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La recherche RAGT
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Forage grass
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Forage grasses at RAGT
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RAGT runs 12 forage grass programmes at 4 sites across Europe.
Breeding takes place on 9 different species :
- Perennial Ryegrass
- Italian Ryegrass
- Hybrid Rye-grass
- Tall Fescue
- Cocksfoot
- Brome
- Lucerne
- Red clover
- White clover
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The main selection criteria for forage grasses are :
- Suitability to the climatic conditions of the major farming regions
- Tolerance to disease
- Ability to produce to a pattern :
flexibility of production and active regrowth
ability to concentrate production in one growth cycle
- Improvement in durability
- Improvement in digestibility
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