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Echinochloa utilis

Authority Ohwi & Yabuno Family Liliopsida:Commelinidae:Cyperales:Gramineae Synonyms Common names Editor Ecocrop code 5603

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A tall, robust, vigorous grass up to 120 cm high. USES Very palatable and used for pasture. It can be grazed as early as three weeks after sowing when the grass is 30-40 cm tall and it can be grazed up to five times in a season. It makes good hay and silage. Also used for erosion control after timber clearing. GROWING PERIOD Summer-growing annual grass. Require 40 days for grass crop and 100 days for grain crop. COMMON NAMES Shirohie millet, Japanese millet. FURTHER INF Scientific synonym: E. crus-galli var. frumentacea. Shirohie millet is widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics. It is fairly drought tolerant but will not survive fire when dry enough to burn. Yields of up to 35 t/ha of green material can be obtained.
Sources
Grassland Index Skerman P 1990 pp 393-396 [TEMP, KTMP, RAIN, DRA, TEXT, FER, LIG] Duke J 1979 pp 95 [PH, RAIN, TEMP]