Festulolium
Naos
Naos is a Fescue Type Festulolium, Tall Fescue x Perennial Ryegrass. A top-yielding variety combined with medium maturity and excellent persistency, but better feeding quality.
Key features
- Tall Fescue x Perennial Ryegrass
- Medium-late maturity
- Excellent forage quality
- Very good winterhardiness
- Excellent grazing tolerance
Segment
Forage
Species
FESTULOLIUM_(FESCUE_TYPE)
Sci. Name
Festulolium
Anther Color
Green
Basal Hairs
Absent
Branch Pubescence
Glabrous
Flag Leaf Length
Long
Flag Leaf Width
Medium to Wide
Growth Habit, Fall
Medium
Leaf Blade Folding
Open
Leaf Blade Margins
Smooth
Leaf Color
Dark Green
Leaf Length
Medium
Leaf Width
Medium
Lemma Length
Medium
Lemma Pubescence
Absent
Lemma Texture
Smooth
Lemma Width
Medium
Maturity
Medium Late
Palea Length
Absent
Palea Pubescence
Absent
Panicle Attitude
Erect
Panicle Color
Green
Panicle Length
Long
Panicle Shape
Ovate
Panicle Type
Intermediate
Pelea Width
Absent
Plant Height
Medium
Ploidy
Hexaploid
Rhizomes - Creeping Habit
Weakly Creeping
Seed Size
Medium
Seed Width
6
Time to Flowering
Medium
Waxy Bloom on Leaf
Absent
Seeding Rate - Mixes (Kg./Hectare)
17-23
Seeding Rate - Mixes (Lbs./Acre)
15-20
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DLF YIELD COMPARISONS |
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Variety |
Year(s) |
Total Yield (kg/ha) |
Yield Index (%) |
Total Cuts |
Number of Station Years |
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Naos |
2019-'24 |
8845.7 |
118 |
45 |
15 |
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Mahulena |
2019-'24 |
7794.1 |
104 |
45 |
15 |
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DLF YIELD COMPARISONS |
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Variety |
Year(s) |
Total Yield (kg/ha) |
Yield Index (%) |
Total Cuts |
Number of Station Years |
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Naos |
2019-'24 |
8845.7 |
118 |
45 |
15 |