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Genetic variability in Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) germplasm conserved at ICRISAT genebank

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Title Genetic variability in Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) germplasm conserved at ICRISAT genebank
 
Creator Pattanashetti, S K
Upadhyaya, H D
Blummel, M
Reddy, K N
Ramanareddy, Y
Kumar, V
Singh, S
 
Subject Genetics and Genomics
 
Description Napier grass or elephant grass [Pennisetum purpureum Schum.] is an important forage crop in tropical and sub-tropical
regions valued for its high biomass production, perennial nature, pest resistance, and forage quality. It is a unique grass
species with high dry matter, which sustains its utilization for direct animal grazing and as a feed complement during
drought periods. It has additional advantages like preventing soil erosion and improving soil fertility. Napier grass also has potential for bioenergy production and conversion to alcohol or methane due to its rapid growth and degradable biomass characteristics. The present study was planned to assess the genetic variability among purpureum germplasm conserved at ICRISAT genebank, Patancheru for their potential utilization in development of forage varieties and bajranapier
hybrids.
 
Date 2015-11
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9248/1/1494.pdf
Pattanashetti, S K and Upadhyaya, H D and Blummel, M and Reddy, K N and Ramanareddy, Y and Kumar, V and Singh, S (2015) Genetic variability in Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) germplasm conserved at ICRISAT genebank. In: XXIII International Grassland Congress IGC 2015, November 20 -24, 2015, New Delhi.