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Some Characteristics of Perennial and Annual Ryegrass × Tall Fescue Hybrids and of the Amphidiploid Progenies of Annual Ryegrass × Tall Fescue 1
Author(s) -
Buckner Robert C.,
Hill Helen D.,
Burrus Paul B.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1961.0011183x000100010022x
Subject(s) - perennial plant , geneticist , crop , hybrid , biology , agronomy , genetics
TNTERGENERIC hybridization of both annual (Lolium •*• multifiomm L.) and perennial (Lolium perenne L.) ryegrass with tall fescue (Festuca amndinacea Schreb.) is being employed at the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station in an effort to improve the palatability and nutritive value of tall fescue. Tall fescue is a productive pasture grass that is widely adapted to the soils and climate of the southeastern United States. It is regarded, however, as relatively low in palatability and nutritive value. On the other hand, perennial and annual ryegrasses are highly nutritious and palatable, but are essentially annual in the southeastern United States. Numerous investigators (2, 4, 8, 10) have succeeded in producing hybrids between Lolium spp. and Festuca spp. but no improved varieties have resulted.