Results of selection of disease-resistant variety samples of fescue morphotype festulolium against infectious background

Abstract

   To select variety samples of fescue morphotype festulolium resistant to fusarium and helminthosporium infection, the breeding material was evaluated against artificial infectious backgrounds. When evaluating economically important traits, such as the yield of green and dry mass, seed productivity, promising variety samples of festulolium with resistance to fusarium and helminthosporum were selected. Fertile intergeneric hybrids of Festulolium are genetic sources of economically important traits for breeding varieties with a high level of forage and seed productivity and increased resistance to root rot.