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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