Festuca Arundinacea  is one of the most valuable fodder plants, successfully grown in România. Festuca Arundinacea crop quality depends on the quality of seeds, therefore vigour tests are essential, as they describe the behaviour of seeds under various growth conditions. The paper aims at assessing the quality of Festuca Arundinacea seeds and the efficiency of the methods to determine them. The biological material used consisted of Festuca Arundinacea seeds, Palma variety, stored in uncontrolled conditions, one year after harvest. The present paper assesses several seed parameters: total germination, normal seedlings, abnormal seedlings, dead seeds, seed weight, as well as the appearance of normal seedlings ( after 7 to 14 days) through three laboratory methods : BP (between paper) test ( V1, V2, V3, V4), sand S test (V5) and top of paper TP test (V6). Seed germination percentage for Palma variety ranged from 74% (V4) to 79% (V1 and V6). Low germination is especially caused by the large number of dead seeds, the main cause being the improper storage conditions. According to the results of this experiment, cluster analysis showed the efficiency of the BP test, without pre-cooling, and of TP test, in emphasizing the quality characteristics of Festuca arundinacea  seeds, Palma variety. Sand test S, which is actually the hardest to run, is less suitable for this research.
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