Publication Date
1989
Description
China is making great efforts to re-vegetate and improve her rangelands. In Inner Mongolia, improvement and expansion of the rangeland base is necessary to meet the needs of a flourishing local livestock industry, and growing demand for livestock products (including draft animals) in China as a whole. But the harsh growing conditions in this cold, dry and windy steppe country make seedling establishment difficult, and propagation with seed is risky at best. Methods of grassland propagation that minimize this risk, reduce the rest period after planting, and result in a more productive range will aid the revegetation effort considerably, and contribute to the improvement of living standard of people in China. The objective of this study was to compare propagation with rhizomes to propagation with seeds of three important rhizomatic range grasses of Inner Mongolia : Chinese wildrye, Aneurolepidium chinense Trin. = Elymus chinensis, Tender pennisetum, Pennisetum flaccidum Griseb. and Reedlike foxtail, Alopecurus arundinaceus Poir. We examined grass growth rate and yield, as well as material costs and labor requirements, in order to evaluate the potential of each propagation method for use in China's range improvement programs.
Citation
Sen, Na; Qin, Lee Yan; and Lin, Su Xiao, "A Comparison of Rhizome and Seed Propagation of Three Grasses of NEI Mongol: Chinese Wildrye, Tender Pennisteum and Reedlike Foxtail" (2025). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 17.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1989/session5/17
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A Comparison of Rhizome and Seed Propagation of Three Grasses of NEI Mongol: Chinese Wildrye, Tender Pennisteum and Reedlike Foxtail
China is making great efforts to re-vegetate and improve her rangelands. In Inner Mongolia, improvement and expansion of the rangeland base is necessary to meet the needs of a flourishing local livestock industry, and growing demand for livestock products (including draft animals) in China as a whole. But the harsh growing conditions in this cold, dry and windy steppe country make seedling establishment difficult, and propagation with seed is risky at best. Methods of grassland propagation that minimize this risk, reduce the rest period after planting, and result in a more productive range will aid the revegetation effort considerably, and contribute to the improvement of living standard of people in China. The objective of this study was to compare propagation with rhizomes to propagation with seeds of three important rhizomatic range grasses of Inner Mongolia : Chinese wildrye, Aneurolepidium chinense Trin. = Elymus chinensis, Tender pennisetum, Pennisetum flaccidum Griseb. and Reedlike foxtail, Alopecurus arundinaceus Poir. We examined grass growth rate and yield, as well as material costs and labor requirements, in order to evaluate the potential of each propagation method for use in China's range improvement programs.
