Accessions for highlands

This list of grass and herbaceous legume accessions considered suitable for highland areas in the tropics and sub-tropics (with an altitude >1500m) was compiled from the results of evaluation trials in sub-Saharan Africa mostly in the 1980s and 1990s. Specific accessions, which showed good adaptation and biomass, were identified through multi-locational trials carried out by partners in national programmes and ILRI forage agronomists in zonal sites.

Crop
forages
Number of accessions
28
Creation date
2000
Published in Genesys
5 December 2019
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Data manager
Dr. Jean Hanson International Livestock Research Institute
Data manager
Dr. Alieu Sartie International Livestock Research Institute

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2. 143Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. • Kazangula • Advanced/improved cultivar
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/FSRTS
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G4SAM
4. 6213Vicia villosa Roth subsp. varia (Host) Corb. • Lana • Advanced/improved cultivar
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G5Q9H
5. 6235Trifolium semipilosum FRESEN. • Safari • Advanced/improved cultivar • KEN
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G5QY1
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G5RKP
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G5SPM
8. 6502Medicago littoralis Rohde ex Loisel. • Harbinger • Advanced/improved cultivar
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G5THA
9. 6543Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. • Narok • Advanced/improved cultivar
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G5VA=
11. 6633Chloris gayana Kunth • Callide • Advanced/improved cultivar
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G5WVA
12. 6710Avena sativa L. • Traditional cultivar/Landrace
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G5Y1B
13. 6765Desmodium uncinatum (Jacq.) DC. • Silverleaf • Advanced/improved cultivar
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G5ZDJ
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G6055
15. 6798Vicia benghalensis L. • Wild • PRT
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G6088
16. 6843Medicago truncatula GAERTN. • Jemalong • Advanced/improved cultivar
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G61C7
17. 6896Trifolium repens L. • Haifa • Advanced/improved cultivar
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G625*
18. 6984Medicago sativa L. • Hunter River • Advanced/improved cultivar • AUS
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G64J=
19. 7384Chloris gayana Kunth • Katambora • Advanced/improved cultivar
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G6DHT
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G7AN~
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G7B9G
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G7VQR
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G7X1X
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/G8236
28. 13330Chloris gayana Kunth • Boma Rhodes • Advanced/improved cultivar
ETH013 • DOI: 10.18730/FS2A8