Rhodes Grass

Rhodes Grass

Selected Seeds is known for innovation in seed breeding and production. Rhodes grass cultivars are one of our key areas of excellence.

Rhodes grass is:

• perennial
• very palatable
• highly productive
• suited to a wide range of animals
• and adapted to a large range of soil conditions and soil types.

Rhodes grass is used in permanent pastures or in short to medium term ley pastures.

It is excellent at restoring soil structure, improving organic matter and reducing nematode numbers.

Selected Seeds identified the need to develop cultivars with quality attributes such as small stem size, high leaf to stem ratio, high yield, high salt tolerance and aggressive spreading habits.

Diploid Rhodes grasses are characterised by:

• rapid response to moisture and temperature
• high production grasses/rapid growth
• water efficiency
• ability to handle repeated cutting or grazing over a number of years.

Well managed diploid Rhodes grass can produce over 20 t/ha of dry matter per year, with no oxalate or prussic acid problems.

Tetraploid Rhodes grasses are more suited to higher rainfall and longer season environments. They are later flowering and less cold tolerant. Tetraploids are generally more palatable due to increased sugar content.

Rhodes Grass is the ideal grass for feeding all ruminant animals.