RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE RYEGRASSES

Abstract

Of the grasses used in sowing down pastures in New Zealand, those of the genus Lolium (the ryegrasses) are the most widely used, as one or other of them forms the basis of practically all seed mixtures. The characteristics of the ryegrass species and strains available to the farmer to-day are, in some respects, very different from those of strains available twenty years ago. So that a comparison between those and the present pedigree strains may be made, I shall deal briefly with the changes that have taken place over this period.