Imperata cylindrica in the highlands of northern Thailand:
Andrews, A.C.
Imperata cylindrica in the highlands of northern Thailand: Its productivity and status as a weed - 1983 - Printed
Tables. references p. 388
The grasslands of northern Thailand are a consequence of shifting cultivation practices of local opium-growing farmers and they are maintained by annual fires. Their productivity is low and they are a fire hazard in the dry season. In swiddening systems, a grassland fallow appears inferior to forest as a means of restoring soil fertility after a cropping phase. Imperata cylindrica cannot be classed as a serious weed in this area; the grass provides some foragefor village cattle, is seldom a problem in cultivated fields, and tends to decline or disappear if continually grazed by cattle. Improved pastures based onDesmodium intortum or Stylosanthes
English
Agroforestry
Cattle
Desmodium intortum
Eupatorium
Grasslands
Grazing lands
Imperata cylindrica
Shifting cultivation
Stylosanthes guianensis
Weeds
Imperata cylindrica in the highlands of northern Thailand: Its productivity and status as a weed - 1983 - Printed
Tables. references p. 388
The grasslands of northern Thailand are a consequence of shifting cultivation practices of local opium-growing farmers and they are maintained by annual fires. Their productivity is low and they are a fire hazard in the dry season. In swiddening systems, a grassland fallow appears inferior to forest as a means of restoring soil fertility after a cropping phase. Imperata cylindrica cannot be classed as a serious weed in this area; the grass provides some foragefor village cattle, is seldom a problem in cultivated fields, and tends to decline or disappear if continually grazed by cattle. Improved pastures based onDesmodium intortum or Stylosanthes
English
Agroforestry
Cattle
Desmodium intortum
Eupatorium
Grasslands
Grazing lands
Imperata cylindrica
Shifting cultivation
Stylosanthes guianensis
Weeds