Original Articles

The relative yield potential of westerwolds and Italian ryegrass cultivars in autumn‐planted pastures and their flowering patterns following spring‐establishment

Published in: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa
Volume 4 , issue 1 , 1987 , pages: 35–39

DOI: 10.1080/02566702.1987.9648066

Author(s): D.C.W. Goodenough Department of Agriculture and Water Supply (Natal Region), , A. Smith Department of Agriculture and Water Supply (Natal Region), , MarieF. Smith Department of Agriculture and Water Supply (Natal Region),

Keywords: Seasonal yield patterns

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Abstract

Herbage yields from autumn‐planted Lolium multiflorum cultivar trials conducted in the Natal Mist Belt indicated that, in general, the Westerwolds ryegrass cultivars had greater yield potential than the Italian ryegrass cultivars during the cold winter months. Conversely, the Italian ryegrass cultivars generally outyielded the Westerwolds ryegrass cultivars during mid‐spring.

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