Late varieties (Pandora, Pastoral, Elgon) and a tetraploid ecotype from the Les Barges region crossed with tetraploid material from Agroscope.
Mean value of standard varieties Mean
1 = very good; 5 = medium; 9 = very poor
Row trial 2008 (LP0886) with seed harvest on 9 clone progenies from a polycross with 12 clones.
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 2019
Mean BELLATOR
Results of the official Swiss variety trials 2014-2016
BELLATOR
Perennial Ryegrass (4n)
Lolium perenne L.
DE (Representative: Freudenberger, Krefeld) Fact Sheet
Persistant performance
DUS test conducted at Scharnhorst, BSA (DE), 2015-2017
UPOV No Characteristics State of expression Note
Bellator convinced with the best performance in the official Swiss variety test 2014-2016 and, thus, sets new standards in the late-maturing, tetraploid range. The variety convinces with a good performance in all traits and delivers persistent high yields.
(Suter et al. 2017) (4n, spät) Situation in Switzerland Situation abroad
Agronomic caracteristics
Description according to UPOV gidelines Things to know
Kempf K.,Schubiger F.-X.,Tanner P.,Grieder C., 2020. Mehr Gene, mehr Leistung: die neuen Englisch-Raigras-Sorten von Agroscope. Agrarforschung Schweiz 11(1), 1-8
Suter D.,Hirschi H.-U.,Frick R., 2017. Englisches Raigras: neue Sorten für den Schweizer Kunstfutterbau empfohlen.
Agrarforschung Schweiz 8(7), 292-299
3.1 4.9
Yield
3.1 3.5
General impression
1.9 2.6
Juvenile growth
5.5 5.7
Competing ability
4.2 4.6
Persistence
4.4 4.7
Resistance to winter conditions
2.6 3.8
Resistance to leafspots an rust
5.3 5.0
Digestibility of the organic matter
2.8 3.2
Persistence at higher altitudes
3.7 4.3
Index (weighted average of all notes)
Ploidy tetraploid 4
1
Plant: vegetative growth habit (without vernalization)
intermediate to semi- prostrate
6 2
Leaf: intensity of green color medium 5
5
Plant: tendency to form inflorescences (without vernalization)
absent or very weak 1 10
Time of inflorescence emergence (after vernalization)
medium 5
11
Flag leaf: length medium to long 6
14
Flag leaf: width broad 7
15
Publisher: Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich
In Collaboration with: Delley Seeds and Plants Ltd (DSP), 1567 Delley Authors: Christoph Grieder and Peter Tanner, Agroscope
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