Genetic Transformation in Festuca arundinacea Schreb. (Tall Fescue) and Festuca pratensis Huds. (Meadow Fescue)

Abstract

Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) is a wind-pollinated, highly self-infertile polyploid perennial cool-season forage, turf, and conservation grass. It is indigenous to Europe, also naturally occuring on the Baltic coasts throughout the Caucasus, in western Siberia, and extending into China. Introductions have been made into North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South and East Asia (Barnes 1990).