Agricultural Science Digest
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue: 4

Adaptability and Forage Productivity of Panicum phragmitoides Stapf. in the Southern Region

  • Author:
  • O.K. Gerard1,*, F.P. Koutouan2, N.C. Bodji2, N.R. Yao3
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 451 to 458

1Institut National Polytechnique-Félix Houphouët Boigny de Yamoussoukro, EDP, UMRI Agricultural Sciences and Rural Engineering, BP 1313Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire

2Zootechnic and Animals Productions Laboratory, Agriculture and Animal Resources Department, Institut National PolytechniqueFélix Houphouët Boigny de Yamoussoukro, BP 1313, Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire

3Bioclimatology Laboratory, Waters and Forests and Environment Department, Institut National Polytechnique-Félix Houphouët Boigny de Yamoussoukro, BP 1313, Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire

*Corresponding Author: O.K. Gerard, Institut National Polytechnique-Félix Houphouët Boigny de Yamoussoukro, EDP, UMRI Agricultural Sciences and Rural Engineering, BP 1313, Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, Email: gerardpsl@yahoo.fr

Online Published on 04 December, 2023.

Abstract

Adaptability and forage productivity of Panicum phragmitoïdes in the humid region of Côte d’Ivoire were evaluated compared to Panicum maximum cv C1 from October 2018 to April 2019.

Three accessions of P. phragmitoïdes and P. maximum cv C1 were transplanted by cuttings with three replicates in a randomized complete blocks design to evaluate adaptability parameters and forage yield.

The average number of tallies per tuft of P. phragmitoïdes ranged from 15.83±2.24 to 19.17±7.39 versus 33.67±5.10 tallies for P. maximum cv C1. Accessions of P. phragmitoïdes ranged in height from 146.33±9.49 to 151.42±15.88 cm and were higher than P. maximum cv C1 which was 119.50±20.67 cm. The forage productivity of P. phragmitoïdes and P. maximum cv C1. were identical and ranged from 4.84±1.07 to 8.20±3.72 t DM/ha/year. P. phragmitoïdes seems to adapt well in the humid region of Côte d’Ivoire.

Keywords

Adaptability, Humid region, Panicum maximum cv C1, Panicum phragmitoïdes