Smallholder beef farmers, particularly in isolated islands, were highly aged, holding limited arable lands with poor machinery equipment. Demand for herbage production increases …
RF Utamy, Y Ishii, S Idota, L Khairani… - Journal of Agriculture and …, 2016 - jarts.info
Since dwarf napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.) must be propagated vegetatively due to lack of viable seeds, root splitting and stem cuttings are generally used to …
Y Ishii, DJ Kang, A Yamano, S Idota, K Fukuyama - 2013 - uknowledge.uky.edu
Southern Kyushu is well suited to the cultivation of tropical grasses due to its warm climate, history of herbage production, and extensive areas of abandoned arable land. In 1996, a C4 …
Napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach), a C4 tropical grass that produces plentiful, nutritious green forage, is considered an excellent feed source for livestock raised …