Suitability of Cichorium intybus cultivars in Panxian County, Guizhou Province

A field experiment was conducted to determine the suitability of chicory (Cichorium intybus) cultivars (Commander, Puna) by measuring the phenophase, forage yield and nutritional ingredient at three points in Panxian County. The results of this study showed that the 2 introduced cultivars performed well at the local environment, indicating that they completed the whole growth cycle with over 75% of winter and summer surviving rate and showed a strongly resistant pest. The forage yield and quality of Commander was higher than that of Puna, indicating that the fresh yield and the dry matter yield of Commander was higher than that of Puna with 14.99% and 19.20%, respectively. This study suggested that the Commander chicory was considered as the high quality and high production forage, which could be extended in the Panxian County, Guizhou Province.