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Fescues

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Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses

Part of the book series: Handbook of Plant Breeding ((HBPB,volume 5))

Abstract

Fescues are very diverse grasses which are important components of natural, permanent, and intensively managed grasslands, lawns, and turfs, and are used for conservation purposes. Fescue (Festuca spp.) species can be divided into two groups; the broad-leaved fescues meadow fescue (F. pratensis Huds.) and tall fescue (F. arundinacea Schreb.), and the fine-leaved fescues. Fine fescues are grouped into Festuca rubra (red fescue) and Festuca ovina (sheep fescue) complexes or aggregates. The F. ovina group includes the hard fescue, sheep fescue, and blue fescues. The genus Festuca L. is distributed mostly in the temperate zones of both hemispheres; most abundant all around the Northern Hemisphere (Jenkin 1959).

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Rognli, O.A., Saha, M.C., Bhamidimarri, S., van der Heijden, S. (2010). Fescues. In: Boller, B., Posselt, U.K., Veronesi, F. (eds) Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses. Handbook of Plant Breeding, vol 5. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0760-8_11

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