坚尼草(Panicum maximum Jacq)为热带多年生牧草,原产非洲,约在30年代引入我国。由于坚尼草不耐寒,并且种子易脱落、产量低,所以生产上极少栽培,只在两广地区有所种植。从1986年起,我们从国内外广泛搜集和引进坚尼草资源,在南京的栽培表明:坚尼草“87332”不仅具有夏季生长快、耐刈割、产量高等优点,而且叶产量高,品质好,并且作一年生栽培,广泛适合于农田和牧场种植,有“夏天的意大利黑麦 Panicum maximum Jacq, a tropical perennial grass native to Africa, was introduced to our country in the 1930s. Kenny grass is not hardy, and the seeds are easy to fall off, yield is low, so the production of very little cultivation, planting only in Guangdong and Guangxi regions. Since 1986, we have extensively collected and introduced Kenny grass resources from home and abroad. The cultivation in Nanjing showed that Kenny grass “87332” not only has the advantages of fast growth in summer, mowing resistance, high yield, high leaf yield and good quality , And for annual cultivation, widely used in farmland and pasture planting, there is "summer Italian rye