Publication Date
1989
Description
Material from Mediterranean latitudes has been used in New Zealand breeding programmes to improve cool season growth potential (Barclay, 1960; Rumball, 1982). To augment the material available for use in breeding programmes in New Zealand, Spain and France, seed was collected from old pasture in south Spain, coastal and inland Portugal, northwest Spain, central and north Italy (Forde and Easton, 1986). This paper gives results of 68 field collected samples of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) from the above regions grown in New Zealand in comparison with control cultivars and for 94 samples from northwest Spain grown in France and Galicia.
Citation
Easton, H S.; Charmet, G; Forde, M B.; Oliveira, J A.; Widdup, K H.; Cooper, E M.; Bion, A; and Balfourier, F, "Perennial Ryegrass from Temperate South Europe" (2025). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 51.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1989/session3/51
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Perennial Ryegrass from Temperate South Europe
Material from Mediterranean latitudes has been used in New Zealand breeding programmes to improve cool season growth potential (Barclay, 1960; Rumball, 1982). To augment the material available for use in breeding programmes in New Zealand, Spain and France, seed was collected from old pasture in south Spain, coastal and inland Portugal, northwest Spain, central and north Italy (Forde and Easton, 1986). This paper gives results of 68 field collected samples of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) from the above regions grown in New Zealand in comparison with control cultivars and for 94 samples from northwest Spain grown in France and Galicia.
