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2021 Technical Data

VARIETY DESCRIPTION VARIETY DESCRIPTION

Botanical Name:Ploidy:Pollination:Plant - Spring Growth Habit:Plant - Fall Growth Habit:Plant Height:Winter Hardiness:Maturity:Rhizomes - Creeping Habit:Waxy Bloom on Leaf:Leaf Sheath Colour:Basal Hairs:Leaf Blade Margins:Leaf Blade Folding:Leaf Width:Leaf Length:Leaf Colour:Leaf Pubescence:Flag Leaf Width:Flag Leaf Length:Auricles:Auricle Pubescence:Flowering Date:Panicle Colour:Panicle Length:

PerennialTetraploid

OpenMediumMediumMedium

Moderately ResistantLate

Absent to Very WeakPresent

WhiteAbsent

SmoothOpen

NarrowLong

Dark greenStrongly Pubescent

Narrow-mediumLong

AbsentGlabrous

LateGreen

Medium-long

Panicle Shape:Panicle Pubescence:Panicle Type:Panicle Attitude:Number of Spikelets:Culm Neck Shape:Branch Pubescence:Palea Length:Palea Width:Lemma Pubescence:Lemma Texture:Lemma Length:Lemma Width:Lemma Awn Length:Glume Pubescence:Glume Length:Glume Width:Glume Awn Length:Anther Colour:Palea Pubescence:Seed Size:Seed Weight:Seed Length:Seed Width:Seeding Rate:

SpikeGlabrous

IntermediateErectMany

Slightly CurvedGlabrous

ShortNarrow

ShortN/A

ShortNarrow

Shorter than lengthGlabrous

ShortNarrow

Shorter than lengthYellowish green

AbsentMedium

0.2g/100 Seeds7mm2mm

11kg/ac, 25lbs/ac

Mathilde Perennial Ryegrass• Excellent forage quality, tetraploid variety• Improved winterhardiness• Improved forage yield• Very dense growth habit• Late maturity

KEY FEATURES

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Mathilde Perennial Ryegrass

HARVEST YEARS # OF CUTS # OF STATION YEARS YIELD (KG/HA) YIELD INDEX (%)Mathilde 2005-’14 47 14 8799.8 99

HARVEST YEARS # OF CUTS # OF STATION YEARS YIELD (KG/HA) YIELD INDEX (%)Mathilde 2015-’18 34 11 6431.6 94

PUBLIC YIELD SUMMARY

DLF PICKSEED CANADA INC. YIELD SUMMARY

Feeder 2015-'18 34 11 5659.4 83

2021 Technical Data