Osiągnięcia w hodowli mieszańców ×Festulolium

The aim of this work was to analyze the achievements of ×Festulolium breeding. On the basis of a thorough review of both domestic and foreign literature on the subject as well as our own experiences from investigations carried out at the Szelejewo Plant Breeding Station Ltd. in 2005–2010, the authors analyzed the actual status and perspectives of breeding works concerning ×Festulolium. It turned out that in the breeding of ×Festulolium hybrids significant progress in the global context was achieved. Currently 38 cultivars of ×Festulolium hybrids on the OECD are registered and 34 cultivars in EU common catalogue are recorded. From the point of view of the number of gained cultivars the highest interest of breeding is focusing on Festulolium braunii hybrids obtained from Lolium multiflorum × Festuca pratensis crossing on the basis of amfiploidization and introgressive hybrids of Festulolium pabulare obtained from crossing between Lolium multiflorum (2x) × Festuca arundinacea var. genuina (6x).