Breeding material of ART Reckenholz tracing back to Swiss ecotypes as well as material of the variety Aruga.
Mean value of standard varieties Mean
1 = very good; 5 = medium; 9 = very poor
Row trial 1997 (LP9725) with 22 clone progenies from a polycross in 1995.
Mean of 4 experimental sites over 2 years Base material
M0 seed
Yield Scoring scale
Literature Descent
National listing
On the Swiss List of Recommended Varieties of Forage Plants since 2007
Mean ARARA
Results of the official Swiss variety trials 2014-2016
ARARA
Perennial Ryegrass (2n)
Lolium perenne L.
AT Fact Sheet
DUS test conducted at Scharnhorst, BSA (DE), 2004-2006
UPOV No Characteristics State of expression Note
The variety Arara is similarly early heading as the ancient variety Arion.
Arara shows a very strong juvenile growth. The variety is very persistent and well adapted to use at higher altitude.It is thus predestinated for the use in marginalities of fodder cropping.
With the resistance to rust, Arara shows a strong progress compared to the equally diploid variety Arion. As soon as there is seed of Arara on the
market, Arion can be replaced. (Suter et al. 2017) (2n, früh) Situation in Switzerland Situation abroad
Agronomic caracteristics
Description according to UPOV gidelines Things to know
Suter D.,Hirschi H.-U.,Frick R., 2017. Englisches Raigras: neue Sorten für den Schweizer Kunstfutterbau empfohlen.
Agrarforschung Schweiz 8(7), 292-299
Suter D.,Hirschi H.-U.,Frick R.,Aebi P., 2012. Englisches Raigras: 62 Sorten mussten sich bewähren. Agrarforschung Schweiz 3(9), 414-421
5.6 5.9
Yield
3.4 3.5
General impression
2.4 2.7
Juvenile growth
5.4 5.6
Competing ability
4.3 4.5
Persistence
4.7 4.5
Resistance to winter conditions
4.1 3.9
Resistance to leafspots an rust
5.2 5.2
Digestibility of the organic matter
3.0 3.2
Persistence at higher altitudes
3.9 4.0
Index (weighted average of all notes)
Ploidy diploid 2
1
Plant: tendency to form inflorescences
(without vernalization) very strong 9
3
Leaf: color in the year of sowing medium green 5
5
Time of inflorescence emergence (after
vernalization) very early 1
8
Flag leaf: length short to medium 4
10
Flag leaf: width medium 5
11
Plant: length of longest stem including
inflorescence short to medium 4
12
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