1. Hyland is a ten clone synthetic
variety. Parent plants were selected out of forage yield plots and/or disease
nurseries. These parent plants were progeny tested for one or more of the
following traits: Forage yield, stand persistence, forage quality, resistance
to bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt, Phytophthora root rot, anthracnose (Race
1), Verticillium wilt, Aphanomyces root rot (Race 1), spotted alfalfa aphid,
and pea aphid. Parent plants trace back to MNP--B1 (Syn. 2) Answer, Teweles
Multistrain, Dairyland Experimentals and Wisconsin plant release M193.
Dairyland Experimentals trace back to
Vernal, Iroquois and Lahontan.
The percent of germplasm sources are M. falcata (5), Ladak (8),
Turkistan (12), Flemish (55) and Chilean (20).
2. Hyland is adapted to the North Central United States and is intended for use in the Northern half of the United States. The states where it has been tested are Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas.
3. Hyland is dormant and similar to the variety Ranger. Flower color in the Syn. 2 generation is 86% purple 14% variegated, with trace amounts of cream, yellow and white.
4. Hyland has high resistance to bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt, Phytophthora root rot, pea aphid, resistance to anthracnose (Race 1), Verticillium wilt, spotted alfalfa aphid and moderate resistance to stem nematode, Aphanomyces root rot (Race 1), and blue alfalfa aphid. Its reaction to root knot nematode has not been tested.
5. Breeder seed was produced
from cuttings of the parental plants in an isolation block as Syn. 1 in
Sloughhouse, CA in 1988--90. Seed lots were kept separate. Foundation seed
(Syn. 2) was produced from Breeder seed and Certified seed (Syn. 2 or 3)
from either Breeder seed or Foundation seed. One generation each of Breeder
and Foundation and two
generations of Certified seed
(Syn. 2 or 3) classes are recognized. A maximum of three years each is
permitted on stands producing Breeder and Foundation seed with five years
for Certified seed. Sufficient Breeder seed for the projected life of the
variety will be maintained by Dairyland Research.
6. Certified seed will be available spring of 1993.
7. Application for the Plant Variety Protection is undecided.
8. As a means of additional varietal
protection, information included with this application may be provided
to the PVP office.