Erosion control
Blanket grass is useful for preventing soil erosion in rubber, oil palm and coconut plantations, and for stabilizing slopes or banks of dams (FAO, 2011; Cook et al., 2005; Manidool, 1992).
Weed potential
Blanket grass may become a weed under favourable conditions such as high rainfall and high temperatures (Ecocrop, 2011; US Forest Service, 2011). In infertile soils and shaded conditions, blanket grass can invade pastures of higher nutritive value containing grasses such as dallis grass (Paspalum dilatatum), Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) or golden millet (Setaria sphacelata) swards (Cook et al., 2005).