Performance of Napier and Guinea Grasses under Rain-Fed Conditions in Foot Hills of Doon Valley

Charan Singh; Rambir Singh; Ajay Gulati

doi:10.36808/if/2016/v142i9/102527

Performance of Napier and Guinea Grasses under Rain-Fed Conditions in Foot Hills of Doon Valley

Authors

Charan Singh Extension Division, Forest Research Institute, P.O. New Forest, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Rambir Singh Extension Division, Forest Research Institute, P.O. New Forest, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Ajay Gulati Extension Division, Forest Research Institute, P.O. New Forest, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2016/v142i9/102527

Keywords:

Slip, Napier Grass, Guinea Grass, Silvipastoral.

Abstract

Napier (Pennisetum perpureum Scumach) and Guinea (Panicum maximum Jacq.) grasses are considered as good palatable fodder for cattle. These grasses are grown under silvi-pastoral systems in our country. In state of Uttarakhand, farmers have a lot of rain-fed area that may be used for development of silvopastoral systems to meet demand and supply of green fodder.

Keeping in view, an experiment was set up on degraded land at Kharakhet, a village in tehsil Vikas Nagar and district Dehradun of Uttarakhand to find out the performance of hybrid Napier (CO-3) and Guinea grass. On observation, it was found that survival percentage and sprouting capacity on sandy loam and slightly acidic degraded land was better in the hybrid Napier grass with average survival percentage of 83.80Â±6.30 and sprouting capacity of 11.40Â±1.67 per slips. On the other hand, Guinea grass showed poor performance with 12.20Â±4.27% survival and sprouting capacity of 5.20Â±0.83 per slip.

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