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Year: 2001 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 9 | Page No.: 815-817
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2001.815.817
Exotic Lolium perenne Varieties: Their Forage Value and Soil Cover Potential in Himalayas Region
S. D. Ahmad, M. Hammad and S. A. Majid

Abstract: Rawalakot lies under humid temperate region at the height of 5500 ft from the sea level. The area is hilly and soils are prone to heavy erosion due to the loss of vegetative cover. Winter frost and snow often kills the local forages and thus depriving the livestock from green herbage altogether. Seven varieties of Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) from European and American germplasm were evaluated for their forage value and soil cover potential under Rawalakot conditions. All varieties compared were diploid (2n = 14). The comparison was based on plant height, fresh and dry matter yield, number of cuttings/ year and tillers plant-1. The variety VA88002 was found to be the best one in plant height and dry and fresh herbage yield followed by SERVO and APUS. When tiller number was compared, the variety APUS was found to be at the top followed by VA88001 and others. All varieties were of spreading nature with increasing persistence in following years and found to be suitable for cutting, grazing and soil conservation

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S. D. Ahmad, M. Hammad and S. A. Majid, 2001. Exotic Lolium perenne Varieties: Their Forage Value and Soil Cover Potential in Himalayas Region. Journal of Biological Sciences, 1: 815-817.

Keywords: Lolium perenne, fresh and dry matter yield, tillers, forage and soil erosion

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