Open AccessSHORT-ROTATION RYEGRASS
Author(s) -
L. Corkill
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1953.15.998
Subject(s) - perennial plant , palatability , stock (firearms) , agronomy , spring (device) , compromise , biology , geography , engineering , political science , mechanical engineering , food science , archaeology , law
Short-rotation ryegrass (or Hl as it is still commonly called) was produced by the Grasslands Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research with the idea of combining the good features of Italian and perennial ryegrass-from Italian, rapid establishment, high winter and early spring production, and good palatability; from perennial, relative permanence. It is, in fact, a fair compromise between these two species. It resembles more closely its Italian parent than its perennial. It establishes rapidly, is very palatable to stock, grows vigorously in the winter and early spring, and is relatively low producing in the late summer and early autumn, but is longer lived than Italian.