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Forage potential of Festulolium

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn.

Festulolium is an intergeneric hybrid of fescue and ryegrass, combining the high nutritional value and regrowth rate of ryegrass with the winter hardiness and longevity of fescue.

In the reference 36 varieties crop Festulolium, where this is mentioned in the description.

Festulolium breeding is aimed at creating a crop that exceeds parental species in forage base stability. From ryegrass, the hybrid inherited a high sugar content, metabolizable energy, vigorous growth, and good palatability, while from fescue it gained resistance to stress factors, including drought, waterlogging, and trampling, ensuring a productive stand life of 5 to 7 years.

An important agronomic feature of the crop is a reduced tendency to form reproductive shoots in subsequent cuts after the first, which allows maintaining the nutritional quality of green mass throughout the season. Depending on the dominance of parental genes, two types of hybrids are distinguished: the 'ryegrass' type with higher forage quality and the 'fescue' type with increased dry matter yield and adaptability to difficult growing conditions.

The crop is versatile and suitable for multiple pasture grazing, as well as for hay and haylage harvesting. Festulolium is highly responsive to nitrogen fertilization and irrigation, which allows it to be used as a high-yielding alternative to pure ryegrass or fescue stands in regions with unfavorable climatic conditions.

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

Sources8

Varieties of Festulolium 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.

Perun

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

Slechtitelska stanice Hladke

CZ DE EE HR LT LU +2
24 records

Lofa

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

SS Hladkè Zivotico S.R.O.

CZ EE HR RO SK
16 records

Felina

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

DLF Seeds A/S, 4000 Roskilde

CZ EE FI LT LV SK
16 records

Fedoro

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

STELLING DIETER

DE LU UA
11 records

Mahulena

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

DLF-Seeds A/S

AT CZ DE PL
9 records

Kubicek

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

DLF Seeds A-S, DK

CZ DK FR
7 records

Bečva

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

SLECHTITELSKA STANICE HLADKE' ZIVOTICE S.R.O.

CZ DK IT SK
9 records

Seginus

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

DLF Seeds A/S

CZ DE DK NL
8 records

Merlin

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

INIA-La Estanzuela

SI
6 records

AberNiche

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

VANDINTER SEMO B.V.

AT NL
9 records

Lukida

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

DLF Seeds A/S

CZ NL PL
8 records

Hopej

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

DLF Seeds A/S

CZ SK
7 records

Hyperon

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

DLF Seeds A/S

CZ SK
6 records

Revolution

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

Cropmark Seeds

IT
6 records

Betria

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

DLF Seeds A/S

CZ DK
7 records

Sulino

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

HODOWLA ROSLIN SZELEJEWO- DR. WOJEICH MIKULSKI

BE PL
5 records

Vėtra

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

S. Nekrosas, A. Sliesaravicius,

LT UA
4 records

Rebab

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

DLF Trifolium A-S, DK

CZ FR
5 records

Punia DS

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

R.Dapkiene, S. Nekrosas, A. Sliesaravicius,

LT UA
4 records

Korina

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

CZ RO SK
5 records

Felovia

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

EE
4 records

Agula

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

DANKO Hodowla Roślin sp. z o.o. \Instytut Genetyki Roślin Polskiej Akademii Nauk

PL
4 records

Gira

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

DLF SEEDS A/S

CZ DK
4 records

Festum

Active

x Festulolium Aschers. et Graebn. · Festulolium

CENTRO DI RICERCA MIGLIORAMENTO GENETICO PIANTE AGRARIE S.R.L. C.M.G.P.A.

IT
3 records