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Registration of ‘RoadCrest’ Crested Wheatgrass
Author(s) -
Asay K. H.,
Jensen K. B.,
Horton W. H.,
Johnson D. A.,
Chatterton N. J.,
Young S. A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1999.0015rcv
Subject(s) - forage , range (aeronautics) , library science , forestry , geography , biology , agronomy , engineering , aerospace engineering , computer science
RoadCrest was derived from two accessions originally collected at Dikmen Ankara and Güvercinlik Ankara, Turkey and provided to the USDA-ARS Forage and Range Research Unit by Dr. Esvet Acikgoz. Rhizomatous plants, observed in these accessions during their initial evaluation on a semiarid range site in central Utah, were selected and established in a crossing block to develop the parental germplasm. These plant materials were then subjected to two cycles of selection based largely on progeny evaluation for increased rhizome development, fine leaf texture, short growth stature, and improved seedling vigor. Breeder seed was compounded from selected polycross seedlots in the final breeding cycle.