Profile
This diploid Hybrid ryegrass is one of the highest yielding grasses in the first and second harvest year. An excellent early spring growth and a good resistance to Rhynchosporium are other remarkable characteristics of PIROL. In the 2024/25 recommendation of England & Wales, PIROL convinces with an outstanding early youth development of rel. 115 (% of 1.55t DM/ha).
National listing/Official recommendation:
DE, LU, UK
- high yield performance
- excellent youth development
- type Italian ryegrass
Suitability
Ploidy | diploid | |
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Maturity | early to inter |
Ploidy | diploid | |
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Maturity | early to inter |
Yield characteristics
Dry matter yield total |
6
|
medium to high |
---|---|---|
Dry matter yield - 1st cut |
5
|
medium |
Dry matter yield - further cuts |
6
|
medium to high |
Dry matter yield total
6
|
||
Dry matter yield - 1st cut
5
|
||
Dry matter yield - further cuts
6
|
Plant stand development
Early growth development |
6
|
medium to strong |
---|---|---|
Susceptibility to winter damage |
6
|
medium to strong |
Tendency to lodging |
5
|
medium |
Persistence |
6
|
medium to high |
Sward density |
4
|
loose to medium |
Early growth development
6
|
||
Susceptibility to winter damage
6
|
||
Tendency to lodging
5
|
||
Persistence
6
|
||
Sward density
4
|
Healthiness
Susceptibility to rust |
5
|
medium |
---|
Susceptibility to rust
5
|
Quality
Inflorescence formation in aftermath |
7
|
strong |
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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
7
|
Classification according to the descriptive variety list - Bundessortenamt (federal plant variety office, Germany) 2024 and our own results.