MAGNUM V-WET

1. Magnum V-Wet is a 72 clone synthetic variety. One half of the parent plants were selected outof forage yield plots near Marshfield, Wisconsin, for resistance to Phytophthora root rot,bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt, Aphanomyces root rot; crowns free of crown rot and expression ofbranch roots. The other half of the plants were selected out of forage yield trials near Clinton, Wisconsin. 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 (10%), M. varia (25%), Turkistan.(12%), Flemish (32%), and unknown