Selection of Forages for the Tropics (SoFT) : A database and selection tool for identifying forages adapted to local conditions in the tropics and subtropics

B.C. PENGELLY1, B.G. COOK2, I.J. PARTRIDGE3, D.A. EAGLES1, M. PETERS4, J. HANSON5, S.D. BROWN1, J.L. DONNELLY1, B.F. MULLEN1, R. SCHULTZE-KRAFT6, A. FRANCO4 AND R. O’BRIEN4 1 CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia, Email: bruce.pengelly@csiro.au, 2 Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Gympie, Queensland 4570, Australia, 3 Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Toowoomba, Queensland 4350, Australia, 4 CIAT, A.A. 6713, Cali, Colombia, 5 ILRI, PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6 University of Hohenheim (380), 70593 Stuttgart, Germany