MAGNUM V-WET
1. Magnum V-Wet is a 72 clone synthetic variety. One half of the parent plants were selected outof forage yield plots near Marshfield, Wisconsin, for resistance to Phytophthora root rot,bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt, Aphanomyces root rot; crowns free of crown rot and expression ofbranch roots. The other half of the plants were selected out of forage yield trials near Clinton, Wisconsin. These parent plants were progeny tested for one or more of the following traits:forage yield, stand persistence, forage quality, resistance to bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt,Phytophthora, root rot, anthracnose (race 1), Verticillium wilt, Aphanomyces root rot (Race 1),and spotted alfalfa aphid. Germplasm. sources are: Ladak (10%), M. varia (25%), Turkistan.(12%), Flemish (32%), and unknown (21%).
2. Magnum V-Wet is adapted to and intended for use in tile north central and east central regionof the United States. The states where it has been tested are Minnesota, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
3. Magnum V-Wet is a dormant variety similar to the fall dormancy 3 check. Flower color in thesyn2 generation is 85% purple, 15% variegated with trace amounts of cream, white and yellow.
4. Magnum V-Wet has high resistance to bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt, Phytophthora root rot,and northern root-knot nematode; resistance to Aphanomyces root rot (race 1), pea aphid, stemnematode, Verticillium wilt and anthracnose (race 1). It has not been tested for spotted alfalfaaphid and blue alfalfa aphid.
5. Breeder seed (synl) was produced from bulking seed of field isolated
parent plants near
Sloughhouse, California, in 1993. Foundation seed (syn2) was produced from
breeder seed
and certified seed (syn3) from foundation seed. One generation each of breeder,
foundation
and 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. Sufficient
breeder seed for the projected life of the variety will be maintained by
Dairyland Research
International.
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: Magnum V-Wet ,
Date Submitted November 29,1999
Experimental designations: DS9801