Abstract
Differences of growth of 29 main tropical pasture grasses under low (20/15℃ day and night) or high (30/25℃) temperature conditions were investigated. Kikuyugrass (Pennisetum clandestinum), dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum), setaria (Setaria sphacelata) and bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) showed good growth under low temperature condition and followed by Rhodesgrass (Chloris gayana), Guineagrass (Panicum maximum, Gatton), Paspalum plicatulum and Hyparrhenia hirta. Red-oat grass (Themeda triandra), speargrass (Heteropogon contortus), buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris), jaraguagrass (Hyparrhenia rufa), coloured Guineagrass (Panicum coloratum), Kishusuzumenohie (Paspalum distichum), little bluestem (Andropogon scoparius) and side-oats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) showed good growth under high temperature condition.
