三年的品种比较试验表明，冰草属牧草在乌鲁木齐地区（年降水量２３０ｍｍ左右）不灌水、不施肥的旱作栽培条件下，生长正常，表现良好，其中以萨米特冰草表现最好，无论从产草量、产种量还是营养成分等方面均表现最佳。参试的牧草中产量最高的还有航道冰草及两种沙芦草。 Three years of comparative trials showed that the forage grass in Urumqi region (about 230mm annual precipitation) without irrigating, without fertilizing dry cultivation conditions, the growth of normal, performed well, with the best performance of the Sumite ice grass , No matter from the production of grass, the amount of production or nutrition and other aspects of the best performance. Among the highest yielding forage grasses in trial, there were also fairway ice grass and two savannahs.