2018-01-26 |
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Cabrio Ryegrass Retains 1st Position
Cabrio Ultra Fine Ryegrass has once again been announced as the number one variety in the BSPB’s Series L Table 1 for perennial ryegrasses in 2018.
Formally introduced as a new cultivar in 2016, Cabrio Ultra Fine Ryegrass went straight to the top of the British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) Table L1 for 2017 thanks to a fineness of leaf scoring of 8.8.
Cabrio Ultra Fine Ryegrass
In the new 2018 listings, Cabrio once again occupies the same chart–topping position thanks to another fineness of leaf scoring of 8.8 – still half a point clear of its nearest rivals.
“At 8.8, Cabrio easily outperforms its nearest rivals in terms of fineness of leaf,” explains Richard Brown, Germinal Amenity Sales Manager. “Cabrio also gives groundsmen, greenkeepers and turf growers an excellent opportunity to produce a harder wearing sward that can not only tolerate a close mowing regime, but which will also give good ball roll or bounce and will be very attractive aesthetically.”
Cabrio is recommended for use on golf tees and golf green aprons as well as tennis courts and cricket squares where it is ideal for repairing baselines and wicket ends.
Cabrio is exclusively available from Germinal: in Germinal’s A5 Cricket, Tennis and Tees seed mixture it is paired with Escapade, the “number 6” perennial ryegrass variety in the Turfgrass Seed booklet’s Series L list for 2018.
Cabrio is also included in Germinal’s A10 Golf Tees and Divot Repairs and A28 Ultrafine Ryegolf mixtures. In all three mixtures, the inclusion of Cabrio creates a seed mixture which gives a high density, wear tolerant sward with rapid repair capability.
Cabrio: cultivar characteristics*
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Table L1 (mown at 10–15mm) |
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Shoot density |
7.9 |
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Fineness of leaf |
8.8 |
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Slow regrowth |
7.2 |
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Visual merit |
8.0 |
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Mean |
8.0 |
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Resistance to Red Thread |
3.8 |
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Cleanness of cut |
7.1 |
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Winter greenness |
5.2 |
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Summer greenness |
6.1 |
| *Source: BSPB Turfgrass Seed booklet 2018 | |
