TOWER
Festuca arundinacea
- Yielding throughout the season
- Excellent disease tolerance
- High lodging resistance
- Early growth start with wide spring window
Early growth start and wide spring window
TOWER is ranked as one of the latest heading tall fescues with +3 or +4 days compared to the standards.
Outstanding disease resistance
TOWER has shown excellent disease resistance to all common diseases: crown rust, stem rust, leaf-spot, virus. This is an extra insurance to maintain high forage quality, palatability and persistency.
Breathtaking yield capacity
After an early start in spring TOWER continues growth all the season. +8% compared to standards - a true genetic progress.
Soft leaves
The improved softness level of the leaves does not compromise the rusticity of TOWER and allows excellent palatability.
Technical Specifications
- Tall fescue
Impressive yield and wide disease resistance
- Listed/recommended in EU BY FR RU UK
- Lateness: Late
Disease resistance on a scale from 1 to 9, 9 = most resistantSource: GEVES (off. results France) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Tower | Dulcia | Barolex | |
| Various diseases | 6,1 | 5,7 | 4,6 |
| Crown rust | 7 | 5,8 | 4,3 |
| Stem rust | 8,3 | 7,6 | 6,3 |
| Various rusts | 7,6 | 6,7 | 5,3 |
| Drecslera leafspot | 7,5 | 7,9 | 7,3 |
| Virus | 8 | 6,3 | 2,3 |
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Tall fescue
Tall fescue is one of the most drought, heat and wear tolerant species. Due to its large, deep rooted system it is able to take up water, also in very dry periods.