Selection of Grasses and Legumes for Pasture of the Arid and Semi Arid Zones Iv Panicum antidotale Retz. Selection of Promising Type

Panicum antidotale Retz, popularly known as Gramna in the desert areas of Rajasthan exhibits very little variation of morphological characters in its native habitat. Variations were however observed in plant habitat. Tiller number, basal diameter and herbage yield of plants. The collection Nos. 330, 335, 336, 346, 621 and 622 were isolated on the basis of these characters and they may provide germ plasm to evolve suitable types for maximum herbage yield under arid and semi arid conditions. It has been further observed from the trials of 13 selected collections at Jodhpur and Pali for 4 years that the collection Nos. 29, 297, 330 and 340 have better growth and herbage production under arid condition of Jodhpur and the collection Nos. 335, 337 and 341 indicated better performance under semi arid condition of Patli.