Opportunities for Napier Grass (Pennisetum purpureum) Improvement Using Molecular Genetics

AT Negawo, A Teshome, A Kumar, J Hanson… - Agronomy, 2017 - mdpi.com
Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.) is a fast-growing perennial grass native
to Sub-Saharan Africa that is widely grown across the tropical and subtropical regions of the …

Physiological Responses of C4 Perennial Bioenergy Grasses to Climate Change: Causes, Consequences, and Constraints

RW Heckman, CG Pereira, MJ Aspinwall… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
C4 perennial bioenergy grasses are an economically and ecologically important group
whose responses to climate change will be important to the future bioeconomy. These …

Biomass production and water use efficiency in perennial grasses during and after drought stress

K Kørup, PE Laerke, H Baadsgaard… - Gcb …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Drought is a great challenge to agricultural production, and cultivation of drought‐tolerant or
water use‐efficient cultivars is important to ensure high biomass yields for bio‐refining and …

Forage accumulation and nutritive value of brachiariagrasses and Tifton 85 bermudagrass as affected by harvest frequency and irrigation

DNL Pequeno, CGS Pedreira… - Agronomy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Brachiaria and Cynodon are important pasture grasses in Brazil. Convert HD 364 (Dow
AgroSciences, São Paulo, Brazil) brachiariagrass (Brachiaria hybrid CIAT 36087; also …

Contrasting strategies to cope with drought conditions by two tropical forage C4 grasses

JA Cardoso, M Pineda, JC Jiménez, MF Vergara… - AoB Plants, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Drought severely limits forage productivity of C4 grasses across the tropics. The avoidance
of water deficit by increasing the capacity for water uptake or by controlling water loss are …

水分胁迫及复水过程4 种牧草形态及其生理特征表达.

张静鸽, 田福平, 苗海涛, 黄泽… - Arid Zone Research …, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
草地作为半干早区的主要植被类型之h, 开M 牧草对土壤水分变化响应机制的研究,
对于该地区水资源的可持续利用和生态环境的建设均有重要意义. 本文选取半干早区4 …

[HTML][HTML] Observations of aerosol–vapor pressure deficit–evaporative fraction coupling over India

C Sarangi, TC Chakraborty, S Tripathi… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Northern India is a densely populated subtropical region with heavy aerosol loading (mean
aerosol optical depth or AOD is∼ 0.7), frequent heat waves, and strong atmosphere …

Assessment of Napier grass accessions in lowland and highland tropical environments in East Africa: productivity and forage quality

SW Mwendia, IAM Yunusa, BM Sindel… - Experimental …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Ten accessions of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.) were evaluated for
their dry matter (DM) yield and forage quality in a semi-arid lowland (Katumani) and a …

Assessment of Napier grass accessions in lowland and highland tropical environments of East Africa: water stress indices, water use and water use efficiency

SW Mwendia, IAM Yunusa, BM Sindel… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Low rainfall is a major limitation to expanding the dairy industry in semi‐arid
environments in East Africa. In such dry areas, plants need to keep their tissues hydrated …

Performance of Urochloa and Megathyrsus Forage Grasses in Smallholder Farms in Western Kenya

SW Mwendia, R Odhiambo, A Juma… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Livestock productivity has remained low in sub-Saharan African countries compared to other
places on the globe. The feeding component is the major limitation, in both quantity and …