BRS Sarandi: a new Andropogon gayanus cultivar for tropical pastures
Marcelo Ayres Carvalho, Carlos Eduardo Lazarini da Fonseca, Allan Kardec Braga Ramos, Gustavo José Braga, Francisco Duarte Fernandes and Marco Aurélio de Caldas Pinho Pessoa Filho
Abstract: BRS Sarandi is adapted to low and medium fertility soils. Annual DMY is 11 t ha-1 and levels of CP and IVDMD are 8.7 and 56.5, respectively. The average daily weight gain is 0.7 kg head-1 day-1 and the weight gain per area reached 15 @ carcass ha-1 year-1 without supplementation except for mineral salt.