CAYMAN
CAYMAN
Brachiaria hybrid cv. CIAT BR 02/1752
Cayman hybrid
Cayman Seed. Tropical Seeds.
Cayman Technical Brochure
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Cayman Seed. Tropical Seeds.
TECHNICAL SHEET, CIAT BRO2-1752
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Cayman grass, the third hybrid offered for sale by Grupo Papalotla, comes from a generation of hybrids developed by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT, its Spanish acronym) and evaluated and selected by the Tropical Pastures Research Center (CIPAT, its Spanish acronym), the research center where the Grupo Papalotla conducts ongoing evaluations of an array of Brachiaria hybrids.
Resistance to humidity
How did the Papalotla research team discover that Cayman grass resists high moisture conditions? By evaluating the grass together with other grasses currently sold on the market, such as Toledo, Marandú, Plata, and Mulato, under conditions of extreme moisture for periods of more than 30 days. After 10 days, several of the grasses began to deteriorate, dying long before the end of the evaluation period. Cayman grass not only survived, but was only surpassed by Brachiaria humidicola, well known for its ability to adapt to humid soils, but presenting a lower nutritional quality, yield, and establishment capacity as compared with Cayman grass.