Claudio Takao Karia

1 Introduction The African forage species Urochloa decumbens (Stapf) R. Webster (syn. Brachiaria decumbens) is widely cultivated throughout the tropical regions of Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific. The species is well adapted to low-fertility soils and resilient to overgrazing, maintaining much of its yield potential (Miles et al. 1996). On beef and dairy cattle farms, it is used in pure stands or in mixed grass-legume pastures (Gomide et al. 2001; Almeida et al. 2002; Garcia et al.

This version is not peer-reviewed. Carlos Eduardo Lazarini Fonseca  *,Marcelo Ayres Carvalho,Marco Caldas Pessoa-Filho,Allan Kardec Braga Ramos,Claudio Takao Karia,Gustavo Jose Braga,Natalia Bortoleto Athayde Maciel  *,Suelen Nogueira Dessaune Carlos Eduardo Lazarini Fonseca  *,Marcelo Ayres Carvalho,Marco Caldas Pessoa-Filho,Allan Kardec Braga Ramos,Claudio Takao Karia,Gustavo Jose Braga,Natalia Bortoleto Athayde Maciel  *,Suelen Nogueira Dessaune This version is not peer-reviewed.

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