PROLIFIC
1. Prolific is a 50 clone synthetic variety. Parent plants were selected out of forage yield plotsnear Marshfield, Wisconsin. These parent plants were selected for resistance to Phytophthoraroot rot, Aphanomyces root rot; crowns free of crown rot and expression of branch roots.Germplasm sources are: Ladak (5%), M. varia (20%), Turkistan (15%), Flemish (40%), Chilean(2%), and unknown (18%).
2. Prolific is adapted to and intended for use in the north central, Great Plains and east centralregions of the United States. The states where it has been tested are Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska,and Wisconsin.
3. Prolific is a dormant variety similar to the fall dormancy 3 check. Flower color in the syn2generation is 90% purple, 10% variegated with trace amounts of cream, white and yellow.
4. Prolific has high resistance to bacterial wilt, Fusarium. wilt Phytophthora root rot and northernroot-knot nematode; resistance to Aphanomyces root rot (race 1), pea aphid, stem nematode,Verticillium wilt and anthracnose (race 1). It has not been tested for spotted alfalfa aphid andblue alfalfa aphid.
5. Breeder seed (syn1) was produced from bulking seed of parent hand pollinated in agreenhouse near Clinton, Wisconsin, in 1993. Foundation seed (syn2) was produced frombreeder 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 ispermitted 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 DairylandResearch 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: Prolific
Date Submitted November 29, 1999
Experimental designations: BPR377