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1977
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Cenchrus ciliaris (anjan or buffel grass) is a gregarious fodder species with high nutritive value. The species is an inhabitant of drier sandy areas throughout Africa, Canary Island, Madagascar and eastwards to India, where it mostly occurs in western parts of the country, constituting the States of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Hayana and the adjoining portions of Punjab, U ttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh ( called here in as Western India). In Western India, Cenchrus ciliaris (Cc) variously dominates the naturally occurring grazing lands exhibiting great morphological variations with respect to habit. and spike characters. The ecoclimate of Western India is arid to semi-arid, and Cc mostly dominates sandy to silty situations during the monsoon months of late June to September/October. Are there population differences in Western India? And if so, are they randomly distributed or do they have some pattern correlative to environmental complex? These were the two immediate questions evoked after the reconnaissance, which indeed made the aims of the present studies.
Citation
Pandeya, S C., "The environment and population differences in anjan grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) in Western India" (1977). IGC Proceedings (1977-2023). 3.
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The environment and population differences in anjan grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) in Western India
Cenchrus ciliaris (anjan or buffel grass) is a gregarious fodder species with high nutritive value. The species is an inhabitant of drier sandy areas throughout Africa, Canary Island, Madagascar and eastwards to India, where it mostly occurs in western parts of the country, constituting the States of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Hayana and the adjoining portions of Punjab, U ttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh ( called here in as Western India). In Western India, Cenchrus ciliaris (Cc) variously dominates the naturally occurring grazing lands exhibiting great morphological variations with respect to habit. and spike characters. The ecoclimate of Western India is arid to semi-arid, and Cc mostly dominates sandy to silty situations during the monsoon months of late June to September/October. Are there population differences in Western India? And if so, are they randomly distributed or do they have some pattern correlative to environmental complex? These were the two immediate questions evoked after the reconnaissance, which indeed made the aims of the present studies.
