Perennial ryegrass

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Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)

Cultivar Shoot Density Fineness of Leaf Slow regrowth Visual Merit Mean Resistance to Red Thread Cleaness of cut Winter Greenness Summer Greenness UK Agent
Barolympic 8.1 8.1 7.1 8.0 7.8 5.5 7.4 4.5 4.9 BAR
Guinevere (LA) 7.6 7.5 8.5 7.5 7.8 6.1 7.0 5.6 6.5 DLF
Corsica 7.4 7.5 9.0 7.0 7.7 3.9 6.9 7.1 8.0 FF
Cabrio 7.6 8.5 7.1 7.7 7.7 3.7 7.0 5.3 6.0 G/SMFR
Clementine 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.8 7.6 5.9 7.7 5.1 5.3 DLF/JNS/TG
Aniston 7.4 7.7 7.5 7.6 7.5 5.0 7.3 5.6 6.3 DLF/JNS
Angelina 7.3 7.1 8.2 7.3 7.5 5.8 7.7 5.2 5.5 OAS/TG
Barprium 7.3 7.3 7.9 7.5 7.5 5.6 7.4 5.4 6.5 BAR
Barsignum 7.4 7.7 7.3 7.6 7.5 5.2 6.6 5.6 6.5 BAR
Penelope 7.2 7.8 7.6 7.3 7.5 4.3 7.2 5.7 5.6 DLF
Mocora 7.8 7.6 6.7 7.8 7.5 5.2 5.8 4.9 5.2 DLF
Alathea 7.6 7.7 6.8 7.7 7.4 6.2 6.8 5.6 5.3 DLF/OAS/TG
Baradona 7.6 7.3 7.4 7.6 7.4 4.4 7.3 5.3 6.0 BAR
Cameron 7.6 7.6 6.8 7.7 7.4 5.7 7.5 5.2 6.1 OAS/TG
Alison 7.6 7.5 6.8 7.7 7.4 6.5 7.1 5.6 5.7 DLF/MM
Gwynett 7.8 7.9 6.1 7.7 7.4 4.4 6.7 5.2 5.1 G/DLF
Creepstar 7.3 7.6 7.3 7.2 7.3 5.3 4.6 6.9 7.5 DLF/TG
Singapore 8.0 7.8 5.8 7.8 7.3 6.9 4.6 5.1 5.2 DLF/MM
Torsion 7.3 6.9 7.9 7.2 7.3 5.5 7.8 7.3 8.0 ICL
Escapade 7.5 7.9 6.3 7.5 7.3 6.1 6.3 5.8 6.0 G/SMFR
Chloe 7.6 7.6 6.1 7.7 7.2 6.3 6.2 5.1 5.4 DLF
Estelle 7.7 7.7 5.6 7.9 7.2 5.7 5.5 5.0 4.4 OAS/TG
Barzico 7.0 7.1 7.3 7.4 7.2 6.1 6.0 5.3 5.3 BAR
Bargold 7.3 7.8 6.3 7.4 7.2 6.3 6.8 5.7 5.6 BAR
Shazam 7.5 7.1 6.6 7.5 7.2 5.0 6.7 5.0 5.2 RAGT
Etienna 7.0 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.2 5.9 6.5 5.3 5.8 DLF
Eventus 7.4 8.0 5.4 7.8 7.2 6.6 7.0 5.5 5.9 DSV
Saopaulo 7.5 7.3 6.1 7.5 7.1 5.4 6.7 5.4 5.6 DLF/MM
Europitch 7.1 7.5 6.5 7.4 7.1 5.3 6.6 5.0 5.7 DSV
Gianna 7.5 7.0 6.3 7.6 7.1 7.3 7.4 4.9 5.5 OAS/TG
Chardin 7.3 7.6 5.9 7.6 7.1 7.4 7.3 4.9 5.3 DLF/JNS
EG Resistus 7.3 7.3 6.6 7.2 7.1 4.5 6.5 5.8 6.2 DSV
Gildara 7.5 7.4 5.8 7.6 7.1 4.6 5.3 5.8 6.1 DLF/JNS
Barbasten 7.4 6.8 6.7 7.4 7.1 5.4 6.5 4.9 5.2 BAR
Claudine 7.2 7.1 6.8 7.1 7.1 4.8 6.3 5.2 5.6 DLF
Meara 7.2 7.2 6.5 7.1 7.0 5.5 5.0 5.4 5.7 DLF
Bonnie 7.6 7.4 5.4 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.7 4.8 5.4 TG
Saila 6.8 6.6 7.3 6.8 6.9 5.7 6.1 4.5 5.0 DLF/JNS
Monroe 7.2 7.5 5.6 7.4 6.9 5.1 6.8 5.9 5.8 DLF/JNS
Mandalay 7.0 7.0 6.6 7.0 6.9 5.9 6.6 5.2 5.8 OAS/TG
Antonella 7.1 7.1 6.2 7.1 6.9 5.7 6.6 5.5 5.8 TG
Django (LA) 7.0 6.9 6.7 7.0 6.9 5.9 6.7 5.2 5.0 RAGT
RGT Klaxon 7.5 6.7 5.8 7.4 6.9 8.2 6.7 5.7 5.6 RAGT
Morisot 7.3 6.9 5.9 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.7 5.3 4.7 OAS/TG
Malibu 6.9 7.4 6.2 6.9 6.9 4.7 6.2 5.2 6.1 DLF/MM
Baromario 7.0 7.0 6.3 7.0 6.8 4.5 5.2 5.3 6.1 BAR
Carnac 7.6 6.8 5.9 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.8 6.0 5.9 G/SMFR
Venice 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.7 6.8 7.8 6.6 4.8 5.4 DLF/MM
Dickens 1 7.2 7.0 5.6 7.2 6.7 6.1 5.4 5.6 5.5 DLF/JNS
Duparc 7.3 6.7 5.6 7.2 6.7 8.1 6.5 5.2 5.1 OAS/TG
Groundforce 6.8 7.1 5.8 6.9 6.7 6.0 7.3 5.0 6.3 ICL
Martinella 7.0 6.5 6.4 6.8 6.7 6.6 5.3 5.3 5.5 DLF
EuroCordus 6.9 6.5 6.4 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.5 DSV
Eurobeat 6.8 6.9 5.9 7.1 6.7 5.2 2.8 5.3 5.6 DSV
Gladys 7.0 6.8 5.4 7.4 6.7 5.6 6.2 4.9 5.5 DLF/MM
Barcristalla 7.2 6.2 6.4 6.8 6.7 5.8 5.8 6.4 6.7 BAR
Annecy 6.6 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.6 6.0 6.3 5.2 5.3 DLF/MM
Melbourne 7.0 6.9 5.8 6.8 6.6 5.5 6.9 5.0 5.8 DLF/MM
Mercitwo 6.4 6.7 6.7 6.5 6.6 6.6 8.1 4.9 5.4 OAS/TG
Lionel 6.8 6.4 6.2 6.8 6.5 5.4 2.6 5.4 5.7 DLF/JNS
Nagano 6.4 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.5 5.6 6.7 5.0 4.9 DLF/MM
Barlicum 6.7 7.2 5.2 6.8 6.5 5.5 5.8 5.4 5.1 BAR
Vesuvius 7.0 6.6 5.2 7.1 6.5 6.4 6.8 5.3 5.4 G
Greenway 6.6 6.8 5.8 6.6 6.4 5.9 5.8 5.9 6.0 SUT/TG
Eurosport 7.1 6.5 5.2 7.0 6.4 5.8 5.1 5.4 5.7 DSV
Alboka 6.5 6.2 6.5 6.5 6.4 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.2 RAGT/BAR
Eurodiamond 6.2 6.6 6.3 6.5 6.4 5.0 4.2 5.7 5.7 DSV
Calico 6.8 6.6 5.4 6.8 6.4 4.7 5.6 5.8 6.4 G/SMFR
Cadix 6.5 6.8 5.9 6.3 6.4 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.5 G/SMFR
Beckham 6.5 6.2 5.8 6.8 6.3 6.7 5.4 5.3 4.7 DSV
Promotor 6.1 6.3 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2 4.8 5.6 G
Cleopatra 6.3 6.1 6.4 6.4 6.3 5.8 6.1 5.1 5.6 DLF
Cyrena 6.2 6.1 6.5 6.4 6.3 5.5 6.5 5.3 5.5 DLF/MM
Coletta 6.0 6.0 7.0 6.2 6.3 6.2 7.1 5.1 5.6 G
Sirtaky 7.0 6.3 5.3 6.6 6.3 7.0 6.3 5.7 5.2 RAGT
Vermillion 6.4 6.2 5.6 6.5 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.5 FF
Pascal 6.1 5.8 6.7 6.0 6.1 7.0 6.0 6.6 6.4 DSV
Berlioz 1 6.3 6.1 5.9 6.3 6.1 5.5 4.8 5.7 5.5 DLF/TG
Vulcanus 5.9 5.8 7.0 5.9 6.1 5.7 5.4 6.8 6.3 DSV
Greensky 6.0 6.2 6.4 5.9 6.1 5.9 6.0 5.4 4.8 OAS/TG
Barorlando 6.3 6.1 5.7 6.3 6.1 5.8 6.5 5.7 6.4 BAR
Fandango 6.6 5.8 5.7 6.4 6.1 6.6 6.9 6.2 5.4 BAR
Pollen 6.4 5.9 5.8 6.2 6.1 7.0 6.4 5.9 5.9 DSV
Bizet 1 6.0 5.9 5.8 6.3 6.0 6.7 5.5 5.7 5.9 DLF
Transate 5.9 5.6 5.8 6.0 5.8 7.3 6.2 6.1 6.0 DSV
Essence 5.6 6.3 5.7 5.4 5.8 4.3 5.9 6.1 5.6 DLF
Stravinsky 5.8 4.8 6.8 5.6 5.7 6.4 5.3 8.3 8.0 DLF
Columbine 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.9 5.4 DLF/TG
Neruda 1 5.6 5.3 6.2 5.7 5.7 7.1 5.9 8.6 8.1 DLF/TG
Passion 6.0 5.8 5.2 5.7 5.7 6.8 5.7 5.9 5.4 DLF/MM
Turfgold 5.3 5.2 6.7 5.3 5.6 6.1 6.2 6.7 6.3 DSV
Platinum 5.6 5.5 6.0 5.3 5.6 5.9 5.9 7.3 6.5 DLF
Esquire 5.3 5.0 6.7 5.2 5.5 6.0 5.7 6.9 6.9 DLF
Jubilee EG 5.4 5.7 5.8 5.2 5.5 4.9 5.6 5.9 6.1 DSV
Eterlou 5.2 5.0 6.0 5.1 5.3 5.9 5.1 6.7 6.7 DSV
Ponderosa 5.1 5.3 5.2 4.9 5.1 5.4 5.3 6.5 6.0 DLF/MM
Starling 8.1 7.9 9.1 8.1 8.3 7.5 7.8 5.0 5.4 DLF
Barpersie 9.0 8.5 5.8 9.0 8.1 5.0 7.0 4.2 5.2 BAR
Lancelot 8.4 8.4 7.0 8.3 8.0 6.8 6.5 4.8 5.6 OAS/TG
Mumbai 7.8 7.8 8.4 7.9 8.0 4.4 7.8 5.0 5.0 DLF/MM
Clochette (LA) 7.6 8.0 8.2 7.9 7.9 4.4 7.4 5.6 6.2 G/SMFR
Duranova 7.8 7.8 7.1 7.7 7.6 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.8 DLF/JNS
Melisandra 6.9 8.1 6.9 7.4 7.3 3.9 7.4 4.8 5.1 DLF
Roseanne 8.0 7.4 5.7 7.9 7.2 7.5 7.8 4.5 5.2 DLF
Altivo 7.9 7.1 5.5 7.6 7.0 6.6 7.8 4.5 5.7 BAR
Lize 6.9 6.6 7.4 6.9 7.0 4.9 6.5 5.5 6.0 DLF
Lamar (LA) 7.1 6.6 6.7 7.2 6.9 6.3 6.1 5.0 5.6 DSV
Acapulco (LA) 7.0 6.9 6.5 7.0 6.8 4.7 7.8 5.5 5.7 DLF/MM
Lautrec 7.0 6.6 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.5 5.9 5.2 DLF
AberWin (LA) 7.3 6.7 4.5 7.1 6.4 6.4 6.5 5.4 5.4 G

(LA) = Limited availability
Bold = New cultivar

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