Track 2‐7‐1: Seed Production, Storage, Quality, Testing, Quarantine and Marketing Systems
Description
Western part of Rajasthan, the Thar desert, is the most thickly populated desert of the World, possessing more than 55 million population each of human and livestock. Aberrant weather conditions and poor soil fertility pose major threats to arable crops cultivation. Livestock rearing is directly dependent on fodder availability but due to harsh agro-climatic conditions there is severe fodder scarcity. Lasiurus sindicus, perennial grass grown in hot and warm grassland climate thrives well under moisture stress on sandy plains, low dunes and hummocks of this region, receiving annual rainfall below 200 mm. For decades, these grasslands in turn supported an ever increasing livestock population in the Indian desert. Establishment of this grass is hampered by low seed availability because of its poor seed yield due to poor seed set. While sufficient literature is available on forage productivity of Sewan grass, however, information on seed set and seed yield production is lacking.
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Enhancing Seed Set and Seed Yield of Sewan Grass (Lasiurus sindicus) through Physiological Approaches
Western part of Rajasthan, the Thar desert, is the most thickly populated desert of the World, possessing more than 55 million population each of human and livestock. Aberrant weather conditions and poor soil fertility pose major threats to arable crops cultivation. Livestock rearing is directly dependent on fodder availability but due to harsh agro-climatic conditions there is severe fodder scarcity. Lasiurus sindicus, perennial grass grown in hot and warm grassland climate thrives well under moisture stress on sandy plains, low dunes and hummocks of this region, receiving annual rainfall below 200 mm. For decades, these grasslands in turn supported an ever increasing livestock population in the Indian desert. Establishment of this grass is hampered by low seed availability because of its poor seed yield due to poor seed set. While sufficient literature is available on forage productivity of Sewan grass, however, information on seed set and seed yield production is lacking.
