FEAST +EV
1. Feast +EV was selected for tolerance to continuous grazing while maintaininga healthy andlarge crown and root system
2. Feast +EV appears to be adapted to the north central and east centralRegions of the U.S. It isintended for use in the north central and east centralregions of the U.S. as a grazing crop as wellas for producing stored feedIt has been tested in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Idaho.
3. Feast +EV is similar to the FD 3 check Ranger in fall dormancy. Flowercolor of syn.2generation is approximately 65% purple and 3 5% variegatedwith a trace of white, cream andyellow. Tolerance to intensive grazing issuperior to Alfagraze.
4. Feast +EV has high resistance to bacterial wilt, Verticillium. wilt,Fusarium wilt,Phytophthora root rot, and Aphanomyces root rot (race 1), resistanceto anthracnose (race1) andmoderate resistance to pea aphid. It has not beentested for reaction to stem nematode, spottedalfalfa aphid, blue alfalfaaphid and root knot nematode.
5. Seed increase is limited to one generation each of breeder (syn1),foundation (syn2) andcertified (syn3) seed classes. Certified seed may beproduced from either breeder or foundationclasses. A one, three and six yearstand life is permitted on fields producing breeder, foundationand certifiedseed classes respectively. Foundation seed production is limited to the PacificNorthwest. Breeder seed was produced in 1995. ABI will maintain sufficientseed stocks for thelife of the variety.
6. Certified seed will be available in 2000.
7. Application will not be made for Plant Variety Protection.
8. This information can be forwarded to the PVP office.
9. Variety name: Feast +EV
Date submitted: November 1999
Experimental designations: ZG 9535