Performance of Different Rhodes Grass Varieties under the Agro-Climatic Conditions of Sindh, Pakistan
Journal Title: International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET) - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
Seed variety is the most important input that contributes to the yield, growth and to the quality improvement of the annual forage plants. By keeping this fact in view an experiment was conducted in the Siddique Farm, Tando Adam, Sindh to determine the best suited cultivar for Rhodes grass in its climatic zone. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The economic and qualitative parameters studied during the research study was plant height, tillers / plant, leaves / tillers, leaf area, green fodder yield, dry matter yields, crude protein, ether extract, crude fibre, nitrogen free extract, and ash contents respectively. Analysis of Variance showed that commercial cultivars were significantly varied from each other for dry fodder yield and other recorded characters. The cultivar Finecut produced highest (6.75 ton/ha/cut) dry fodder yield per hectare per cut. The maximum plant height (131.98 cm), tillers / plant (5.12), leaves / tillers (10.66), leaf area (323.21 cm2), green fodder yield (23.53 ton/ha/cut), and crude protein content (9.23) was also observed for the cultivar Finecut. However, the other Rhodes grass varieties showed less yielding results for all the agronomic parameters. Statistical analyses of all the research parameters are elaborated in Table 01 and Table 02 respectively. From the obtained statistical results it can be concluded that the cultivar Finecut has a best genetic potential to perform better and hence it is recommended that these cultivars are best suited to cultivate in the arid region of Tando Adam, Sindh – Pakistan.
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Engr. Imran Arshad
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