Tall fescue often results in poor liveweight gains. This may be accounted for by variations in perloline content, nitrogen content, or digestibility of the plant. Two groups of tall fescue plants were examined for each of these traits. These groups consisted of (a) fifteen single-crosses of a six parent diallel...
Two cultivars of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea
Schreb.) with contrasting growth habits were studied under
field and growth chamber conditions. Fawn, an established
cultivar since 1964, and TFM, an experimental line, were
observed to grow better during spring and fall months
respectively, in the field. Different temperature regimes
of 10/4,...
Three genotypes of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.
cultivar Fawn and four genotypes from the cultivar Fortune were
used as parents to form 15 of a possible 21 single crosses to study
the heritability of certain agronomic characteristics. The Fawn
variety is considered to be tall in growth habit, vigorous...
Estimates of heritability and associations of tiller number,
seed number, seed weight, and seed yield were determined in two
groups of tall fescue. Group E was early maturing and had eight
parental clones, while group I was intermediate in maturity and had
nine parental clones. The parents and five progeny...