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A productive tetraploid festulolium for feed preparation

• Growth type is more like Italian ryegrass than of Meadow fescue
• High dry matter yield
• Good digestibility
• Good seed yield
• Resistance to rust and leaf spots

In order to combine the favourable properties of perennial (English) ryegrass /Italian ryegrass (Lolium) and those of tall fescue/meadow fescue (Festuca) in one variety, these two species were crossed. Depending on the cross-breeding components, the characteristics of perennial (English) ryegrass /Italian ryegrass (forage quality, digestibility) and tall fescue/meadow fescue (resistance to drought, cold) prevail in the created Festulolium variety.

• It is a hybrid of Hybrid ryegrass (Italian ryegrass x perennial (English) ryegrass) and meadow fescue
• Growth type is more like Italian ryegrass than Meadow fescue
• High yield of dry mass
• High dry matter yields for both spring and autumn sowing
• Very low number of inflorescences in the year of sowing
• Good digestibility of grass
• Good seed yield
• Good resistance to rust and leaf diseases
• Can be grown alone or in mixtures
• For cutting

• Green mass yield – 44.73 t/ha
• Dry matter content – 19.39 %
• Dry mass yield - 8.675 t/ha
• Protein content – ​​14.58 %
• Protein yield – 1.265 t/ha
• Digestibility (VEM/kg DM) – 892.80

*Source: Offizielle Sortenversuche Futtergräser. Essais officiels graminées fourragères 2020 data. Sown in 2017, harvest estimated in 2020)

• Green mass yield – 53.32 t/ha
• Dry matter content – 17.91 %
• Dry mass yield - 9.547 t/ha
• Protein content – ​​14.74 %
• Protein yield – 1.407 t/ha
• Digestibility (VEM/kg DM) – 912.26

*Source: Offizielle Sortenversuche Futtergräser. Essais officiels graminées fourragères 2020 data. Sown in 2017, harvest estimated in 2018-2020)

In 2015-2016:

• Dry mass yield – 1.62 kg/m² per year
• Digestibility of organic matter – 78.6 %
• Carbohydrate content in dry matter – 16.4 %
• NDFD – 71.1 %

*Source: BAERT J., LAERE K. VAN, WAES C. VAN, GHESQUIERE A., APER J. Breeding and genetics of two new amphiploid Festulolium synthetics with improved yield and digestibility. BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 64: 789-797, 2020. 789. DOI: 10.32615/bp.2020.138

In dry year 2019:

• Dry mass yield – 1.46 kg/m² per year
• Digestibility of organic matter – 78.7 %
• Carbohydrate content in dry matter – 13.6 %
• NDFD – 77.4 %

*Source: BAERT J., LAERE K. VAN, WAES C. VAN, GHESQUIERE A., APER J. Breeding and genetics of two new amphiploid Festulolium synthetics with improved yield and digestibility. BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 64: 789-797, 2020. 789. DOI: 10.32615/bp.2020.138

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