Origin

The LOMIKAR variety was bred by polycrossing of newly selected materials from different varieties with followed-up selection.

Description

LOMIKAR is a tetraploid variety of annual ryegrass. It differs from Italian ryegrass by its full earing already in the year of sowing. It forms big tufts with medium-thick shoots. The stems are rougher, smooth, tall and flexible – greater resistance to lodging. Its earing comes five days earlier than Jivet. It quickly regrows after cutting, so it allows 3 cuts with a very high first cut. LOMIKAR is grown as a silage monoculture. Its optimum forage maturity is reached in 60-70 days after sowing. In addition to high yields of green and dry matter it provides a large quantity of root mass, which improves the structure of the soil. LOMIKAR can also be used as an intermediate crop, a green fertilizer, an addition to damaged legumes, and possibly as a cover crop when regenerating permanent meadows and pastures, especially in places endangered by erosion. In colder and wetter locations it can be used as a suitable substitution for silage maize.
• In monocultures for silage
• Intermediate crop for green mass or green fertilizing
• Cover crop when regenerating permanent meadows and pastures