Important non-legume fodders
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Sl. No.
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Common name
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Local name
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Scientific name
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I. NON LEGUMES (GRAMINACEOUS)
A. Annual (Summer)
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1.
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Sorghum/Jowar
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Cholam
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Sorghum bicolor
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2.
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Sudan grass
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Sorghum sundanense
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3.
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Maize
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Makkacholam
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Zea mays
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4.
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Cumbu / Bajra / Pearl millet
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Cumbu
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Pennisetum glacum
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5.
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Teosinte
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Euchlaena mexicana
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6.
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Finger millet/ Ragi
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Kelvaragu
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Eleusine corocana
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7.
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Little millet or samai
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Samai
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Panicum miliare
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8.
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Proso millet
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Panicum miliaceum
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B. Annual (winter)
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9.
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Oats
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Avena sativa
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10.
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Barley
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Hordeum vulgare
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11.
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Rye
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Secale cereale
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C. Perennial
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12.
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Hybrid Napier
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Pennisetum purpureum x Pennisetum americanum
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13.
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Guinea grass
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Guineapull
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Panicum maximum
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14.
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Para grass/Buffalo grass
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Neerpull / Erumaipull
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Brachiaria mutica
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15.
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Doop grass / Bermuda grass
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Arugampullu
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Cynodon dactylon
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16.
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Anjan grass (Buffel grass)
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Kollukkattai pullu
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Cenchrus ciliaris
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17.
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Black anjan / Bird wood grass
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Karuppu, Kolukkatti pullu
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Cenchrus setigerus
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18.
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Rhodes grass
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Mayil Kondaipullu
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Chloris gayana
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19.
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Signal grass
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Brachiaria decumbens
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20.
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Elephant grass/ Napier grass
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Yanaipullu
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Pennisetum purpureum
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21.
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Marvel grass (Biennial)
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Dichanthium annulataum
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22.
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Canary grass
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Phalaris tuberosa L.
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23.
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Blue Panic grass
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Panicum antidotale
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24.
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Molasses grass
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Melinis minutifolia
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25.
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Kikuyu grass
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Pennisetum clandestinum
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26.
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Deenanath grass (Annual)
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Pennisetum pedicellatum
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27.
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Johnson grass
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Sorghum halepense
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28.
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Seteria
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Seteria anceps
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29.
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Sabi grass / Little para grass
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Urochloa mosambicensis
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Last modified: Friday, 2 September 2011, 9:03 AM