Yearly means of data from each month are listed in the last column. The cultivars are listed in descending order of average quality. A new Perennial ryegrass trial was initiated in Fall 1999 with the establishment of 134 cultivars at the research station. The experimental area was prepared and maintained under the same guidelines as the previous study. Seedling vigor and percentage living ground cover data were taken in October 1999.
Percentage living ground cover values represent the percentage area per plot covered by ryegrass.
1999 visual quality 1 and other ratings 2 for the 1994 National Perennial Ryegrass Study. Percentage living ground cover values represent the percentage area per plot covered by ryegrass.