VARIETY PUBLICATIONS No. L
ALFALFA
PACER
572
UC CARGO
521
VISTA
APOLLO
ARDIENTE
LIBERTY
AS-13R
HONEOYE
WL 219
SARANAC AR
AS-49R
The Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies
January, 1976
REPORT OF MEETING OF
NATIONAL CERTIFIED ALFALFA VARIETY REVIEW BOARD
December 9 & 10, 1975
Members of the Review Board met December 9 & 10, 1975. They were of the opinion that the varieties listed belay were distinctive and merit certification.
1. A statement of the origin and the breeding procedures used in developing the variety.
2. Area of probable adaptation end primary purpose (hay, grazing, etc.) for which this variety will be used. Report States and areas within States where the variety has been tested, and proposed areas of recommendation and merchandising.
3. Information of value to field inspectors (such as uniformity, leaf, flower characteristics, etc.), physiological characteristics, obvious disease and insect reactions, and other identifying characteristics.
4. Procedure for maintaining stock seed, seed classes to be used, a statement as to the limitations of generations that may be certified end other requirements or limitations necessary to maintain varietal characteristics.
5. If this variety is accepted by official certifying agencies, when will certified seed first be offered for sale?
6. Will application be made for protection under certifications of the Plant Variety Protection Act?
Pacer
1. Pacer is an 8 clone synthetic variety. One clone each was
selected from Vernal, Scout, Dawson, Weevlchek, and Saranac. The other 3 were second cycle selections of Flemish origin. Clonal selection was based on progeny tests for seed and forage yield, pest resistance, and hardiness in Iowa, Minnesota and
Idaho.
2. Pacer appears adapted to the northern half of the USA in areas of good moisture where Saranac and Vernal do well for use as hay, haylage and greenchop. It also does well in parts of the Pacific Northwest. It has been tested across the Midwest from Indiana to Nebraska, and in Eastern South Dakota, Southern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Idaho and Oregon.
3. Flower color is mostly various shades of purple with 10--20% variegated types. A winter dormant variety with upright growth habit and good late summer and fall regrowth. Pacer is similar to Vernal in resistance to bacterial wilt, has a greater resistance to the pea aphid than Kanza and higher than Vernal in resistance to Phytophthora root rot. It is an acceptable seed producer with a high forage yield potential.
4. Breeder seed was produced in Idaho on replicated clonal cuttings using leaf cutter bees for pollination. Seed increase is on a limited generation basis, one each of Breeders, Foundation and Certified, with Foundation production only in Idaho, Oregon, or Washington. Certified seed will be first generation increase from Breeders or Foundation only.
5. 1976.
6. No.
HONEOYE
1. Honeoye was developed by three cycles of recurrent phenotypic selection in field nurseries. Selection was made for vigor, early spring growth, rapid recovery from cutting in a 3--harvest management, variegated flower color, resistance to the bacterial wilt disease from artificial inoculation, and relative freedom from foliar diseases and insect damage under natural epiphytotics and infestations in the field.
Breeder seed is produced from the interpollination by honey bees of 150 parent clones in a plant growth chamber.
2. Honeoye is recommended for hay and haylage in New York. The area of probable adaptation is similar to that for Saranac. It has been tested in yield trials and in demonstration trials on farms in New York. It is under test in nearby states and Eastern Canada.
3. Honeoye is similar to Saranac in growth habit, persistence, and disease reactions. The most distinctive difference is that approximately 75 percent of the plants of Honeoye are variegated in flower color as contrasted to approximately 18 percent in Saranac. From subjective observation Honeoye has more plants than Saranac with dark green foliage color and early spring growth.
4. Seed increase shall be in the limited generation sequence with one generation each of Breeder, Foundation and Certified. Production of Foundation seed will be by the New York Seed Improvement Cooperative, Inc. in the Northern alfalfa region only. Certified seed fields must be planted with Breeder or Foundation seed.
5. Certified seed in limited quantity will be available in Spring of 1976.
6. An application has been submitted for Plant Variety Protection under the provision that the variety may be sold by variety name only as a class of certified seed.
WL 219
1. WL 219 was developed by combining 27 grassy rooted survivors from six high yielding test synthetics at the conclusion of two forage trials at Piper City, Ill.
2. It is a hay or haylage variety adapted to the northern states and adjacent areas in the central region of adaptation.
3. The flower colors of WL 219 are approximately 78% purple, 17% variegated and 5% cream and yellow. The growth habit is upright and recovery after cutting is rapid as compared with other hardy varieties.
4. Breeder seed is produced by intercrossing the 27 parent plants under cages that provide isolation. Foundation seed is grown from breeder seed in the northern area of alfalfa adaptation. Certified seed is produced only from Foundation or Breeder seed. No other class or generation of seed will be used.
5. Certified seed will be available after the 1976 seed harvest.
SARANAC AR
1. Saranac AR was developed from one cycle of selection from U.S.D.A. germplasm GPl8 Beltsville 2--An4 (Crop Science 13:289. 1973), an anthracnose resistant population selected from Saranac. Selection was based upon one cycle of selection for vigorous plants in the field and survival in tests for resistance to the bacterial wilt and anthracnose diseases.
Breeder seed is produced from the interpollination by honey bees of 150 parent clones in a plant growth chamber.
2. Saranac AR is recommended for hay and haylage in southeastern and southern New York. The area of probable adaptation is similar to that for Saranac. It has been tested in yield trials and in demonstration trials on farms in New York. It is under test in nearby states and Eastern Canada.
3. Saranac AR is similar to Saranac for phenotypic characteristics except that it has good resistance to the causal organism for anthracnose and has slightly fewer plants with variegated flower color -- approximately 14 percent for Saranac AR and 18 percent for Saranac.
4. Seed increase shall be in the limited generation sequence with one generation each of Breeder, Foundation and Certified. Production of Foundation seed will be by the New York Seed Improvement Cooperative, Inc. in the northern alfalfa region only. Certified seed fields must be planted with Breeder or Foundation seed.
5. Certified seed will be available in the Spring of 1976.
6. An application has been submitted for Plant Variety Protection under the provision that the variety may be sold by variety name only as a class of certified seed.
AS-49R
1. AS--49R is a synthetic alfalfa variety having dormancy similar to Lahontan and AS--49. Thirty--one clones were selected in 1970 from a field of AS--49 which had severe stand loss due to Phytophthora.
2. AS--49R will be sold in those areas where AS--49 is now being marketed.
3. It has resistance similar to Lahontan to Phytophthora and spotted alfalfa aphid.
4. Seed production will be on a three generation basis: Breeder, Foundation and Certified. Breeder seed from original clones will both be maintained by Farm Seed Research Corp. Breeder seed will be released to Ferry--Morse Seed Co. for production of Foundation seed or Certified seed. Foundation seed will be used for the production of certified seed.
5. Certified seed will be available in the Spring of 1976.
6. Application for protection under certification of the Plant Variety Protection Act will not be made.
572
1. 572 breeder seed is a synthetic of 34 non--dormant clones selected for resistance to various insects and diseases from numerous varieties and germplasm pools. Nineteen clones trace originally to African germplasm, 2 to Sirsa #9, and 13 to germplasm derived from combinations of African, Sirsa #9, other non-- dormant types and Lahontan. Progeny rows of each clone showed persistence under phytophthora root rot conditions.
2. 572 should be adapted to areas where other non--dormant alfalfas are grown. It has been tested in the San Joaquin, Sacramento, and Santa Maria Valleys of California. Primary purpose is for hay with additional usage for haylage, green chop, grazing and de--hy.
3. Flower color is purple. Plant color is dark green. It is erect, fairly uniform and less fall dormant than Moapa. It is superior to Dawson in resistance to the spotted alfalfa aphid and the green pea aphid found in the Fresno, California area. 572 has a high level of resistance to Downy Mildew and approaches Lahontan in resistance to phytophthora root rot.
4. Seed classes will be Breeder, Foundation and Certified. Breeder seed is the bulk harvested polycross seed of the 34 parental clones produced under isolation. Certified seed may be produced on fields established with breeder or foundation seed. No other class or generation is recognized as 572.
5. Certified seed will be available from 1976 seed production fields.
6. No application for plant variety protection is being considered.
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.
521
1. 521 is composed of eighteen clones originating from several experimental lines of fall dormant types including the varieties 520 and ATRA that survived in an infestation of spotted alfalfa aphids in the seedling stage. More than 10,000 seedlings were in the original population. Surviving plants were established in a nursery near Five Points, California for evaluation of seed production and confirmation of spotted aphid resistance. Plants with high seed yields were selected for progeny row forage production evaluation at two locations in the Midwest and the parent plant was vegetatively propagated for a bacterial wilt test.
2. 521 has been evaluated in Nebraska, North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New York and California. The cultivar is adapted to those areas where 520 and Vernal are being grown for hay, haylage, de--hy and grazing.
3. Flower color is predominately purple with variegated flowers including some white and yellow flowered plants. The cultivar is uniform at all stages of growth during the spring and summer, but shows some non-uniformity in fall growth. The winterhardiness based on fall growth is similar to that of Vernal and 520. Most plants are semi--erect in growth habit. 521 has resistance to bacterial wilt similar to Ranger and slightly higher resistance than Dawson to the spotted alfalfa aphids found in Fresno, California area.
4. Seed classes for 521 will be Breeder, Foundation and Certified. Breeder seed is composed of bulk harvested seed produced within cage or a field isolation of the eighteen parent clones. Certified seed may be produced only on fields established with Breeder and/or Foundation seed.
5. Certified seed would be available for marketing in the Spring of 1976.
6. Not planned for certification under provisions of the Plant Variety Protection Act.
VISTA
1. Vista is a synthetic variety derived from the recombination of 19 parental clones chosen from Flemish germplasm pools designed to incorporate later fall dormancy with tolerance to bacterial wilt and foliar diseases.
2. Vista is comparable in fall dormancy to Saranac and is recommended for use as a hay crop in the southern portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan to the remainder of the Cornbelt and east to Pennsylvania. Forage yield trials have been conducted in experiment station trials in many of the Cornbelt states and in Oregon, New York and Pennsylvania, plus our tests.
3. Vista is non--variegated in flower color and has uniform fall regrowth later than Vernal or Dawson. It is similar to Saranac in foliar disease resistance. Vista is not resistant to spotted alfalfa aphid or tolerant to pea aphids.
4. Seedstocks for Vista are limited to Breeders seed, Foundation seed from the multiplication of Breeder seed in the first two seed crops of the stand and Certified seed. Isolation requirements for seedstocks are equal to those prescribed in certification standards.
5. Seed from fields now established will be marketed as certified need in 1976.
6. Application for Plant Variety Protection for Vista will not be made.
APOLLO
1. Beginning in 1971 Apollo was developed using three cycles of recurrent selection for Phytophthora resistance (2 cycles in greenhouse benches, one in field nursery). The 1148 selections trace to 75% northern hardy types predominately Titan, Vernal and Weevlchek, and 25% Flemish and central types predominately Anchor, Tempo, Saranac, Dawson, Cody and Kanza. The USDA release MnPB1 contributed a number of clones to the 2nd and 3rd cycles of selection.
2. Apollo was tested in Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, and South Carolina. It is adapted to the North Central states and other areas of the U.S. with similar and slightly milder climates. It is intended for use as hay, greenchop and dehydration.
3. The flower color is approximately 20% dark purple, 53% moderately dark purple, 11% light purple, 11% dark purple variegated, 5% light blue and less than 1% cream. (Refer to USDA handbook 424). Growth habit is upright and moderately uniform. Apollo has resistance to bacterial wilt similar to Vernal and Phytophthora root rot resistance similar to Agate.
4. Seed increase is on a three generation basis with Breeder, Foundation and Certified classes. Breeder seed was produced by interpollinating the 1148 parent selections in the greenhouse at Ames, Iowa. Sufficient breeder seed for the life of the variety is held in controlled storage. No restriction on area of production of Foundation or Certified seed.
5. Spring 1976.
6. Plant Variety Protection applied for, however commercial seed not restricted to a Certified class.
ARDIENTE
1. Ardiente is a twenty clone synthetic alfalfa variety. Clones were selected in 1969 from a trial planted by U. of Cal. in Riverside Co. in 1966. The trial showed stand depletion caused by root knot nematode and bacterial wilt. Selections were based upon vigor, leafiness and color of foliage.
2. Ardiente will be marketed in those areas where Caliente is currently being sold.
3. It is non--dormant in the winter similar to Caliente. Stand survival and forage yield have been better than Caliente especially after three years. Ardiente has shown good foliage color when subjected to air pollutants.
4. Seed production will be on a three generation basis: Breeder, Foundation and Certified. Breeder seed from original clones will be maintained by Farm Seed Research Corporation. Breeder seed will be released to Ferry-Morse Seed Company for production of Foundation or Certified seed. Foundation seed will be used to produce certified seed.
5. Certified seed will be available in the Spring of 1977.
6. Application for protection will be made.
LIBERTY
1. Liberty originated from North Carolina breeding stock through six generations of recurrent phenotypic selection for adaptation, vigor, persistence and resistance to insects and diseases under field conditions. The variety expresses a high degree of tolerance to the alfalfa weevil. It possesses a high degree of resistance to anthracnose disease and has a moderate resistance to the pea aphid. Liberty is susceptible to the spotted alfalfa aphid and to the bacterial wilt disease.
2. It is intended for hay and haylage production in the upper south extending from the Atlantic westward through Oklahoma, in areas where damage from the alfalfa weevil and anthracnose disease exist. The variety has been tested in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and Oregon. Liberty can be grown successfully under weevil infestation without the use of insecticides, but insecticides may be needed for maximum production.
3. Liberty is exceptionally vigorous in the spring; displaying heavy crown development, axillary branching of stems, and heavier than usual terminal buds. Growth habit is upright. It displays intermediate fall dormancy, but winter dormancy is more pronounced, i.e., crown growth during December and January is very limited. Flower color varies from purple to light blue with a low frequency of variegation. Seed pods are typical of Medicago sativa.
4. Seed increase shall be on a four generation basis: Breeder, Foundation, Registered, and Certified. Foundation seed is produced jointly by the North Carolina and Oklahoma foundation seed producers organizations. Registered and Certified seed will be produced by farmers under the auspices of the appropriate state certifying agency.
5. Certified seed will first be offered for sale in 1977 or l978.
6. Liberty will be protected under provisions of the Plant Variety Protection Act.
AS-13R
1. AS--13R is a synthetic alfalfa variety having 81 clones selected out of AS--13 in an established field containing stem nematode and Phytophthora.
2. AS--13R has been tested in California and will be sold in those areas where AS--13 is now being marketed.
3. AS--13R has resistance to Phytophthora and stem nematode similar to Lahonatan. Dormancy is similar to AS--13 which is intermediate in California or between Lahonatan and Moapa.
4. Seed production will be on a three generation basis, Breeder, Foundation and Certified. Breeder seed will be maintained by Farm Seed Research Corp. from original clones and released to Ferry--Morse Seed Co. for production of Foundation or Certified seed.
5. Certified seed will be available in the Spring of 1976.
6. Application for protection under certification of the Plant Variety Protection Act will not be made.