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Improvement of Tall Fescue for Palatability by Selection Within Inbred Lines¹

Synopsis: The data suggest that after three generations of selection, lines become somewhat homozygous for palatability to cattle. Although there was gradual loss in vigor with each generation of inbreeding, a sufficient number of lines were maintained through four generations of selfing to indicate that selection within inbred lines may be used successfully in tall fescue improvement.

² Research Agronomist, Crops Research Division, ARS, USDA; and Agronomist in charge Pasture and Forage Crops Research, Kentucky Agr. Exp. Sta., respectively. The authors wish to acknowledge the advice and assistance given during this study by Lawrence Henson, Agronomy Department, and the helpfulness of the Animal Husbandry and Dairy Departments for providing animals.