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Panicum antidotale

Authority Retz. Family Liliopsida:Commelinidae:Cyperales:Gramineae Synonyms Common names Editor Ecocrop code 1602

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A vigorous, tufted grass with blue-green leaves. Stems thin, wiry, bulbous at the base and up to 1.5-2.7 m tall. USES It is grown for forage and grain production. GROWING PERIOD Summer-growing perennial. COMMON NAMES Blue panic, Giant panic, Perennial Sudan grass, Bansi, Panico azul, Blue panicum, Giant panicum, Ghamur, Gift. FURHER INF Blue panic is native of India, it is common on sand dunes and dry river beds. Yields of fresh herbage are usually between 10-50 t/ha, but up to 150 t/ha have been recorded.
Sources
Grassland Index Skerman P 1990 pp 512-514 [TEXT, DRA, KTMP, RAIN, DEP, FER, SAL, PH, LIG] Rehm S 1991 pp 411 [USE] Duke J 1975 pp 23 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Duke J 1979 pp 95 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Roecklein J 1987 pp 144 [USE] Bogdan A 1977 pp 173-175 [RAIN, DRA, DEP, TEXT, KTMP] B-Lennard E 1984 pp 454 [SAL]