Ryegrass pasture
Lolium Perenne L.
Guslyar
- Originator:
- RUE "Scientific and Practical Center of the NAS of Belarus for Arable Farming"
- Cultivation districts:
- Northern (1), Northwest (2), Central (3), Volga-Vyatka (4), Central Black Earth (5), North Caucasian (6), Middle Volga (7), Lower Volga (8), Ural (9), West Siberian (10), East Siberian (11), Far East (12)
- Yield:
- dry matter — 5.5–6.1 t/ha
- For lawn use
Grow features
It has high winter hardiness, grows well after mowing in mixed herbage. The optimal mowing height is 5 cm when the herbage reaches a height of 12 to 15 cm. The stems are oval, 60-105 cm high; there is no pubescence; the colour is dark brownish-green. Bushiness is strong. Foliage is high – 87%. The size of the leaves is 16 to 24 cm, linear in shape no pubescence, dark green in colour. The inflorescence is an ear; the length of the inflorescence is 21 to 24 cm, the colour is green. Spikelets are green, oval. Seeds are of medium size, 5 to 6 mm long, grayish in colour. Root system is powerful.