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Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, vol.6, no.2, pp.261-267, 2019 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
In this study, a total of 497 taxon and five species of Festuca genus from Turkey flora were evaluated formorpho-agronomic variation. The collected seeds and rooted plants were sown to pots in greenhouse and thenseedlings were transferred to field by 0.5m x 0.5m spaces in 2015 in Konya. In 2016, Morpho-agronomicobservations of Festuca taxon were turf quality, color, leaf tissue, density, autumn growth type, plant height, leafwidth, leaf length, cluster height, last node height, seed yield per plant and 1000 seed weight. Scales 1-9 wereused to evaluate some visual characteristics (turf quality, color, leaf texture). According to the results, F.arundinacea had the highest turf quality (6.90), color (5.75), leaf tissue (3.03), leaf width (2.79 mm). Thethinnest tissue was detected in F. ovina while the shortest plant height in F. valesiaca and the lowest seed yieldin F. pratensis, Most of the investigated parameters showed high CV which highlighted the existence of high inspeciesand inter-species variation of Festuca L. in Turkey. This case may provide a great advantage in breedingand selection studies on Festuca genus.