Climate change, associated with increased aridity, and high grazing pressure by livestock
results in the scarcity and loss of perennial Poaceae in arid ecosystems. The species …

Apart from a decrease in total perennial plant cover, degradation of North-African arid lands
is not easy to qualify. Yet, simple and comprehensive yardsticks are necessary to assess …

A collection of 68 accessions of Cenchrus ciliaris, maintained in the field genebank of the
International Livestock Research Institute in the Ethiopian Rift Valley, was characterised for …

Belonging to the genus Cenchrus with 16–22 species, Cenchrus ciliaris L.(syn. Pennisetum
ciliare (L.) Link, buffelgrass) is a perennial, common in warmer regions of both hemispheres …

On a broad scale, the extent of clearing and plowing of the crops in rangelands has brought
a significant degradation in pasture species along with an invasion of weed species. This …

Cenchrus ciliaris L. is a C4 perennial grass of arid lands which is under the focus of different
ecological issues such as response to desertification, quality of forage grass and impacts of …

Se evaluó la variabilidad del potencial de producción y calidad del forraje de 126 ecotipos
de zacate buffel [Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link], de temporal en Debre Zeit, Etiopía. La …

Native seed needs to be sourced locally yet contain ample genetic variation. A blueprint is
developed for assembling and assessing native plant material at one eco‐geographical site …

This study assessed the aboveground aerial phytomass produced by 47 accessions of
Cenchrus ciliaris L. locally collected in the arid zone of Tunisia and classified into six eco …