EXCEL

1. Excel is a 10 clone synthetic variety. Parent clones were selected out of forage yield plots and/or disease nurseries. These parent plants were progeny tested for one or more of the following traits: forage yield, stand persistence, forage quality, resistance to bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt, Phytophthora root rot, anthracnose (race 1), Verticillium wilt, Aphanomyces root rot (race 1), and spotted alfalfa aphid. Germplasm sources are: Ladak (15%), M. varia (12%), Turkistan (15%), Flemish (35%), Chilean (81/6), and unknown (15%).

2. Excel is adapted to and intended for use in the north central, Great Plains and east central region of the United States. The s