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In Bolivia, the trials carried out in Montero (17 o 20´S - 63º 10´W, 300masl, AAR 1300 mm), thefinal yield was 100 kilogram pure seed per hectare. Further improvement can be achieved, sinceseed swept samples collected by hand from the ground after mechanical harvesting reached morethan 350 kg pure seed ha -1 . New experiments are in the pipeline.Discussion and perspectivesWhen the components of seed yield are examined it appeared that the number of inflorescencesand seeds m 2 were the most critical components of yield. Planting early in the wet season, Mayor June (Northern Hemisphere), produced the most brachiariagrass hybrid seed in the currentstudy.Planting early enables farmers to cut forage from their seed crops before closing. The forage ofthe brachiariagrass hybrids cut before closing was of a very high quality in all trials, with a highproportion of leaf (55-60%) and a high leaf crude protein concentration that averaged over 15%.The time of final closing date defoliation was found to be extremely important for seedproduction of brachiariagrass hybrids in Thailand (Hare et al., 2007b) and Bolivia (J. H.Antezana Rojas, personal communication) as well as the length of the harvesting period as wasevaluated in Mexico.ReferencesHare, M.D., Tatsapong, P. & Saipraset, K., 2007a. <strong>Seed</strong> production of two brachiaria hybridcultivars in north-east Thailand. 1. Method and time of planting. Tropical Grasslands 41, 26-34.Hare, M.D., Tatsapong, P. & Saipraset, K., 2007b. <strong>Seed</strong> production of two brachiaria hybridcultivars in north-east Thailand. 2. Closing date defoliation. Tropical Grasslands 41, 35–42.Hare, M.D., Tatsapong, P. & Saipraset, K., 2007c. <strong>Seed</strong> production of two brachiaria hybridcultivars in north-east Thailand. 3. Harvesting method. Tropical Grasslands 41, 43-49.Miles, J.W., Valle, C.B. do, Rao, I.M. & Euclides, V.P.B., 2004. Brachiariagrasses. In: Moser,L.E., Burson, B.L., Sollenberger, L. E. Warm-season (C 4 ) grasses. Agronomy Monograph45. Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, SoilScience Society of America, 745-783.Pizarro, E. A., Hare, M. D &. Miles, J. W. 2008. Proceedings of the XXI <strong>International</strong> GrasslandCongress. Beijing, China, p. 489.37

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