AN EVALUATION OF THIRTY GRASS POPULATIONS AS FORAGE CROPS FOR SOUTHWESTERN SASKATCHEWAN
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Plant Science
- Vol. 58 (1) , 107-115
- https://doi.org/10.4141/cjps78-019
Abstract
Thirty grass populations were evaluated for dry matter yield, N content, P content, organic matter digestibility and winterhardiness. Of these populations, Agropyron cristatum, A. desertorum, A. elongatum, A. intermedium, A. trachycaulum, A. trichophorum, Bromus inermis and Elymus junceus are used extensively for forage crops and E. angustus is being commercialized at present. Of the remaining populations, A. smithii, E. cinereus, Oryzopis hymenoides, E. akmolinensis, E. curvatus, Roegneria sibiricus, and Stipa viridula × O. hymenoides do not appear to have any potential as forage crops; whereas A. sibiricum, E. virginicus, E. sibiricus, A. caespitosum × A. caninum, A. caespitosum × A. trachycaulum, A. cristatum × A. desertorum (4n) show some potential and should be investigated further.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- AN EVALUATION OF 15 GRASS SPECIES AS FORAGE CROPS FOR SOUTHWESTERN SASKATCHEWANCanadian Journal of Plant Science, 1964