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Cumbu Napier Hybrid GrassCO (BN) 5 Slips

Now the grass can actually be greener on your own side

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Cumbu Napier Hybrid Grass – CO (BN) 5 is a revolutionary green plant material preferred by all types of grazing livestock. A sustainable and perennial agriculture parentage which is an interspecific hybrid between Fodder Cumbu IP 20594 (Pennisetumglaucum) and Napier grass FD 437 (P. purpureum Schumach).

Despite its excellent nutritional qualities, Napier CO (BN) 5 is 100% Eco-friendly forage crop, with highest crude protein, broader soft lush green leaves, more palatability, rich in water-soluble carbohydrate, ideal DM (dry matter) and crude fibre content, Pests and Fungi Resistant with all year round forage supply.

Cumbu Napier Hybrid GrassCO (BN) 5 Slips

SeasonThroughout the year under irrigated

conditions in all districts of India.

1 Soil All types of soils

2 Preparatory cultivationPlough 2 to 3 times to obtain a good tilth and

form ridges and furrows.

3Manures and

fertilizers

FYM : 25 t/haNPK : 150 : 50 : 40 kg/ha

BasalFYM –25t/ha

NPK –75:50:40 Kg/haTop dressing

75 kg N/ha after 30 days after planting75 kg N/ha after each cut

4 Seed rate33,333 two budded stem cuttings or rooted

slips per ha.

5 Spacing 60 x 50 cm

6 Weed Management Hand weeding whenever necessary

7 Plant Protection Generally not required

8 Water ManagementImmediately after planting; life irrigation on

3rd day and thereafter once in 10 days.

9 HarvestFirst harvest at 75-80 days after planting and

subsequent harvests once in 45 days

10 Green fodder yield 360 - 400 t/ha/yr (7 harvests)

Hybrid Grass –CO (BN) 5 Plantation at a glance using slips

PARTICULARS CO (BN) 5

ParentageInterspecific hybrid between Fodder cumbu

IP 20594 x Napier grass FD 437

PerennialDuration (Days)

360 - 400 (7harvests)Green fodder yield (t/ha/yr)

Morphological characters

Plant height (cm) 400-500

No. of leaves per clump

No. of tillers per clump

Leaf stem ratio

400-430

30-40

1.02-1.19

Leaf length (cm)

Leaf width (cm)

Quality characters

Dry matter (%)

Dry matter yield (t/ha/yr)

Crude protein (%)

Crude protein yield (t/ha

Oxalate (%)

22

80

14

9.6

2.4

100-110

4.0-5.0

CO (BN) 5 Yield Potential and

Quality Characters

Hybrid Grass

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Plantation Steps:

Plough the land nicely and make beds for sowing the Napier Hybrid Grass CO (BN) 5 slips

STEP 1

Keep the two budded sets of Napier Hybrid Grass

CO (BN) 5 slips horizontally with 2 feet gap

STEP 2

Make the water flow ( Irrigate well )

STEP 3

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Germination of two budded set of Napier Hybrid GrassCO (BN) 5 Slips

Manual Harvesting Napier Hybrid Grass CO (BN) 5

Harvesting Napier Hybrid Grass CO (BN) 5 by Brush Cutter or by Forage

Harvester machine

High green fodder yield (360 t/ha /yr) and dry matter yield (79.2t/ha/yr).

Crude protein yield (6.07 t/ha /year).

More palatability because of succulent stems with soft lush green leaves.

Winter hardiness

Quick regeneration capacity.

Free from pest and disease.

Superior ratooning ability rendering seven cuttings per year. First cut on 75-80 days after planting and subsequent cuttings at 45 days interval

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Luxurious growth of Napier Hybrid Grass

CO (BN) 5

Tilling nature of Napier Hybrid Grass

CO (BN) 5

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