1. Vision is a 101 clone synthetic variety. The parental plants were selected out of saturated soils near Marshfield, WI. Parent plants were selected for the branch rootedness, resistance to bacterial wilt Fusarium wilt, Phytophthora root rot, Aphanomyces root rot(Race 1or2): crown health and excellent herbage growth. Source material trace back to 5252, 5246, 5454, MagnaGraze, Webfoot MPR, Quantum, GH787, Prism, Genesis, Legendairy and Magnum III. The percent of germplasm sources are: M. falcata(5), Ladak(8), M. varia(18), Turkistan(32), Flemish(21), and Unknown(16).
2. Vision is adapted in the North Central Region of the United States and intended for use in the Northern half of the United States. The state where it has been tested is Wisconsin.
3. Vision is a dormant, fall dormancy 3 variety. Flower color in the Syn. 2 generation is 85% purple, 12% variegated, 1% cream, 1%white and 1%yellow.
4. Vision has high resistance to bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt, Phytophthora root rot; resistance to northern root-knot nematode(M. halpa); stem nematode, anthracnose(Race 1), Aphanomyces root rot(Race 1) and Verticillium wilt. It has not been tested for pea aphid, blue alfalfa aphid and spotted alfalfa aphid.
5. Breeder seed was produced from bulking seed of parent plants crossed in a greenhouse near Clinton, WI to produce Syn. 1 seed in 1994. Foundation seed (Syn.2) was produced from Breeder seed and Certified seed (Syn. 3) from Foundation seed. One generation each of Breeder, Foundation and Certified seed classes are recognized. A maximum of three harvest years each is permitted on stands producing Breeder and Foundation seed with five years for Certified seed. Sufficient Breeder seed for the projected life of the variety will be maintained by Dairyland Research International.
6. Certified Seed was available fall of 1998.
7. Application for the Plant Variety Protection is undecided.
8. Information in the NAVRB application can be forwarded to the PVP office.
9. Variety name: Vision Date submitted: November 25, 1998 Experimental
designations: DS9570