SOME OBSERVATIONS ON SHORT-ROTATION RYEGRASS

Abstract

In 1943 a new ryegrass appeared on the New Zealand market, known first as Hl, but later as short rotation ryegrass. This new grass was a hybrid produced by the Grasslands Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, and combined some of the more valuable features of its parents Italian and perennial ryegrass. Since that time the grass has been tried over a wide range of soils and clima.te with varying management and utilisation, so that the picture of its sphere of usefulness is now fairly clear. The characteristics of the grass as first produced are as follows