Abstract: In order to understand the application prospect of triticale in Huanggang city of Hubei province as silage, the adaptability test of sowing stage and harvest time was carried out for 3 introduced materials. The results showed that there were differences in agronomic characters between different cultivars. In terms of different seeding periods of the same material, the difference of agronomic characters is not obvious. However, the effect of sowing time on the fresh weight of triticale is huge, which may be due to the shorter tillering time and the less number of harvest plants for the late planting time. Among them, the maximum yield was 3.24 t/667 m², of materials 3241, which was seeded on 5^th November, harvested on 6^th May. The comparison between the characteristics of triticale and wheat showed that fresh weight of single stem of the three triticale materials were much higher than that of wheat.

Key words: triticale, wheat, silage fodder, sowing date