The primary approach for variety distinction in Italian ryegrass is currently the DUS
(distinctness, uniformity and stability) test based on phenotypic traits. Considering the …

Lolium multiflorum Lam., commonly known as Italian ryegrass, is a forage grass mostly
valued for its high palatability and digestibility, along with its high productivity. However …

Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) are
important temperate forage grasses which are closely related, generating fertile interspecific …

Key message A targeted amplicon-based genotyping-by-sequencing approach has
permitted cost-effective and accurate discrimination between ryegrass species (perennial …

The ryegrass (Lolium) species, perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and Italian ryegrass
(Lolium multiflorum Lam.), are the two most important pasture grass species for global …

Annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) is a widely used cool-season turf and forage grass with
high productivity and ornamental characteristics. However, the abundant intra-cultivar …

Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) is a highly valued temperate climate grass species
grown as forage crop and for amenity uses. Due to its outbreeding nature and recent …

Abstract Background Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are increasingly becoming
the DNA marker system of choice due to their prevalence in the genome and their ability to …

Background Genetic markers and linkage mapping are basic prerequisites for marker-
assisted selection and map-based cloning. In the case of the key grassland species Lolium …

The majority of traits of interest to pasture grass breeders, such as dry matter yield, forage
quality and environmental stress tolerance, show continuous phenotypic variation and are …