Description:
Basin was evaluated as UV13 and was developed as a 24-plant synthetic cultivar through
three cycles of recurrent selection for improved seed and forage production. Basin traces to
35% Timp (PI 584480), 18% AG 255 from the National Artic Plant Genetic Resource Unit,
Palmer, AK, 10% DLEG 900004, and 1% DLEG 900300 (DLEG 900004 and DLEG 900300
Desert Legume Program seed collection, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ) and 6% W6 17266.
The remaining 30 % was from 11 original collections from the central mountains of Utah.