Table 1. Mean dry matter (DM) yields (t ha-1) ‡ of Napier grass
cultivars at Kitale, Kenya.
Growing season
Cultivar 2001 2002 Mean
Clone 13 12.2 25.0 18.6
Kakamega 1 13.2 23.5 18.3
French Cameroon 12.4 20.0 16.2
Bana 10.3 22.1 16.2
Kakamega 3 12.5 19.4 16.0
Uganda L 14 11.8 16.8 14.7
Machakos hairless 8.6 17.4 14.6
Soghor Nandi L 13 8.6 16.6 12.6
Kitui L 7 6.9 13.9 10.4
Ex-Mariakani 8.2 11.9 10.0
Kakamega 8 7.7 8.0 7.5
Pakistan hybrid 7.1 7.5 7.5
Mean 10.0 16.8 13.5
LSD 4.31 7.33 3.25
CV 24.8 25.7 20.1
‡ Yields are means of three cuts for 2001 season and 6 cuts for 2002.in each plot. Leaf colour, hairiness and roughness were also
assessed using scores from the same plants. The scores for
hairiness were 0 = no hair, 1 = sparse and 2 = dense and those for
roughness were 0 = smooth, 1 = rough and 2 = very rough. The