Here’s a new article from our research group on trinexapac-ethyl plant growth regulator (PGR) effects in perennial ryegrass seed crops that will be published in Field Crops Research. This PGR is marketed as Palisade, Moddus, and several generic products. The trials were conducted from 1998 to 2012 at OSU’s Hyslop Farm.
The study reports several important findings:
- Application of trinexapac-ethyl PGR reduced stem length and controlled lodging in perennial ryegrass across nine diverse lodging environments in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
- Trinexapac-ethyl PGR consistently increased seed yield and harvest index in perennial ryegrass regardless of the severity of lodging.
- Timing trinexapac-ethyl applications between BBCH stages 32 and 51 produced the best seed yield results.
- Seed yield increases resulting from trinexapac-ethyl application were attributable to a greater number of seeds spikelet-1 (seed number) and improvements in seed set.
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