Festuca apennina – a Future for the ‘Ryegrass of Alpine Pastures’?

Widespread in the Swiss alpine region, Festuca apennina could serve as a fodder plant for higher elevations. It also forms vigorous hybrids with meadow fescue and ryegrass. Does this make it suitable for improvement by breeding?

Swiss Agricultural Research: Festuca apennina – a Future for the ‘Ryegrass of Alpine Pastures’?

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Fodder Plant Breeding

Agroscope breeds fodder plants for grassland-based animal production. This provides Swiss farmers with high-yielding varieties of grasses and clover for cultivation in temporary-ley mixtures.