Meadow fescue PATRA (ORG) LT-EKO-001

Produced in Lithuania

A mid-early tetraploid meadow fescue for intensive use, suitable for silage production

• Good regrowth
• Persistent
• Winter hardy
• Broad, juicy, dark green leaves and thick, juicy stems, make it particularly suitable for silage production
• Resistant to leaf rust
• Suitable for long-term meadows and pastures in peat and mineral soils

• By a week later than plants of fescue variety Arita
• Plant height – 120-130 cm
• Forms large plants
• Good regrowth
• Persistent
• Winter hardy
• Broad, juicy, dark green leaves
• Thick, juicy stems
• Resistant to leaf rust
• Suitable for long-term meadows and pastures in peat and mineral soils
• Suitable for growing in mixtures with tetraploid red clover
• Good seed yields – 600 kg/ha
• The seeds are large, rough
• 1000 seed weight – 4 g

• Dry mass yield – 4.49 t/ha
• Aftermath dry mass yield – 40.5 % of the total yield
• Winterhardiness – 6.7 points (out of 9.0)

*According to research data in Skriveri (Research Institute of Agriculture in Skriveri), Latvia, 2010-2014.

• The content of green proteins in the mass of the first cut – 11.06 %
• The content of green proteins in the mass of the second cut – 17.13 %
• Relative feed value of the mass of I cut – 102.66**
• Relative feed value of the mass of II cut – 114.41**
• Ash content in DM of I cut – 5.79 %
• Ash content in DM of II cut I – 7.49 %

* According to research data in Skriveri (Research Institute of Agriculture in Skriveri), Latvia, 2010-2011;

**Relative nutritional value: less than 100 – insufficient, over 100 – good; above 124 – very good

The varietal parameters may differ from those indicated here when the testing circumstances differ from quondam