SURVIVOR
1. Survivor is a 92 clone synthetic variety. one half of the plants were selected for deep crownplacement from three year old forage yield trials near Clinton, Wisconsin, out of the variety MagnaGraze. The other half of the plants were selected out of disease nurseries for resistance toPhytophthora root rot, bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt, Aphanomyces root rot and crown health.Germplasm. sources are: Ladak (25%), M. varia (10%), Turkistan (25%), Flemish (30%) andunknown (10%).
2. Survivor is adapted to and intended for use in the north central and east central regions of theUnited States. The states and Providences where it has been tested are Wisconsin, Alberta, topManitoba, Saskatchewan, Canada.
3. Survivor is a dormant variety similar to the fall dormancy 3 check. Flower color in the syn2 generation is 91% purple, 9% variegated with ft= amounts of cream, white and yellow.
4. Survivor has high resistance to bacterial wilt and Phytophthora, root rot; resistance to Fusarium wilt, Aphanomyces root rot (Race 1), pea aphid, stem nematode, Verticillium wilt,anthracnose (race 1) and northern root-knot nematode. It has not been tested for spotted alfalfaaphid and blue alfalfa aphid.
5. Breeder seed (syn1) was produced from bulking seed of parent plants planted in field isolationnear Sloughhouse, California, in 1992. Foundation seed (syn.2) was produced from breeder seedand certified seed (syn3) from foundation seed. One generation each of breeder foundation andcertified seed classes are recognized. A maximum of three harvest years each is permitted onstands producing breeder and foundation seed with five years for certified seed. Sufficientbreeder seed for the projected life of the variety will be maintained by Dairyland ResearchInternational.
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: Survivor
Date submitted November 29, 1999
Experimental designations: BPR366