On-farm testing of forage crops in the Project area 1996 – 2001

Title

On-farm testing of forage crops in the Project area 1996 – 2001

Author or Responsible organization/project

Vietnam Sweden Mountain Rural Development Programme

Year

2001

Total page

50

Code

127

Classification

report

Summary

Among the forage crop species tested in this project, the following 8 of the family Poaceae are mostly preferred; 1) Panicum maximum, 2) Brachiaria brizantha, 3) Pinnesetum purpureum, 4) Brachiaria ruzizinensis, 5) Brachiaria decumbens, 6) Setaria sphacelata, 7)Paspalum atratum, 8) Tripsacum fasciculatum.

Publisher

MARD

Key word

on-farm trial; forage crop; mountain rural development; grass; legume plant