Elbon
Elbon rye was released by the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station. It
was mass selected and increased at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., from seed obtained
from the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station.
Elbon has excellent winter forage production and early maturity. It has
an upright growth habit and large soft stems. The forage has high moister content,
produces plants with have more winter growth, are more erect, and are approximately two
weeks earlier than Abruzzi.
Elbon is probably best adapted to Southern and Eastern Oklahoma; however, it is
receommended throughout the state. Elbon is winterhardy and will grow rapidly during
the warm periods in the cold winter months. Late freezes may injure the plant but it
will usually recover and produce a seed crop.
MATON
Maton was jointly released by the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station and the Samual Roberts Noble Foundation
Inc., Ardmore, Oklahoma in 1976. It is a widely adapted, excellent
tillering variety. Maton combines superior early forage production, increased
total forage yield. It is equal to or better in late forage
production than Bonel or Elbon in its primary areas of adaptation.
Maton offers increased grain yields and improved disease tolerance particularly
to leaf rust, septoria leaf blotch, and anthracnose. It appears to be better adapted
to southern Oklahoma and other southern states.
Its grain test weight is slgihtly less than that of Bonel and Elbon. In
out of state tests, Maton yielded 106% of Bonel in average total pounds of oven dry forage
per acre. It yielded 120% and 101% of Bonel in dry forage per acre in the
fall/winter and spring respectively.
Oklon
Oklon winter rye was developed by the Samual Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Joint release was approved in January, 1993 by the Noble Foundation and the Oklahoma
Agricultural Experiment Station.
Oklon is increased from an individual plant selection in 1982 from Maton during
nine years (1983-1992) of testing at Ardmore. Oklon produced an average of 14% more
fall and winter forage and 2% higher total forage than Maton. Seed production has
averaged 8% less than Maton but 4% more than Elbon. At this location,
winterhardiness of Oklon was similar to that of Maton. Oklon forage contains about
the same crude protein as other forage ryes. The vegetative and seed characteristics
are very similar to Maton. No consistent differences have been noted in lodging,
plant height, disease and insect resistance between Oklon and Maton at Ardmore.
The main advantage of Oklon is improve fall and earlier winter forage
production with increased total forage production in some environments. |
