- buffalo grassUrochloa muticae0
- Outcome
- well adopted by smallholderse6
- Qualifier
- because of its ease of establishment and tolerance of long-term heavy grazinge6
- Setting
- Pacific Islandse6
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Verbatim
e0“The potential of Stenotaphrum secundatum (buffalo grass) as a forage species for ruminants is reviewed”
e6“It has been well adopted by smallholders grazing cattle under coconuts in the Pacific Islands because of its ease of establishment and tolerance of long-term heavy grazing”
Claim · model-written summary
Buffalo grass forms a dense, stable and weed-free sward under heavily shaded and heavily grazed conditions.
- Taxon
- buffalo grassUrochloa muticae0
- Treatment
- heavily shaded and heavily grazed conditionse7
- Outcome
- form a dense, stable and weed-free swarde7
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Verbatim
e0“The potential of Stenotaphrum secundatum (buffalo grass) as a forage species for ruminants is reviewed”
e7“The ability of buffalo grass to form a dense, stable and weed-free sward under heavily shaded and heavily grazed conditions”
Claim · model-written summary
The review recommends considering buffalo grass for grazing under plantation crop systems.
- Taxon
- buffalo grassUrochloa muticae0
- Outcome
- grazing under plantation crop systemse1
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Verbatim
e0“The potential of Stenotaphrum secundatum (buffalo grass) as a forage species for ruminants is reviewed”
e1“makes it worthy of consideration for grazing under plantation crop systems”
Claim · model-written summary
Considerable genetic variation exists within buffalo grass species.
- Taxon
- buffalo grassUrochloa muticae0
- Outcome
- genetic variatione2
- Qualifier
- within the speciese2
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Verbatim
e0“The potential of Stenotaphrum secundatum (buffalo grass) as a forage species for ruminants is reviewed”
e2“Considerable genetic variation exists within the species”
Claim · model-written summary
Sterile triploid types of buffalo grass show the greatest potential for grazing.
- Taxon
- buffalo grassUrochloa muticae0
- Material
- sterile triploid typese3
- Outcome
- potential for grazinge3
- Qualifier
- greateste3
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Verbatim
e0“The potential of Stenotaphrum secundatum (buffalo grass) as a forage species for ruminants is reviewed”
e3“the sterile triploid types showing greatest potential for grazing”