Perennial ryegrass and novel festulolium forage grasses in the tropical highlands of Central Kenya: Preliminary assessment

Two perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) varieties and 5 festulolium hybrids (L. perenne × Festuca spp.) were evaluated on-farm for their performance over one growing season on clay loam soils at Ol-joro-Orok in the central highlands of Kenya at about 2,600‒2,800 masl. Seed was sown in May 2015 and f...

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Main Authors: Solomon Waweru Mwendia, Brigitte Maass, David Njenga, An Notenbaert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical 2019-07-01
Series:Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales
Online Access:http://www.tropicalgrasslands.info/index.php/tgft/article/view/418