The correlation between plant morphology and dry yield of elephantgrass
Elephanatgrass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach),also known as Napiergrass,is a tropical and subtropical perennial bunchgrass. Elephantgrass,due to its high productive potential,and nutritient quality, has been highlighted as one of the most important tropical forages for the improvement of dairy grazing system in the tropics.The feed value of elephantgrass is not ideal because it has low leaf/stem ratio,coarse texture and lower palatability. Elephantgrass is used not only as forages crop but also as one of the most promising biomass crops in Europe due to its very high yields of energy.The objectives of this study were to examine the relationship between yield and plant morphology, and select proper elephantgrass as potential biomass crop and forage crop.
plant morphology dry yield stem/leaf ration elephantgrass Pennisetum purpureum Schumach .
Zhang xia Gu hong-ru Ding cheng-long
Institute of Animal Science,Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Nanjing 210014
国际会议
呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）