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In UK agriculture, forage grasses are invariably grown in mixtures composed of different varieties and species. A study was carried out to estimate the contribution of varying amounts of hybrid ryegrass to the performance of a typical silage ley mixture comprising hybrid ryegrass, intermediate flowering perennial ryegrass, and late flowering perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). In a plot experiment, it was established that dry matter yield responded linearly to the percentage hybrid in each harvest year confirming that the hybrid ryegrass had a significant effect on the yield of the mixture even in the third harvest year.
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Lovatt, J.A., Hayes, R., Sanderson, R., Duller, S. (2010). The Contribution of Hybrid Ryegrass (Lolium x hybridum Hausskn) to Dry Matter Yield in Mixtures with Perennial Ryegrass. In: Huyghe, C. (eds) Sustainable use of Genetic Diversity in Forage and Turf Breeding. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8706-5_32
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