<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Osman, A. E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Makawi, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ahmed, R.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Potential of the indigenous desert grasses of the Arabian Peninsula for forage production in a water-scarce region</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Grass and Forage Science</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">desert grasses</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forage</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">groundwater</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">legumes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">production</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">seed</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tropical grasses</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">water-use efficiency</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dec</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;Go to ISI&gt;://000261123900008</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">63</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">495-503</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0142-5242</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Indigenous perennial grasses are widely distributed in the Arabian Peninsula. Their survival under limited rainfall and grazing suggests a potential role as grassland species and for rehabilitation of degraded rangelands. Forage productivity, seed production and water-use efficiency (WUE) was determined over 2 years for four indigenous grasses: buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.), dakhna (Coelachyrum piercei Benth.), da'ay (Lasiurus scindicus Henr.) and tuman (Panicum turgidum Forssk.) together with one exotic species, rhodes grass (Chloris gayana Kunth) in the central region of the United Arab Emirates. Three irrigation treatments were used: R1 (1858-6758 m(3) ha(-1) year(-1)), R2 (929-3379 m(3) ha(-1) year(-1)) and R3 (464-1689 m(3) ha(-1) year(-1)). Buffel grass had the highest dry-matter (DM) yield under all irrigation treatments. The average DM yield of buffel grass was 14.6 and 15.1 t ha(-1) in the 2 years which was significantly higher than that for the other grasses with dakhna having the lowest DM yields. The WUE of 0.7 and 0.8 kg DM m(-3) in the 2 years for buffel grass was significantly greater than for the other grasses. Buffel grass showed the highest increase in WUE in both years when the irrigation was reduced from treatment R1 to R3. The results suggest that the desert grasses of the Arabian Peninsula, such as buffel grass, could be useful grass species in reducing the use of scarce irrigation water provided that seed production can be increased.</style></abstract><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ISI:000261123900008</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ISI Document Delivery No.: 375OTTimes Cited: 0Cited Reference Count: 17Cited References: ALSENAFY M, 2004, AGR WATER MANAGE, V64, P1, DOI 10.1016/S0378-3774(03)00195-1 BOER B, 1997, J ARID ENVIRON, V35, P3 BURT RL, 1968, AUSTR J EXPT AGR ANI, V8, P712 GHAZANFAR SA, 1998, VEGETATION ARABIAN P HAMBLIN A, 1987, AUST J AGR RES, V38, P513 HUMPHREYES LR, 1966, QUEENSLAND J AGR ANI, V23, P211 HUMPHREYS LR, 1967, TROP GRASSLANDS, V1, P123 OSMAN AE, 1979, J RANGE MANAGE, V32, P182 OSMAN AE, 1982, EXPT AGR, V18, P157 OSMAN AE, 2005, COLLECTION VALUABLE PEACOCK JM, 2003, J ARID ENVIRON, V54, P15, DOI 10.1006/jare.2001.0895 SHARAF MAM, 2001, J AFR EARTH SCI, V33, P349 SINGH KC, 1997, SILVIPASTORAL SYSTEM, P157 STEEL RGD, 1960, PRINCIPLES PROCEDURE TMANNETJE L, 1992, PLANT RESOURCES S E, P90 YADAV MS, 1997, SILVOPASTORAL SYSTEM, P242 ZAHRAN MA, 1997, REV ECOLOGY DESERT C, P297Osman, A. E. Makawi, M. Ahmed, R.Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) ; International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ; OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)The authors thank J. McCann and M. Almulla for their help with the irrigation system, and A. Nejatian, M. Abdelbasit and M. Osman for producing the figures. Thanks are also due to the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID). Without their generous financial support it would not have been possible to carry out this research.Blackwell publishingOxford</style></notes></record></records></xml>