Conquest
1. Conquest is a twenty-two clone synthetic whose parents trace to ATRA 55, 520, Vernal, Culver and Ranger. The parent clones survived two cycles of spotted alfalfa aphid screening. Selection of clones was next based on high seed production and bacterial wilt resistance.
2. The area of adaptation is the same as that for 520 and Vernal. Conquest has been evaluated in Nebraska, North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New York, and California.
3. Flower color is predominately purple but a few variegated and an occasional yellow and cream flowered plant can be found. Growth habit is semi-erect. Conquest is equal to Vernal in winterhardiness as measured by fall growth. Conquest has resistance to spotted alfalfa aphid, moderate resistance to bacterial wilt, susceptible to Phytophthora root rot and anthracnose. Its reaction to pea aphid and stem nematode is not known.
4. Seed classes for Conquest will be breeder, foundation and certified. Breeder seed is composed of bulk harvested seed from a cage or field isolation of the twenty-two parent clones. Certified seed may be produced only on fields established with breeder and/or foundation seed. No other class or generation is recognized as Conquest.
5. Seed will be first offered for sale in the Spring of 1978.
6. No application for plant variety protection is contemplated.