Potenzialità di specie erbacee autoctone non convenzionali per usi produttivi e multipli

During the last twenty years, a main research topic of CNR-ISPAAM in Sassari has been the identification of native species from natural pasturelands that could be useful as forages and their characterization for introduction into cropping systems. More recent1y, our interest was focused on native species evaluation for multi purpose utilizations, considering the environmental aspects, related to the rehabilitaion and conservation issues deriving from such aspects as overgrazing, fires, environmental impacts due to human activities, land desertion in marginal areas. A series of species, belonging to the more traditional Leguminosae and Graminaceae, and also more unusual species such as Compositae and Geraniaceae have been isolated from the local flora and characterised for bioagronomic traits useful for fodder and multipurpose uses in Mediterranean environment. A few of such species are reported here.