Abstract
Continuous heavy grazing has reduced drastically the biomass productivity of rangelands in Pakistan. Therefore, to improve grazing potential of the rangelands, 10 promising exotic grass species along with an indigenous benchmark, Blue Panic Grass (Panicum antidotale) were tested in the Rainfed conditions of National Agricultural Research Center (NARC), Islamabad for biomass production comparison. Data on plant height, number of tillers, aboveground fresh and dry matter (DM) production were collected. Hybrid Bajra/Mott grass (Pennisetum purpureum var. Mott.), Green Panic (Panicum maximum var. Gatton), and Elephant/Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum var. elephant) gave significantly greater aboveground dry matter than that of indigenous benchmark (P
