Meadow fescue MITUVA

A mid-early, high yielding diploid variety of meadow fescue suitable for grazing and hey preparation

• Grows rapidly after cuts or grazing
• Plants are abundant in leaf content
• Good resistance to lodging
• Excellent winter tolerance
• Resistant to mildew and rust
• Suits to the mixtures with other perennial grasses for the establishment of meadows

• Vegetation period – 157 days (counting from January 1 to the first harvest (first half of June, even the end of May)
• Yield of dry matter – 7.94 t/ha
• Dry matter yield potential – 11.13 t/ha
• Yield potential on fertile soils – up to 15 t/ha
• Average seed yield – 0.36 t/ha
• Seed yield potential – 0.7-0.8 t/ha
• Average height of the plants – 65-74 cm
• Plants – abundantly leafy (54.1-63.0 %)
• Resistance to lodging – 7.3 points
• Injury by powdery mildew – 8-15 %
• Injury by rust – 6-12 %
• Winter hardiness – 8.2 points
• It does not form flowering shoots in the year of sowing
• The average height of the inflorescences – 16.2 cm
• The seeds are medium in size
• 1000 seeds weight – 2.20 g
• Protein content in dry matter (DM) – 11.8-14.2 %
• Fiber content in DM – 21.1-22.3 %
• Digestibility – 65.8 %
• Regenerates quickly after cuts or grazing
• Suitable for mixtures with other perennial grasses for establishing long-term pastures and meadows

* Data of variety tests at Plunge and Pasvalys AVT stations, 2003-2005.

In trials of LRCAF IA (LAMMC ŽI) varieties, an average yield of 51.26 t/ha of green mass and 15.69 t/ha of dry matter was obtained from this variety.

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