CG FARRAPO: a sudangrass cultivar with high biomass and grain yields

Emilio Ghisleni Arenhardt; José Antonio Gonzalez da Silva; Ewerton Gewehr; Lorenzo Ghisleni Arenhardt; Celso Luis Arenhardt; Gilmar Nonnenmacher

doi:10.1590/1984-70332016v16n2c24

Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology (Jul 2016)

CG FARRAPO: a sudangrass cultivar with high biomass and grain yields

Emilio Ghisleni Arenhardt,
José Antonio Gonzalez da Silva,
Ewerton Gewehr,
Lorenzo Ghisleni Arenhardt,
Celso Luis Arenhardt,
Gilmar Nonnenmacher

Affiliations

Emilio Ghisleni Arenhardt: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Faculdade de Agronomia, Departamento de Plantas de Lavoura, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 7712, 91.501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
José Antonio Gonzalez da Silva: Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento de Estudos Agrários, Rua do Comércio, 3000, Bairro Universitário, 98.700-000, Ijuí, RS, Brazil
Ewerton Gewehr: Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Faculdade de Agronomia ‘Eliseu Maciel’(FAEM), Ciência e Tecnologia de Sementes, Departamento de Fitotecnia, Campus Universitário Capão do Leão, 96.010-610, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
Lorenzo Ghisleni Arenhardt: Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento de Estudos Agrários, Rua do Comércio, 3000, Bairro Universitário, 98.700-000, Ijuí, RS, Brazil
Celso Luis Arenhardt: Empresa Celso L. Arenhardt & Cia Ltda (Cegil Agro Sementes), Rodovia RS 522, km 18, vila Ijuizinho, 98.740-000, Augusto Pestana, RS, Brazil
Gilmar Nonnenmacher: Empresa Celso L. Arenhardt & Cia Ltda (Cegil Agro Sementes), Rodovia RS 522, km 18, vila Ijuizinho, 98.740-000, Augusto Pestana, RS, Brazil

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-70332016v16n2c24
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 2
pp. 158 – 162

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The new sudangrass cultivar [Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf.] was developed by the method of selection of individual plants with progeny testing. The most important traits are high biomass yield with high grain yield.

Published in Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology

ISSN: 1518-7853 (Print); 1984-7033 (Online)
Publisher: Brazilian Society of Plant Breeding
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Plant culture; Technology: Chemical technology: Biotechnology
Website: http://cbab.sbmp.org.br/

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