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The Giant Star grass grows very rapidly and has a good soil binding effect.
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The HCN content of the Giant Star grass varies from 0·003 to 0·053 per cent, while that ofhariali (Cynodon dactylon) varies from 0·001 to 0·039 per cent.
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Feeding trials carried out on bullock, buffalo, pony and sheep showed no stock-poisoning effect.
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Animals fed on Giant Star grass have not relished the grass.
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Under irrigated conditions Guinea grass (Panicum maximum) has yielded 76·5 per cent, more than Giant Star grass.
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The proportion of stem is greater than leaf in the Giant Star grass as compared tohariali (C.dactylon) in which the proportion is very nearly equal.
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Kumar, L.S.S., Joshi, W.V. A study of the Giant Star grass (Cynodon Sp.) for HCN content, yield and palatability. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 16, 72–78 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03046952
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