Potential pasture production in the uplands of Wales. 6. The relative performance of sown species
Only a very limited number of species, including red fescue (Festuca rubra) , perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne) , timothy (Phleum protense) and white clover (Trifolium repens) are considered as suitable for wet hill land. Detailed comparison of red fescue, perennial ryegrass and timothy on contra...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Grass and forage science 1984-01, Vol.39 (3), p.229-238 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Only a very limited number of species, including red fescue
(Festuca rubra)
, perennial ryegrass (
Lolium perenne)
, timothy
(Phleum protense)
and white clover
(Trifolium repens)
are considered as suitable for wet hill land. Detailed comparison of red fescue, perennial ryegrass and timothy on contrasting acid brown earth and stagnogley soils from 1966 to 1969 at Pant‐y‐dŵr Hill Centre (305 m OD) highlighted the advantages of red fescue in annual DM production and its more even distribution over a longer growing season but also indicated drawbacks of slow initial establishment and lower feed quality.
In vitro
DOMD of red fescue averaged 645 g kg
−1
over the year compared with 690 g kg
−1
for perennial ryegrass and timothy. Assessment of a narrow range of species under surface seeding conditions on a stagnogley soil from 1971 to 1975 confirmed the value of red fescue in DM production and persistence. The results are discussed in relation to the characteristics required in herbage species for hill land improvement. |
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ISSN: | 0142-5242 1365-2494 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1984.tb01687.x |