MBS 2821
1. MBS 2821 is a 22 clone synthetic variety. Parent clones trace back through several intermediate steps in Teweles Multistrain, Answer, Iroquois, Apollo, Vernal, Tempo, Thor, Lahonton, MSB, MSB-CW5, MNP-D1, NCMP2 and Dairyland experimentals. Dairyland experimentals trace back to Flandria, Culver, Durstan and Ranger. Parent plants were selected out of forage yield plots and progeny tested for one or more of the following traits: Forage yield, stand persistence, winter hardiness, seed yield and resistance to bacterial wilt, Phytophthora root rot, Fusarium wilt, anthracnose, Verticillium wilt and Aphanomyces. There percent of germplasm sources are M. falcata (3), Ladak (20), M. varia (5), Turkistan (10), Flemish (60) and Chilean (2).
2. MBS 2821 is intended for use in the upper midwest region of the United States for hay, haylage, greenchop and dehydration. The states where it has been tested are Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois.
3. Flower color in the Syn. 2 generation is approximatly 76% purple and 24% variegated, with trace amounts of cream, white and yellow. Growth habit in mid-summer is erect and semi-erect in the fall. Its fall dormancy is similar to the variety Saranac.
4. MBS 2821 has high resistance to bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt and Phytophthora root rot, resistance to anthracnose (Race I), Verticillium wilt and pea aphid, and low resistance to Aphanomyces and spotted alfalfa aphid. Its reaction to blue alfalfa aphid and stem nematode has not been tested.
5. Breeder seed has been produced from cuttings of the parental clones in an isolation block as Syn. 1. Enough Breeder seed (Syn. 1) was produced for the expected life of the variety. Seed lots will be kept seperate. Foundation seed will be produced from Breeder seed and Certified seed from either Breeder or Foundation seed. One generation each of Breeder and Foundation and two generations of Certified seed classes are recognized. A maximum of three years each is permitted on stands producing Breeder and Foundation seed with five years for Certified seed.
6. Certified seed will be available the spring of 1991.
7. Application for the Plant Variety Protection is undecided.
8. As a means of added varietal protection, information included with this application may be provided to the PVP office.