North American Alfalfa Improvement Conference

Standard Tests to Characterize Alfalfa Cultivars
(Amended 2024)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
HERBICIDES
	ROUNDUP READY
DISEASES
	ANTHRACNOSE
	APHANOMYCES ROOT ROT
	BACTERIAL WILT - FIELD TEST
	BACTERIAL WILT - GREENHOUSE/CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT
	BROWN ROOT ROT
	COMMON LEAF SPOT
	DOWNY MILDEW
	FUSARIUM WILT
	FUSARIUM WILT - GREENHOUSE/CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT
	LEPTO LEAF SPOT
	PHYTOPHTHORA ROOT ROT
	PHYTOPHTHORA ROOT ROT - SEEDLING
	PYTHIUM SEED ROT AND DAMPING-OFF
	RUST
	SCLEROTINIA CROWN AND STEM ROT
	SPRING BLACKSTEM AND LEAF SPOT
	STAGNOSPORA LEAF AND CROWN ROT
	STEMPHYLIUM LEAF SPOT
	VERTICILLIUM WILT
	YELLOW LEAF BLOTCH
INSECTS
	ALFALFA WEEVIL
	BLUE ALFALFA APHID
	CLOVER ROOT CURCULIO
	COWPEA APHID
	PEA APHID
	POTATO LEAFHOPPER YELLOWING
	POTATO LEAFHOPPER RESISTANCE
	SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY
	SPOTTED ALFALFA APHID
NEMATODES
	ALFALFA STEM NEMATODE (Revised 1995)
	COLUMBIA ROOT KNOT
	ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE
	ROOT-LESION NEMATODE
AGRONOMIC
	ACID DETERGENT FIBER, NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER CONCENTRATION, AND RELATIVE FEED VALUE
	FALL DORMANCY
	FALL DORMANCY - ALTERNATIVE METHODS
	FORAGE PRODUCTION UNDER SALT STRESS
	FORAGE YIELD TESTING GUIDELINES
	GRAZING TOLERANCE
	MULTIFOLIOLATE LEAF EXPRESSION (Leaves with > 3 leaflets/leaf)
	SALT TOLERANCE OF GERMINATING ALFALFA SEEDLINGS
	SALT TOLERANCE OF GERMINATING ALFALFA SEEDLINGS - Revised 2024
	STANDABILITY (Lodging Resistance)
	WINTER SURVIVAL