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Avance/Lolium multiflorum westerwoldicum

Westerwold Ryegrass 4n
Fast Establishment and Good Disease Resistance

Rating
PersistenceRust resistenceSpring growthYield

High production
High resistance to diseases
Good forage quality
Fastest production of forage


Production Cycle

AVANCE has a medium to high production of dry matter in the first cut, followed by a high production in the following cuts. Stemformation takes places in the year of sowing.

Resistance to Diseases

AVANCE has a good resistance to diseases like rust, thereby supplying healthy forage.

Forage Qualities

The high leaf/stem ratio of AVANCE provides a highly digestible green material with a high palatability. The resistance to lodging is good, which also secures a clean harvest without soil contamination.

The Use of Avance

AVANCE is used in pure stand or in mixture with italian ryegrass. Also as intercropping between maize, by sowing in late autumn and 1-2 cuts taken in spring before new sowings of maize.

Characteristics

Character1-9
Heading6
Height of plants6
Vigour after establishment6
Drymatter yield in 1.st cut5
Drymatteryield in following cuts6

Source: Off. trials in Germany, 1-9, 9=very late, v. high yield