Description:
The 9081457 bluebunch wheatgrass is the first cycle of a Recurrent Restricted Phenotypic Selection. Twenty accessions collected by Jack Carlson were seeded in Cone-tainers and then were randomly space-planted in 20 blocks in 1991. Individual plants were qualitatively evaluated in on vigor, relative forage abundance, and seedhead development, and, measurements were taken of forage and seedhead height. The five best plants in each of the 20 blocks (25% selection rate) were identified and in 1994 the harvested seed was bulked and accessioned as 9081457.