Abstract
ABSTRACTThis experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of seeding rate of newly developed Italian ryegrass varieties, “Kogreen” and “Hwasan 101”, on those seed production in Cheonan for three years (2005 to 2007). Two Italian ryegrass varieties were seeded at experimental fields of Grassland and Forage Division, National Institute of Animal Science on late September, and harvested at seed shattering stage. The experiment was arranged in randomized complete block design with three replications by each variety. The treatments was consisted of five seeding rates(5, 10, 20, 30, 40kg/ha). The average heading date of “Kogreen” was 9 May and “Hwasan 101” was 25 May. The harvesting date of “Kogreen” was on 16 June when the rainy season should not set in. In the case of “Hwasan 101”, the harvesting date of seed production was 3 July, because of rainy season. The number of ear per square meter, ear length, spikelet number, seed yield per ha and ripening rate of “Hwasan 101” were 471, 28.5cm, 24.8, 1,631kg and 71%, respectively. and those of “Kogreen” were 633, 24.0cm, 20.8, 2,676kg and 82.1%, respectively. The shattering property rate of “Hwasan 101” 40.3% was higher than that of “Kogreen” 2.6%. The germination rate of harvested “Hwasan 101” seed was 81.8% and that of “Kogreen” was 79.4%, respectively. In conclusion, the optimum seeding rate of Italian ryegrass for seed production are recommended 20kg/ha in both “Hwasan 101” and “Kogreen”.(Key words: Hwasan 101, Kogreen, Seed yield, Germination, Seed amount)
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