ZORRO
Lolium multiflorum
- Even yield over the year
- Outyielding standard varieties
- Top crude protein yield
- Remarkable rust resistance
Lots of Good Qualities
ZORRO is a tetraploid Italian Ryegrass having excellent qualities like high resistance to rust, very high productivity, resistance to dry periods and erect growth even in times of rainy weather. At the same time the very good results achieved under warm climatic conditions prove ZORRO to have a very good tolerance to drought as well as an efficient use of water. Furthermore the high production is easy to harvest as ZORRO is very resistant to lodging.
High Quality Yield
At 11 trial stations in north Germany, ZORRO showed the highest drymatter yield. In the regrowth there are less stems compared to other varieties.This indicates that ZORRO has a high leaf mass, which secures a high production of a very high quality forage with high digestibility.
Technical Specifications
- Italian ryegrass
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- Listed/recommended in EU DE LU
- Lateness: Intermediate
German results
Source: LBP 1st year results, variety trials Germany.
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Specification and ratings
German results
Source: LBP 1st year results, variety trials Germany.DM rel. | crude protein rel. | crude fibre in % of DM | |
1. | 106 | 110 | 27,0 |
2. | 102 | 96 | 32,8 |
3. | 97 | 105 | 25,9 |
4. | 99 | 104 | 29,3 |
5. | 95 | 99 | 20,6 |
6. | 107 | 105 | 19,4 |
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Italian ryegrass 4n
Tetraploid Italian ryegrass is one of the fastest growing grasses available to farmers. It establishes well and starts growing early in the following spring.