1.   Beginning in 1961, 36,000 seedlings were greenhouse screened for Leptosphaerulina leafspot. The susceptible half of the population was discarded and the remaining plants were inoculated with bacterial wilt and transplanted to the field. Individual plant notes were taken on vigor, leafhopper tolerance and leaf diseases. Three hundred clones were selected and evaluated for seed production in the West. Polycross progeny plots were established in both North Carolina and Tennessee in 1964 and 1965. These 1,166 plots were scored twice each year for alfalfa weevil feeding damage. Nine clones were selected, based on these weevil feeding