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Research Article | Open Access | Peer Review

Co 1-A DROUGHT TOLERANT BLOU BUFFEL GRASS

Volume : 77
Issue: Jul-aug
Pages: 316 - 320
Published: August 17, 2023
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Abstract


A search and study of the Cenchrus germplasm collection resulted in the identification of FS-391, a genotype from Vellakoil taluk of Coimbatore district. It has high green fodder yielding potential of 40 t/ha/yr under rainfed condition with higher DM and CP yield than C.ciliaris and C.glaucus Local. It was identified to be a type of C.glaucus being an aneuploid (2n=42) and an obligate apomict.

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316 - 320
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Blou buffel Drought tolerant High yielding
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