Characteristics
- Height: 60-150 cm
- Loose panicle
- Root: epigeogenous rhizome, lateral roots
Use
- Grain
- Catch crop
- Forage, silage
Green manure
- Medium green manure yield
- “Recovery crop”: disrupts the reproduction of many cereal pests and reduces diseases
- Root secretions (coumarin, scopoletin) disrupt the transmission of Gaeumannomyces graminis (take-all)
