Pdf spatial growth of kikuyugrass pennisetum clandestinum. The tropical grass species pennisetum clandestinum is known by several common names. Spatial growth of kikuyugrass pennisetum clandestinum. Cenchrus clandestinus pennisetum clandestinum is a creeping, matforming grass that originates from tropical. Pennisetum clandestinum without damaging cooks scurvy grass lepidium. The leaves are green, flattened or upwardly folded along the midrib, 10150 m 3905,910 in long, and 15 mm 0. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Evaluation of basta on kikuyu grass pennisetum clandestinum chiov. Plants profile for pennisetum clandestinum kikuyugrass. Herbicide control of kikuyu grass pennisetum clandestinum without.
It is palatable, resistant to heavy grazing and mostly used for pasture. Pennisetum clandestinum kikuyu grass this plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. A low closely matting perennial, with numerous creeping rhizomes and slender to stout stolons with many very short internodes, rooting at the nodes, throwing up. View of methane production and digestibility of kikuyu grass. A taxonomic genus within the family poaceae the fountaingrasses, native to tropical and warm temperate environs worldwide, that may be treated as members of genus cenchrum. It occurs in sandy soil and reaches a height of between 70 and. Cenchrus clandestinus pennisetum clandestinum is a creeping, matforming grass that originates from tropical eastern africa. Pdf effects of kikuyu grass pennisetum clandestinum. It spreads via an extensive network of rhizomes and stolons, and smothers all.
Bipolaris zeae on pennisetum clandestinum in argentina. Plants with toxic effects on the endocrine system and the mammary gland. Growth, morphology and nutritive quality of shaded stenotaphrum. Details methane production and digestibility of kikuyu grass pennisetum clandestinum and potato solanum tuberosum mixtures. Cenchrus clandestinus pennisetum clandestinum is a creeping, matforming grass that originates from tropical eastern. Herbicide control of kikuyu grass pennisetum clandestinum without damaging lepidium oleraceum.
Growth, morphology and nutritive quality of shaded stenotaphrum secundatum, axonopus compressus and pennisetum clandestinum volume 114 issue 2. The effect of time of defoliation and nitrogen fertiliser application and. Kikuyu is a vigorous, prostrate, rhizomatous and stoloniferous perennial that spreads readily and forms dense swards ecocrop, 2010. Rosalind dalefield bvsc phd dabvt dabt, in veterinary toxicology for australia and new zealand, 2017. Cenchrus clandestinus pennisetum clandestinum hochst. Pennisetum clandestinum an overview sciencedirect topics.
Siverio a, sobrino e, rodriguez h, arevalo j r, 2011. To evaluate the effect of kikuyu grass pennisetum clandestinum harvested at two different ages and three forage. Pennisetum clandestinum is a rhizomatous grass with matted roots and a grasslike or herbaceous habit. It gets its common name, kikuyu grass, from the fact that it is native to the area in which the kikuyu tribe live.
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