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Registration of Varieties and Strains of Alfalfa 1
Author(s) -
Graber L. F.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1956.00021962004800120017x
Subject(s) - standardization , citation , library science , agronomy , mathematics , political science , computer science , biology , law
Narragansett alfalfa is a new variety developed at the Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station by T. E. Odland and associates. It is a very winter-hardy variety. Stands are readily established and it ranks high in yields where bacterial wilt does not decimate the stands. The greatest single weakness of the variety is its susceptibility to bacterial wilt disease. At the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, Narragansett was more susceptible to artificial inoculations of bacterial wilt in 1951 than Cossack alfalfa. In another field trial begun at the same station in 1949, Narragansett was more susceptible to bacterial .wilt during an epidemic in 1950 than Williamsburg (a selection from Kansas common alfalfa) but less susceptible than Rhizoma alfalfa.