1. FQ302HR is a synthetic variety with 65 parent plants. Parents were selected based on clonal and/or polycross progeny tests for forage yield, forage quality, fall dormancy reaction and pest resistance from several breeding populations previously selected for resistance to one or more of the following pests: bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt, Verticillium wilt, anthracnose (Race 1), Phytophthora root rot, Aphanomyces root rot (Race 1) and potato leafhopper. A combination of genotypic and phenotypic recurrent selection was used in the development of this variety. The parental populations from which all clones were derived trace to the following cultivars and germplasm releases: Rushmore (30%), DK133 (18%), Sterling (15%), Pacesetter (12%), DK121HG (10%), Legend (6%) and the germplasm releases- 81IND-2, KS108GH5, and KS94GH6 (3% each). Registration of the germplasm release populations were published in Crop Science. Breeder seed (Syn 1) was produced near Nampa, ID in 1996, harvested in total from all parent plants and bulked. Approximate germplasm source contributions are: M. falcata (3%), Ladak(5%), M. varia (22%), Turkistan (4%), Flemish (55%), Chilean (2%) and Unknown (9%).

2. This variety is adapted to the North Central and East C