Cratylia argentea – review of a tropical shrub legume: Quality and utilization

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  • Carlos E. Lascano International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
  • Rainer Schultze-Kraft International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

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https://doi.org/10.17138/tgft(12)73-91
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Abstract

A review synthesizing the research on the quality and use of Cratylia argentea forage to create incentives for its use in animal production systems in the tropics is presented. The species has been extensively evaluated, mainly in tropical America, to develop it as a shrub legume for infertile, acid soils as an alternative to Leucaena leucocephala and Gliricidia sepium that are not adapted to these soils. This review includes a synthesis and discussion of research findings with C. argentea forage on (1) nutritive value, including secondary compounds, (2) alternative uses in animal production systems, and (3) live weight gain and milk production. The strength of the species is its drought tolerance and high protein content that results in increased milk yield and liveweight gain when grazed in association with grasses, particularly in the dry season. Supplementation of fresh or ensiled cratylia to grazing animals usually results in increased carrying capacity of the pasture and milk yield for cows of medium to high genetic potential. Its deficiency is the low acceptability of fresh forage by animals with no previous experience and high demand for labor when used in cut and carry systems. The issue of low adoption is addressed and suggestions for future research are presented.

Author Biography

Rainer Schultze-Kraft, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Professor Rainer Schultze-Kraft is an agronomist who specialized in tropical pastures and forages from 1970 on. During 1973-1976 he conducted the research for his PhD project at CIAT, Colombia, and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, and worked from 1976 until 1991 in the then CIAT Tropical Pastures Program. In 1991 he was appointed Professor for Pastures and Forages in the Tropics and Subtropics at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, where he worked until retirement in 2007. At CIAT, Rainer established the Center’s collection of tropical forage germplasm adapted to acid, low-fertility soils, mainly legumes and mainly via collecting expeditions that he conducted, in collaboration with national partner institutions, in tropical America, Africa and Southeast Asia. Besides his plant introduction work, he was involved in agronomic evaluation of forage germplasm as well as activities within RIEPT, the International Tropical Pasture Evaluation Network. At the University of Hohenheim, besides postgraduate-teaching he led a number of research projects in the area of tropical forages and biodiversity, mainly via MSc and PhD students, in tropical America, Africa and Southeast Asia. Rainer is (co)author of >250 scientific publications. In 1997 he received the award of a Fellow of the Tropical Grassland Society of Australia. Since his retirement from the University of Hohenheim he has been an advisor to the CIAT Tropical Forages Program, after 2009 as a CIAT Emeritus Scientist.

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Lascano, C. E., & Schultze-Kraft, R. (2024). Cratylia argentea – review of a tropical shrub legume: Quality and utilization. Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 12(2), 73–91. https://doi.org/10.17138/tgft(12)73-91

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2024-05-31

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