Description:
HA-DM5 is a BC2F3-derived BC2F4 confection maintainer selection from the cross of CONFSCLB1*2/CMS CONFSCLB1/Helianthus annuus accession PI 435414. CONFSCLB1 is a confection BC1F3-derived BC1F4 maintainer selection from the cross of HA 441/ROM PH//HA 442/HA 441/4/CONF/5/CONF. The wild annual H. annuus accession (PI 435414) was originally collected from Paris, Texas in 1978 and is resistant to downy mildew.