Yield potential and Quality Characters
| Particulars |
CO 2 |
CO (GG) 3 |
| Parentage |
CO 1 x Centenario |
Clonal selection from Mumbasa |
| Duration (Days) |
Perennial |
Perennial |
| Green fodder yield (t/ha/year) |
270 (7harvests) |
340-360 (7harvests) |
| Morphological characters |
| Plant height (cm) |
150-200 |
210-240 |
| Number of tillers/clump |
80-100 |
40-50 |
| Leaf length (cm) |
65-75 |
97- 110 |
| Leaf width (cm) |
2.5-2.9 |
3.2 - 4.5 |
| Leaf-stem ratio |
- |
0.73 |
| Quality characters |
| Dry matter (%) |
25.94 |
20.2 |
| Crude protein (%) |
8.92 |
6.35 |
| Crude fibre (%) |
34.6 |
30.3 |
| Phosphorus (%) |
0.29 |
0.19 |
| Calcium (%) |
0.59 |
- |
| Magnesium (ppm) |
0.38 |
- |
| IVDMD (%) |
49.5 |
- |
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