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Table 5 Pairwise comparison for fodder grasses having similar RFC

From: Ethnobotanical studies of fodder grass resources for ruminant animals, based on the traditional knowledge of indigenous communities in Central Punjab Pakistan

Fodder grasses

Total gained % points

Rank

GROUP A (RFC =0.664)

  Bothiochloa Bladhi

87.5

1st

  Dicanthium annulatum

85.5

2nd

  Setaria Viridis

84.5

3rd

  Eleusine indica

84

4th

GROUP B (RFC =0.554)

  Setaria pumila

87

1st

  Agrostis gigantea

79

2nd

GROUP B (RFC = 0.518)

  Dactyloctenium aegyptium

89.2

1st

  Chrysopogon aucheri

88

2nd

  Chrysopogon zizanioides

86

3rd

  Saccharum bengalense

80

4th

  Sorghum bicolor

79.6

5th

GROUP C (RFC = 0.474)

  Phalaris minor

92.6

1st

  Saccharum spontaneum

90.6

2nd

  Desmostachya bipinnata

87.3

3rd

GROUP D (RFC = 0.379)

  Echinochloa colona

59

1st

  Cenchrus biflorus

55

2nd

  Eragrostis pilosa

54

3rd

GROUP D (RFC = 0.372)

  Brachiaria ramosa

36

1st

  Avena sativa

35.3

2nd

  Poa annua

34.6

3rd

GROUP D (RFC = 0.35)

  Echinochloa crus-galli

31.3

1st

  Eragrostis japonica

30

2nd

GROUP E (RFCs = 0.255)

  Cenchrus setiger

27

1st

  Ottochloa compressa

29

2nd

GROUP E (RFC = 0.24)

  Dactylis glomerata

30

1st

  Lolium temulentum

29.3

2nd

  Leptochloa panicea

27.3

3rd