Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) is an important forage grass widely grown across the world with many good characteristics including high biomass yield, drought tolerance, and adaptability to a wide range of soil conditions and agro-ecologies.

The Australian Pastures Genebank conserves 19 of the 41 core accessions described by Negawo et al 2020 and published on Genesys at: https://www.genesys-pgr.org/subsets/5dd0cdf4-975c-43cc-a242-84a44af48a12

Reference Negawo et al 2020: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d12030088