scholarly journals CONTRIBUTION OF THE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF TALL FESCUE (Festuca arundinacea SCHREB.) IN ARGENTINA: SYNTHESIS OF ACHIEVEMENTS AND ADVANCES

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (Issue 2) ◽  
pp. 8-12
Author(s):  
P. Rimieri
Keyword(s):  
Plant Breeding ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Tall Fescue ◽  
Festuca Arundinacea ◽  
Genetic Improvement ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Temperate Region ◽  
Forage Species ◽  
Synthetic Cultivars

Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) is represented in Argentina by adapted populations of the continental morphotype, which are long persistent. It is the main perennial forage species cultivated in the temperate region of the country, producing forage for extensive grazing. The development of fescue plant breeding and its contribution to the achievement of higher productivity and better nutritional value with modern synthetic cultivars was the aim of this project. The characters considered were: adaptation and persistence in adverse environments, digestibility, leaf softness and tolerance to rust. The most representative cultivars of the stages and selection criteria considered in this work were: Pergamino El Palenque MAG, Palenque Plus INTA, Brava INTA, Baguala and Luján INTA. Key words: tall fescue, plant breeding, cultivars, germplasm.

Factors affecting the nutritional value of canola meal: A review

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 689-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Plant Breeding ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Canola Meal ◽  
Nutritional Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Available Energy ◽  
Potential Impact

In this review canola meal (CM), its nutritionally significant components and the availability of its nutrients to poultry, pigs and cattle were discussed. Avenues for possible improvement in available energy, protein and lysine were identified. Recent findings on glucosinolates were also discussed with the conclusion that a further reduction of glucosinolates through plant breeding is both possible and desirable. The role of the anti-nutrients sinapine, tannins and phytic acid were also considered. The potential impact of improvements to CM on its economic value was examined using linear program least-cost ration formulations applied to typical market situations. Key words: Canola meal, energy, protein, carbohydrates, anti-nutritional factors, economics

Nutritional Value and Voluntary Intake of Tall Fescue (Festuca Arundinacea Schreb.) Fed to Sheep

1983 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 1383-1391 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. P. Bagley ◽  
J. P. Fontenot ◽  
R. E. Blaser ◽  
K. E. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Tall Fescue ◽  
Festuca Arundinacea ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Voluntary Intake

AC Graze tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.)

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 843-844
Author(s):  
A. R. McElroy
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Tall Fescue ◽  
Festuca Arundinacea ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Mass Selection ◽  
Forage Crop ◽  
Plant Research ◽  
Forage Type ◽  
Selection For

AC Graze, tested as Syn-A, is a late-maturing forage-type tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) cultivar. It was developed by mass selection for vigor, persistence, leafiness and uniform maturity at the Plant Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa. AC Graze yielded 105.3% of the test mean (seven cultivar, six station years) in Ontario Forage Crop Committee trials. Key words: Tall fescue, Festuca arundinacea Schreb.

Grass leaf blade development: Modification of the source

1999 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Brégard ◽  
G. Allard
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Tall Fescue ◽  
Leaf Development ◽  
Festuca Arundinacea ◽  
Leaf Blade ◽  
Compensation Point ◽  
Carbon Availability ◽  
Mature Leaves ◽  
And Control

Developing leaf blades of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) were subjected to three treatments that modify their source capacity: (1) emerged tips cut daily, (2) grown in darkness or (3) grown at the CO2 compensation point. Treated and control leaves developed similarly but treated leaves senesced rapidly at the leaf tip. Reduction of carbon availability in developing tall fescue leaf blades seems not to penalize normal blade development but does reduce the lifespan of mature leaves. Key words: Source, leaf development, tall fescue

Tall fescue or creeping foxtail suppresses foxtail barley

2002 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Moyer ◽  
A. L. Boswall
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Tall Fescue ◽  
Festuca Arundinacea ◽  
Dactylis Glomerata ◽  
Weed Suppression ◽  
Grass Species ◽  
Agropyron Smithii ◽  
Western Wheatgrass ◽  
Hordeum Jubatum ◽  
Dactylis Glomerata L

Foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum L.) is a troublesome weed in irrigated pastures. Several grass species seeded on two irrigated pastures at Lethbridge to test their ability to compete with foxtail barley. Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) and creeping foxtail (Alopecurus arundinaceus Poir) reduced foxtail barley groundcover significantly compared to orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.), pubescent wheatgrass (Agropyron trichophorum (Link) Richt.) and western wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii Rydb.); therefore, seeding of these grasses in areas subject to foxtail barley invasion should be encouraged. Key words: Foxtail barley, tall fescue, creeping foxtail, wet soils, salinity, weed suppression

scholarly journals Breeding tall fescue for establishment vigour

1993 ◽  
pp. 151-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.S. Easton ◽  
C.G. Pennell
Keyword(s):  
Plant Breeding ◽  
Perennial Ryegrass ◽  
Tall Fescue ◽  
Festuca Arundinacea ◽  
Water Regime ◽  
Breeding Line ◽  
Breeding Method ◽  
The Past ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
Nursery Box

Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) has been shown to have great potential to supply quality forage through the summer in environments where the water regime limits performance of perennial ryegrass (Loliumperenne L.). The use of tall fescue seed in NZ has risen from almost none 15 years ago to about 200 tonnes today. However the further use of tall fescue is limited by the difficulty some farmers have in establishing it, particularly when performance is compared with perennial ryegrass. Experience is generally that the widely used imported cultivar AU Triumph establishes more vigorously than the NZ cultivar Grasslands Roa. Tall fescue breeding at AgResearch Grasslands has in the past 10 years concentrated on improving the vigour at establishment, while maintaining the excellent standard of forage quality achieved with Roa. Data are presented indicating substantial progress, with breeding line families outperforming all control cultivars. However, further data suggest a strong effect of conditions of seed ripening and harvest on the vigour of seed when sown. Data comparing different field multiplications and comparing breeding families harvested in the field and in the glasshouse confirm this. Field sowings and more controlled nursery box experiments are described. The paper discusses implications for plant breeding method and for seed production

scholarly journals Tall fescue and chicory for increased summer forage production

1998 ◽  
pp. 249-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.D. Rollo ◽  
G.W. Sheath ◽  
M.W.A. Slay ◽  
T.L. Knight ◽  
T.G. Judd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Tall Fescue ◽  
Festuca Arundinacea ◽  
Moisture Stress ◽  
Summer Drought ◽  
Forage Production ◽  
Potential Production ◽  
Forage Species ◽  
Establishment Potential ◽  
Very High

Production of summer forage is an important consideration in environments prone to extremes of heat or moisture stress. Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) and chicory (Cichorum intybus) are two forage species with the potential to overcome the production shortfalls of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) in such environments. Trials from three New Zealand regions prone to summer drought (Taranaki, Hawke's Bay and Canterbury) were used to compare production of tall fescue and chicory with production from resident ryegrass. Consistent production advantages from tall fescue and chicory were evident in the two years after establishment. Potential production advantages can disappear in subsequent years when summer moisture levels are very high or very low, or temperatures extremely high. Moderate moisture levels in summer, indicated by moderate ryegrass production, gave the biggest relative summer production advantages to tall fescue. Keywords: chicory, dryland, forage production, ryegrass, tall fescue

Isolation and identification of plant growth-promoting bacteria associated with tall fescue

2009 ◽  
pp. 211-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Monk ◽  
E. Gerard ◽  
S. Young ◽  
K. Widdup ◽  
M. O'Callaghan
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Tall Fescue ◽  
Festuca Arundinacea ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria ◽  
Beneficial Bacteria ◽  
Isolation And Identification ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting ◽  
Growth Promoting

Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) is a useful alternative to ryegrass in New Zealand pasture but it is slow to establish. Naturally occurring beneficial bacteria in the rhizosphere can improve plant growth and health through a variety of direct and indirect mechanisms. Keywords: rhizosphere, endorhiza, auxin, siderophore, P-solubilisation

THE PERFORMANCE OF S170 TALL FESCUE IN CANTERBURY

1974 ◽  
pp. 214-215
Author(s):  
B.R. Watkin
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
White Clover ◽  
Tall Fescue ◽  
Trifolium Repens ◽  
Festuca Arundinacea ◽  
Sheep Grazing ◽  
Selection Of

AN Aberystwyth selection of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.), known as S170, was sown with certified New Zealand white clover (Trifolium repens) and re' clover (T. pratense) and compared under sheep grazing with other grass/clover pastures at the Grasslands Division Regional Station at Lincoln (Watkin, 1975) .

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