Response of Axonopus catarinensis and Arachis pintoi to shade conditions

Abstract

In the northeast of Argentina, there are more than 100,000 ha of silvopastoral systems, where trees, forages and live-stock are combined with the goal to diversify income, reduce financial risk, obtain more profit and enhance envi-ronmental benefit (Cubbage et al. 2012). The rapid adoption of these production systems by farmers has gen-erated high demand for information on shade-tolerant forage grass and legume species.