Seed yield in ryegrass (Lolium spp.) is the
product of the number of fertile tillers per unit area
and seed weight per spike at maturity. These
components of yield develop through a series of growth
stages beginning with tiller bud initiation and
finishing with seed filling. Environmental conditions
during plant...
Studies were conducted to determine the effectiveness of a
biological pollen barrier of rye, Secale cereale, in preventing out-crossing between Lolium multiflorum genotypes in each of the 300
crossing blocks established in this experiment.
Fluorescent tests of seeds of open-pollinated and single-crossed progeny of four annual ryegrass sources were used...
This study was conducted to investigate the production and processing technology of common ryegrass screenings and to determine
the nutritive value of these screenings for sheep. The animal response
to them was assessed when the sheep were fed on the screenings
alone and in combination with other feedstuffs.
Four in...
A series of in vitro laboratory trials and in vivo
sheep digestion trials were used to evaluate aerobically
or anaerobically fermented perennial ryegrass straw.
The laboratory trials consisted of a silage study, where
mini-silos were used in a 9 X 2 factorial design with
nine levels of whey (0 to...