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Non-arrowing and broad-leaved mutants in Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana Kunth.)

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Non-arrowing and broad-leaved mutants of Rhodes grass have been isolated following gamma irradiation. The green forage yield in non-arrowing and broad-leaved types were respectively 67 and 171 percent more than the control. Crude protein, nitrogen and calcium fractions nearly doubled in the non-arrowing type and remained approxymately the same in the broad-leaved type over controls.

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  1. Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Forestry, West Virginia University, 26506, Morgantown, WV, USA

    G. Krishna & J. Nath

  2. Department of Agricultural Botany, University of Agricultural Sciences, Hebbal, 560024, Bangalore, India

    G. Shivashankar

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Krishna, G., Shivashankar, G. & Nath, J. Non-arrowing and broad-leaved mutants in Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana Kunth.). Euphytica 33, 525–528 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00021153

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