Mahulena

Description

Mahulena is a festulolium dressed like a tall fescue. A top-yielding variety combined with early maturity and excellent persistency, but better feeding quality. Mahulena combines faster establishment and the higher forage quality of ryegrass, while maintaining persistency and heat tolerance of tall fescue. It can complement orchardgrass and perennial ryegrass in mixtures, improving yield and summer performance. Mahulena is very suited for hay, silage production and grazing. Due to its early maturity, providse early spring production and allows for stockpiling the fall regrowth after the summer slump. This endophyte-free festulolium best suits a 5 to 6 cut management when combined with alfalfa to maximize yield and forage quality.

Key Features

Tall Fescue x Perennial Ryegrass
Medium early maturity and excellent forage yield
Very good forage quality
Endophyte free
Very good stress tolerance and winterhardiness

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Festulolium 4N types deliver early growth, high yield, and persistence, while 6N types provide excellent forage quality and resilience. Both enhance pastures and hay fields with superior performance.

Ratings

Scale 1-9, where 9 = best or most pronounced

Disease Resistance

6

Maturity

3

Quality

7

Seasonal Growth

7

Spring Growth

7

Stress Tolerance

7

Yield

8

Winter Hardiness

7

General Characteristics

Livestock Alpaca/Llama , Cattle , Goats , Hogs , Horses , Poultry , Sheep

Usage Hay , Silage , Pasture

Botanical Name Festulolium

Ploidy Hexaploid

Segment Forage

Species FESTULOLIUM_(FESCUE_TYPE)

Sci. Name Festulolium

Plant Characteristics

Time to Flowering Early

Lemma Pubescence Absent

Lemma Width Medium

Lemma Length Medium

Lemma Texture Smooth

Palea Length Absent

Palea Pubescence Absent

Panicle Attitude Erect

Panicle Color Green

Panicle Length Long

Panicle Shape Ovate

Anther Color Green

Panicle Type Intermediate

Branch Pubescence Glabrous

Pelea Width Absent

Flag Leaf Length Medium

Auricles Absent

Flag Leaf Width Narrow

Leaf Blade Folding Open

Leaf Blade Margins Smooth

Leaf Color Dark Green

Leaf Length Medium

Leaf Width Medium

Leaf Sheath Colour White

Basal Hairs Absent

Waxy Bloom on Leaf Absent

Emergence (Days) 14

Rhizomes - Creeping Habit Intermediate Creeping

Growth Habit, Fall Semi-Erect

Plant Height Medium

Maturity Medium Early

Winter Hardiness Moderately Resistant

Winter Hardiness 7

Seed Characteristics

Seed Length 6mm

Seed Size Medium

Forage Quality Characteristics

Seeding Information

Approx. Seeds/Lb. 227,000

Approx. Seeds/Kg. 499400

Seeding Rate - Alone/New (Kg./Hectare) 34-45

Seeding Rate - Alone/New (Lbs./Acre) 30-40

Planting Times Spring, Late Summer-Early Fall

Seeding Rate - Mixes (Kg./Hectare) 17-23

Seeding Rate - Mixes (Lbs./Acre) 15-20

Pest and Disease Resistance

Net Blotch Not Tested

Leaf Rust Not Tested

Pink Snow Mold Not Tested

Powdery Mildew Not Tested

Stripe Rust Not Tested

Crown Rust Not Tested

Stem Rust Not Tested

Leaf Spot Not Tested