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Tower/Festuca arundinacea

Tall fescue - late heading
Impressive yield and wide disease resistance

Rating
LatenessSoftness of leavesPersistencyYield

Yielding throughout the season
Excellent disease tolerance
High lodging resistance
Early growth start with wide spring window


Early growth start and wide spring window

TOWER is ranked as one of the latest heading tall fescues with +3 or +4 days compared to the standards.

Outstanding disease resistance

TOWER has shown excellent disease resistance to all common diseases: crown rust, stem rust, leaf-spot, virus. This is an extra insurance to maintain high forage quality, palatability and persistency.

Breathtaking yield capacity

After an early start in spring TOWER continues growth all the season. +8% compared to standards - a true genetic progress.

Soft leaves

The improved softness level of the leaves does not compromise the rusticity of TOWER and allows excellent palatability.


Relative DM yield

Source : GEVES (off. results France)


Disease resistance - 1 to 9. 9 = resistant

TowerDulciaBarolex
Various dis.6,15,74,6
Crown rust75,84,3
Stem rust8,37,66,3
Various rusts7,66,75,3
Drecslera leafspot7,57,97,3
Virus86,32,3

Source: GEVES (off. results France)