PAWNEE

1. Pawnee is a 85 clone synthetic cultivar. Parent clones trace to 39 populations selected for resistance to the following pests: bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt, Verticillium wilt, Phytophthora root rot, Anthracnose (race 1), stem nematode, lesion nematode and Aphanomyces root rot (race 1) plus two additional isolates. Phenotypic recurrent selection was used. Final selections were made from two-year old space plant selection nurseries near Larned, Kansas, based on yield, winter survival, degree of leaf hopper yellowing and stunting, freedom from leaf diseases and fall dormancy reaction.

Breeder seed (syn1) was produced in 1996 on approximately 25 cuttings of each clone transplanted at random and harvested in bulk Parentage traces to Synergy, Allegro and AP 8841 (11% eac