01428naa a2200193 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400410006010000170010124500690011826000090018752008590019665000250105565000200108065000130110070000170111370000130113077300910114316968432010-04-28       2009    bl ---       0--  u    #d7 a10.1590/S1516-891320090006000042DOI1 aSILVA, A. S.  aSoil flood tolerance of seven genotypes of Panicum maximum Jacq.  c2009  aThe soil flood tolerance of seven genotypes of Panicum maximum Jacq. (PM11, PM34, PM40 and PM45, and the commercial cultivars Massai, Mombaça and Tanzânia) was evaluated in plants subjected to two conditions: flooded and not flooded, during a period of 14 days. Flooding significantly decreased the total and above ground biomass of PM40 and PM45. For cultivar Tanzânia, flooding decreased these two variables and also root biomass. The root, total and above ground relative growth rates were significantly reduced by flooding in cultivar Tanzânia, while in PM45 only the above ground relative growth rate was reduced. Cultivar Tanzânia showed significant differences for all variables analyzed, thus was not flood tolerant, as well as PM40 and PM45. It could be concluded that Massai, PM34, Mombaça and PM11 were the most flood tolerant genotypes.  aGramínea Forrageira  aPanicum Maximum  aPastagem1 aLAURA, V. A.1 aJANK, L.  tBrazilian Archives of Biology and Technologygv. 52, n.6, p.1341-1348, Nov./Dec. 2009.