Description:
Derived from multiple germplasm availabe in the 1970's. Selected for two cycles of recurrent phenotypic selection for resistance to fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum) in a northern New York field with a history of the disease. This selection was followed by one cycle of phenotypic selection for forage vigor after one year in a spaced planted field nursery in Ithaca, NY, followed by two cycles of recurrent phenotypic selection for resistance to fusarium wilt after inoculating plants in a greenhouse.