IGER Varieties

Grasses marketed worldwide by Germinal Holdings Ltd:

VARIETY	DESCRIPTION	LISTING *

Brown top bent
AberRoyal	turf grass	NL UK

Cocksfoot
AberTop	late flowering variety	NL UK, Switzerland

Italian ryegrass
AberComo	diploid intermediate heading	NL UK,

AberEpic	diploid intermediate heading	NL UK, RL EW
AberMario	diploid intermediate heading	NL UK, RL EW, SAC

Perennial ryegrass
AberAvon	diploid, late heading	NL UK
		RL EW, SAC, DARD, France
AberCraigs	tetraploid, late heading	NL UK , France
		RL EW, SAC, DARD, Eire , France
AberDart	diploid intermediate heading	NL UK, RL EW, SAC, DARD, Denmark, Switzerland
AberElan	diploid intermediate heading	NL UK , Czech Republic
AberElf	turf grass, diploid late heading	NL Norway, UK STRI Recommended
AberGold	diploid intermediate heading	NL UK
AberGlyn	tetraploid intermediate heading	NL UK, RL EW, SAC, DARD
AberImp	turf-grass, very late heading	NL UK STRI Recommended
AberMont	diploid intermediate heading	RL France
AberNile	turf grass, diploid stay-green	NL UK
AberSilo	diploid intermediate heading	NL UK RL EW, SAC, Germany
AberSprite	turf grass, diploid	NL UK STRI Recommended
AberStar	diploid intermediate heading	NL UK, RL EW, SAC, DARD
AberTorch	tetraploid, early heading	NL UK RL EW, SAC, DARD, Luxembourg
AberZest	diploid late heading	NL UK RL EW, SAC, DARD
AberMagic ²	diploid intermediated heading, high sugar grass	NL UK

Hybrid ryegrass
AberEcho	tetraploid, intermediate heading	NL UK RL EW, SAC, DARD
AberElite	tetraploid, intermediate heading	NL France
AberEve	Tetraploid, intermediate heading	NL UK RL EW, SAC
AberExcel	tetraploid intermediate heading	NL UK, France RL EW, SAC, DARD, France
AberLinnet	tetraploid intermediate heading	NL UK

AberStorm	tetraploid early heading	NL UK
Prior	Lolium/Fescue hybrid	NL Sweden
Red Fescue
AberFlight	slender creeping red fescue	NL UK

Sheep Fescue
AberFleece		UK NL

Timothy
Aberystwyth S48	late heading	NL UK

White clover varieties marketed worldwide by Germinal Holdings Ltd:

VARIETY		LISTING

Small leaved
AberAce		NL UK , NIAB RL EW
AberCrest		NL UK, Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden RL EW, SAC
AberPearl		NL UK RL UK, SAC, EW
AberGuard		NL UK RL EW

Medium leaved
AberConcord		NL UK, NIAB RL EW
AberDai		NL UK, NIAB RL EW, SAC, DARD, France , Hungary
AberHerald		NL UK RL EW, SAC, DARD, The Netherlands, Ireland
AberVantage		NL UK RL, France

Large leaved
AberBoost		NL UK RL EW, SAC

Red clover varieties marketed worldwide by Germinal Holdings Ltd:

VARIETY		LISTING
AberRuby		NL UK RL EW (descriptive list)
AberBlaze ²		UK NL

Cereals marketed worldwide by Senova Ltd (formerly Semundo)

VARIETY		LISTING

Winter oat
Gerald		UK NL RL UK , France ,
Millennium		UK NL,
Mascani		UK NL UK RL
Tardis		UK NL UK RL
Brochan		UK NL UK RL
Balado ²	dwarf husked oat	UK NL
Winter Naked oat
Hendon		UK NL UK RL
Grafton		UK NL UK RL , Listed in France
Racoon		UK NL
Expression		UK NL UK RL Listed in France
Fusion ²	dwarf naked oat	UK NL
Spring oat
Banquo		UK NL UK RL

Spring Naked oat
Bullion		UK NL , Canada
Zuton ²		UK NL
Triticale
Taurus		Descriptive List UK

Other IGER varieties still in commerce include:

VARIETY	DESCRIPTION

Cereals & Brassicae
Dandy	Spring barley
Pipkin	Winter barley
Marian	Swede

Grasses
Heriot	Browntop bent
Hawk	Red fescue

Legumes
Aberystwyth S.184	White clover
Alice	White clover
Menna	White clover

* Abbreviations : NL National List; RL Recommended List; EW England and Wales;
DARD Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; SAC Scottish Agricultural Colleges; STRI Sports Turf Research Institute, NIAB National Institute of Agricultural Botany

¹ New listings during the reporting year

² Varieties listed during the reporting year

For further information contact the IGER Business Manager's Office