UC Cargo
1. UC Cargo is the product of the sixth cycle of selection in a broadbased germ plasm pool in which germplasm additions selected for specific characteristics were made each cycle and severe selection was exerted by intense stand competition, soil salinity, and over-irrigation. Parentage traces to UC Salton, UC SW44, root rot resistant selections, selections from Sirsa introductions, and a white seeded line.
2. Primary use will be for hay, pasture, green chop, and dehydration in the low desert valley areas of California where good winter production is desired and the summer disease complex is an important factor.
3. Flower color is purple, growth habit is upright, and it is highly non-dormant. UC Cargo has good growth under stress of over-irrigation during the low desert valley summers. It has resistance to biotype H of the spotted alfalfa aphid similar to Mesa Sirsa, and has moderate resistance to Phytophthora root rot and the pea aphid.
4. Breeder seed is a mixture of 50% seed produced in the UC Cargo seed field in 1971 and 50% produced in 1972. Under certification, the classes of seed will be Breeder, Foundation and Certified. Areas of seed production and maximum eligibility of a stand to produce a given class of seed shall be determined by the certifying agency in the state where it is certified.
5. Certified seed will first be offered for sale during the fall of 1975.
6. No variety protection is contemplated.