DS 707

1.  DS 707 is a 24 clone synthetic variety. Parent clones trace back through several intermediate steps to Teweles Multistrain, MSB, MSB-CWS, MNP-D1, Answer, Cherokee, WL312, Apollo, Iroquois, Lahontan and Dairyland experimentals. Dairyland experimentals trace back to Flandria, Culver, Vernal, Durastan and Ranger. Parent plants were selected out of forage yield plots and progeny tested for one or more of the following traits: Forage yield, stand persistence, winter hardiness, seed yield, and resistance to bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt, Phytophthora root rot, anthracnose, Verticillium wilt and Aphanomyces. The percent of germplasm sources are M. falcata (5), Ladak (35), Turkistan (5), Flemish (50) and Chilean (5).

2.  DS 707 is intended for use in the upper midwest and northeast region of the United States for hay, h