Description:
HA-DM8 is a BC2F5-derived BC2F6 oil-type maintainer selection from the cross of HA 89*2/NMS HA 89/Helianthus argophyllus accession PI 494576. HA 89 (PI 599773) is an inbred maintainer line susceptible to downy mildew. The H. argophyllus accession (PI 494576) was originally collected in Texas in 1984, and is resistant to new virulent races of downy mildew.