Profile
VALERIO is an interesting combination of good yield and remarkable persistence. The tetraploid, late perennial ryegrass with an “M”, showing a special suitability for peat soils in the grassland areas, like North Germany. It achieves great total dry matter yields, in particular in the first cut (relative 109 in the North German region).
National listing/Official recommendation:
BE, DK, DE, RU, UK
- highest DM yields, esp. in the first cut
- widely recommended top variety
- healthy, persistent and suitable for peat soils
Suitability
Ploidy | tetraploid | |
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Maturity | late | |
Peat-soil suitability |
Ploidy | tetraploid | |
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Maturity | late | |
Peat-soil suitability |
Yield characteristics
Dry matter yield total |
7
|
high |
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Dry matter yield - 1st cut |
8
|
high to very high |
Dry matter yield - further cuts |
5
|
medium |
Dry matter yield total
7
|
||
Dry matter yield - 1st cut
8
|
||
Dry matter yield - further cuts
5
|
Plant stand development
Early growth development |
6
|
medium to strong |
---|---|---|
Susceptibility to winter damage |
4
|
low to medium |
Tendency to lodging |
6
|
medium to strong |
Persistence |
6
|
medium to high |
Sward density |
5
|
medium |
Early growth development
6
|
||
Susceptibility to winter damage
4
|
||
Tendency to lodging
6
|
||
Persistence
6
|
||
Sward density
5
|
Healthiness
Susceptibility to rust |
4
|
low to medium |
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Susceptibility to rust
4
|
Quality
Inflorescence formation in aftermath |
4
|
low to medium |
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Classification according to the descriptive variety list - Bundessortenamt (federal plant variety office, Germany) 2024 and our own results.
Inflorescence formation in aftermath
4
|
Classification according to the descriptive variety list - Bundessortenamt (federal plant variety office, Germany) 2024 and our own results.