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Bio-engineering Vetiver Grass roots
Soil Conservation Disaster Mitigation
Agriculture Water Environment
Soil Conservation Disaster Mitigation
Agriculture Water Environment
What Vetiver can do for you,
the farmer, planner, official, specialist-who-care-for-the-environment
the farmer, planner, official, specialist-who-care-for-the-environment
Vetiver grass?
NO? well, then you ain't heard nothing yet!
by Charl Pienaar
by Charl Pienaar
Let me introduce you to Vetiver, a unique grass species with the princely
formal name of Vetiveria zizanioides L., which could be utilized for various
special on- and off farm applications.
Talk about pedigree: Vetiver is being promoted by the World Bank for soil and water conservation in agricultural lands since 1980's.Vetiver grass forms a simple, effective, natural, vegetative physical barrier (a hedge) consisting of upright, rigid, dense and deeply rooted clump grass.
Vetiver is used in many fields including agriculture, bio-engineering, water related applications, bio-remediation, disaster mitigation and various other uses (handicrafts, purfumes, medicinal purposes,papermaking, bio-fuel, reinforcing bricks and natural pesticide.
Okay, now the pessimists are asking: what is the downside? This being an alien plant, won't it invade and become a weed?
Vetiver is propagated and established vegetative through the breaking of a clump into numerous new small plants. The recommended variety of Vetiver is sterile (non-fertile) and cannot produce viable seed, as is proven by DNA tests.
Contact Charl to receive the rest of the Vetiver article.
Talk about pedigree: Vetiver is being promoted by the World Bank for soil and water conservation in agricultural lands since 1980's.Vetiver grass forms a simple, effective, natural, vegetative physical barrier (a hedge) consisting of upright, rigid, dense and deeply rooted clump grass.
Vetiver is used in many fields including agriculture, bio-engineering, water related applications, bio-remediation, disaster mitigation and various other uses (handicrafts, purfumes, medicinal purposes,papermaking, bio-fuel, reinforcing bricks and natural pesticide.
Okay, now the pessimists are asking: what is the downside? This being an alien plant, won't it invade and become a weed?
Vetiver is propagated and established vegetative through the breaking of a clump into numerous new small plants. The recommended variety of Vetiver is sterile (non-fertile) and cannot produce viable seed, as is proven by DNA tests.
Contact Charl to receive the rest of the Vetiver article.
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