MBS 2821

1.  MBS 2821 is a 22 clone synthetic variety. Parent clones trace back through several intermediate steps in Teweles Multistrain, Answer, Iroquois, Apollo, Vernal, Tempo, Thor, Lahonton, MSB, MSB-CW5, MNP-D1, NCMP2 and Dairyland experimentals. Dairyland experimentals trace back to Flandria, Culver, Durstan and Ranger. Parent plants were selected out of forage yield plots and progeny tested for one or more of the following traits: Forage yield, stand persistence, winter hardiness, seed yield and resistance to bacterial wilt, Phytophthora root rot, Fusarium wilt, anthracnose, Verticillium wilt and Aphanomyces. There percent of germplasm sources are M. falcata (3), Ladak (20), M. varia (5), Turkistan (10), Flemish (60) and Chilean (2).

2.  MBS 2821 is intended for use in the u