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Environmental Risk Assessment of Exotic Pennisetum hydridum as a Biofuel and Forage Crop
  
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KeyWord:Pennisetum hydridum; exotic plants; environmental risk; management measure
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ZHENG Hai Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics,Ministry of Agriculture of China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Key Laboratory of Agroecology and Rural Environment of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Institutions, Guangzhou 510642, China 
YI Zi-cheng Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics,Ministry of Agriculture of China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Key Laboratory of Agroecology and Rural Environment of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Institutions, Guangzhou 510642, China 
LI Qiao-wen Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics,Ministry of Agriculture of China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Key Laboratory of Agroecology and Rural Environment of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Institutions, Guangzhou 510642, China 
LUO Shi-ming Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics,Ministry of Agriculture of China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Key Laboratory of Agroecology and Rural Environment of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Institutions, Guangzhou 510642, China 
LI Jin-kai Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics,Ministry of Agriculture of China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Key Laboratory of Agroecology and Rural Environment of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Institutions, Guangzhou 510642, China 
LI Hua-shou Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics,Ministry of Agriculture of China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Key Laboratory of Agroecology and Rural Environment of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Institutions, Guangzhou 510642, China 
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Abstract:
      Hybrid Giant Napier(Pennisetum hydridum) was hybridized from elephant grass and African Pennisetum. It is an exotic multipurpose crop with high photosynthetic efficiency and strong drought-resistance, and has been used as an energy and forage grass. However, there is little information available about its eco-environmental risks. In this paper, environmental risks of Pennisetum were assessed by comparing Pennisetum with typical local weeds and invasive plants, based on literature analysis and planting onsite survey. The results showed that Pennisetum did have the ecological characteristics of invasive plants with invasion risk score of 23.5(by introduction-type evaluation system) and 27.5(by existence-type evaluation system). Our results suggest that Pennisetum is little dangerous and an acceptable species to be introduced in tropical area.