Fodder Production and Grassland Management

CHOICE OF GRASSES FOR RAINFED CONDITIONS

• Blue buffel (Cenchrus glaucus): Co-1
• White kolukkattaigrass /Anjan grass: IGFRI 3108, Cenchrus ciliaris, Marwar Anjan (CAZRI -75)
• Black kolukkattai grass/ Dhaman grass: Marwar Dhaman (CAZRI -76) Black Anjan (C. setigerus)
• Marvel grass (Dicanthium annulatum): GMG .1
• Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana)
• Spear grass (Heteropogon contortuous):
• Setaria grass (Setaria anceps and Nandi, Narok, PSS 1 (S. sphacelata)
• Blue panic/Australian grass (Panicum antidotale)
• Congo signal grass (Ruzi grass) (Brachiaria ruziziensis)
• Signal grass (Brachiaria decumbens)
• Arisipillu (Brachiaria ramosa)
• Sudan/Johnson grass (Sorghum sundanense and Sorghum halepense)