Cultivation

Forage use — Dactylis glomerata

Dactylis glomerata L.

Dactylis glomerata is an early-maturing, loose-bunchgrass with high regrowth intensity, allowing for up to 5 cuts per season with a crude protein content of up to 25%. The crop is characterized by high competitiveness, longevity in sward, and superiority over other grasses in drought tolerance.

In the reference 130 varieties crop Cocksfoot, where this is mentioned in the description.

Dactylis glomerata is a tall-growing grass that begins vegetation in early spring and is capable of maintaining productivity for 8–10 years. Due to the intensive development of the root system, where each shoot forms 8–14 robust roots, the crop efficiently absorbs water and nutrients, ensuring high yields of green mass.

High nutritional value and good palatability for livestock are achieved only when harvested before the heading stage. If allowed to overgrow, forage quality declines sharply. The crop is extremely aggressive towards other species in the sward, tolerates flooding poorly, and thins out under unfavorable overwintering conditions.

General information about the subject — on the page Forage purpose.

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Varieties of Cocksfoot mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Vasylynka

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Dactylis glomerata L. · Cocksfoot

Sliusar Serhii Mykolaiovych, Bateruk Mykola Mykolaiovych, Serdiuk Mykola Arsentiiovych, Serdiuk Oleksandr Mykolaiovych, Radchenko Tetiana Vasylivna,

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Marichka

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Dactylis glomerata L. · Cocksfoot

Buhaiov Vasyl Dmytrovych, Baistruk-Hlodan Lesia Zinoviivna, Harmych Dariia IUriivna, Ruzhylo Bohdan Petrovych, Konyk Hryhorii Stanislavovych, Khom"iak Mariia Mykhailivna,

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