Developing Dactylus glomerata (Cocksfoot) as forage crop in the Karakoram valleys in Northern Areas of Pakistan
Developing Dactylus glomerata (Cocksfoot) as forage crop in the Karakoram valleys in Northern Areas of Pakistan
Rash Khan and Faridullah Khan
ABSTRACT
Keeping in view the acute shortage of fodder and
forages in northern Areas of Pakistan, an experiment was
conducted in Karakoram Agricultural Research Institute
(KARINA) in late November, 1984 and continued for 3
years to evaluate the performance of Dactylus glomerata
under two temperature regimes. The treatment included
covering the plots with polyethylene sheet and without
cover. The covered seed took 19 days to germinate whereas the uncovered seed took 89 days to germinate.
Plant height was 65.5 and 42.5 cm and the fresh matter
yield was 38.0 and 30.0 t/hr for the covered and
uncovered treatments respectively during the first
growth year. No significant difference was observed in
the growth during the 2nd and 3rd years in both the
treatments. The plant height and fresh yield of the
covered crop during the first year was high as compared
to that uncovered crop due to high temperature under the
polyethytene sheet It is also brought about early
germination, whereas the low temperatures delayed the
germination by70 days.
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September 1992
Vol. 42, Iss. 3
