Common name: Elephant grass
Scientific name: Cenchrus purpureus
Chinese name: 象草
Taxonomy
Angiosperms/Monocotyledoneae/Gramineae/Cenchrus/Cenchrus purpureus
Overview
Cenchrus purpureus, named for its voracious diet, is a large perennial herbaceous plant of the Gramineae family, native to Asia. Elephant grass is widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics all over the world because of its large biomass, fast growth and strong adaptability. In addition, elephant grass is a potential energy plant because of its advantages in bioenergy.
In addition, elephant grass can be used as an alternative to coal and oil for electricity generation. The energy generated by planting one hectare of elephant grass fuel can replace 36 barrels of oil, and at least 60 tons of elephant grass can be harvested per hectare. Elephant grass root system is very developed, planted in the pond, embankment, can play the role of soil protection embankment. In a word, elephant grass has high yield, good quality, good palatability, long service life, wide use and high economic value. It is one of the good forage plants in tropical and subtropical areas.
Genomic information
Choromsome number : 2n=4X=28
Protein coding genes : 65927
Genes assembled on chromosomes : 63758
Total genome size(Mb) : 1966
Mapped sequence size(Mb) : 1966
Number of scaffolds : 2059
Scaffold n50(Mb) : 1.83
Data sources
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