Abstract
The genetic gain from breeding of turf varieties of Festuca rubra, Poa pratensis, Lolium perenne was assessed using data from 204 candivars entered into Norwegian/SCANTURF variety (VCU) testing from 1986 to 2007, and 675 varieties entered into the French/GEVES variety testing from 1982 to 2010. Among the three subspecies of Festuca rubra, ssp. litoralis and ssp. rubra showed the strongest improvements in overall turf quality in the Nordic (0.67 % per year) and GEVES programs (0.99 % per year), respectively. The main reasons for these improvements were better winter hardiness and resistance to Microdochium nivale in ssp. litoralis and better persistency associated with higher tiller density in ssp. rubra. For Poa pratensis there was no gain in turf quality in France, but a significant improvement (0.94 % per year) associated with higher density, finer leaves and less height growth in the Nordic program, which, unlike the GEVES trials, included trials at low (10–20 mm) mowing height. Lolium perenne showed significant improvement in both programs and all characters studied, but the progress was smaller for persistency, overall winter hardiness and resistance to red thread than for tiller density, wear tolerance and tolerance to rust.
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We thank Stephane Lassalvy for statistical analyzes of GEVES data.
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Aamlid, T.S., Gensollen, V. (2014). Recent Achievements in Breeding for Turf Quality Under Biotic and Abiotic Stress. In: Sokolović, D., Huyghe, C., Radović, J. (eds) Quantitative Traits Breeding for Multifunctional Grasslands and Turf. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9044-4_29
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