GIANNA

Lolium perenne

  • Superior in conditions of wear+shade!
  • Very high ranking in UK, NL and F for sport
  • Very good wear tolerance
  • Good tolerance to rusts, red thread and leaf spot
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GIANNA

Sport + Lawn: Also with shade!

The French official results ranks Gianna at the top of the list for both sport and lawn use. With very high scores for wear tolerance and density. The visual merit is very high in average, also during winter and summer. DLF R&D trials combining artificial wear and shade (tunnel), identified Gianna as superior to most other varieties. Sure that Gianna will find its way to modern winter game stadions!

Disease tolerance

Gianna has a good tolerance to leaf spot, red thread and rusts.

Confirmed on the Dutch Grasgids and UK STRI lists

Gianna enters the Dutch shortlist, with excellent scores for persistency, density and a good score for red thread tolerance and the STRI Turfgrass Seed guide with a very good score for recovery after wear.

Technical Specifications

  • Perennial ryegrass
  • Very suitable where shade is a problem

  • Listed/recommended in EU FR UK

High density & persistency

Grasgids 2016 (NL) - 1-9, 9 = best

Variety Gianni Average catalogue
Persistency 8,5 8,3
Density 8,3 8,1
Red thread 7,3 7,0
Fineness 7,8 7,8
Winter aspect 7,1 6,8
Summer aspect 7,1 6,9
Slow growth 7,9 7,7

Excellent recovery after wear

STRI Turfgrass 2016 (UK) - 1-9, 9 = best

Cultivar Gianna (LA) Average catalogue
Live ground cover 7,1 6,7
Visual merit 7,3 6,7
Recovery 7,5 6,5
Density 7,3 6,7
Fineness 7,0 6,5
Red thread 5,6 5,8

Ratings

Scale 1-9, where 9 = best or most pronounced

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Specification and ratings

Performance in France

Source : GEVES 2015 (France)
Scale 1-9, 9 = best/darker
Variety Gianna Average catalogue
Sport Index 7,7 7,0
Lawn Index 7,5 6,9
Wear Tolerance 7,8 7,1
Visual merit 7,4 6,7
Visual merit winter 7,1 6,3
Visual merit summer 6,3 5,7
Colour 5,1 6,0
Density 8,5 7,7
Persistency 8,0 7,4
Micro- dochium tolerance 7,1 7,0
Drechslera Leaf Spot Tolerance 8,0 7,1
Rust Tolérance 8,8 7,3

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