SURVIVOR
1. Survivor is a 92 clone syntheticvariety. one half of the plants were selected for deep crownplacement fromthree year old forage yield trials near Clinton, Wisconsin, out of the varietyMagnaGraze. The other half of the plants were selected out of disease nurseriesfor resistance toPhytophthora root rot, bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt, Aphanomycesroot rot and crown health.Germplasm. sources are: Ladak (25%), M. varia (10%),Turkistan (25%), Flemish (30%) andunknown (10%).
2. Survivor is adapted to and intended for use in the north central andeast central regions of theUnited States. The states and Providences whereit has been tested are Wisconsin, Alberta, topManitoba, Saskatchewan, Canada.
3. Survivor is a dormant variety similar to the fall dormancy 3 check.Flower color in the syn2 generation is 91% purple, 9% variegated with ft=amounts of cream, white and yellow.
4. Survivor has high resistance to bacterial wilt and Phytophthora, rootrot; resistance to Fusarium wilt, Aphanomyces root rot (Race 1), peaaphid, stem nematode, Verticillium wilt,anthracnose (race 1) and northernroot-knot nematode. It has not been tested for spotted alfalfaaphidand blue alfalfa aphid.
5. Breeder seed (syn1) was produced from bulking seed of parent plantsplanted in field isolationnear Sloughhouse, California, in 1992. Foundationseed (syn.2) was produced from breeder seedand certified seed (syn3) fromfoundation seed. One generation each of breeder foundation andcertified seedclasses are recognized. A maximum of three harvest years each is permittedonstands producing breeder and foundation seed with five years for certified seed. Sufficientbreeder seed for the projected life of the variety willbe maintained by Dairyland ResearchInternational.
6. Certified Seed was available fall of 1999.
7. Application for the Plant Variety Protection is undecided.
8. Information in this application can be forwarded to the PVP office.
9. Variety name: Survivor
Date submitted November 29, 1999
Experimental designations: BPR366