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Several species in the genus Festuca are commonly grown perennial forage and turf grasses of the temperate geographic region. Particularly tall fescue (F. arundinacea Schreb.) has a wide range of distribution as a forage crop, since it shows good persistence and tolerance to various environmental stresses. However, it is a cool-season grass of lower quality and palatability compared to the widely used ryegrasses (Lolium spp.). The genus Lolium includes two key temperate grass species: the annual Italian ryegrass (L. multiflorum Lam.) and the perennial ryegrass (L. perenne L.).
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Takamizo, T., Spangenberg, G. (1994). Somatic Hybridization in Festuca and Lolium . In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Somatic Hybridization in Crop Improvement I. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 27. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57945-5_8
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