Hykor Festulolium
Hykor is a Tall fescue type festulolium with high yield potential, good persistence, and tolerance to high level of subsoil water. Festulolium is a newer species that exhibit hybrid vigor from crossing ryegrass with fescue. Mix the quick establishment and soft leaf characteristics of ryegrass with the heat tolerance, extensive root system and better persistence of fescue and you have Hykor. Hykor was the top producing grass in the 2002-2004 Irrigated Cool Season Grass Variety Test at the WCR&EC South of North Platte with a three year Dry Matter yield total of 24.15 tons/acre. Hykor can be used as a higher yielding substitute for Meadow fescue and more palatable substitute for Tall fescue.
