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Forage News [1999-06], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

• Forage/Beef Field Day - Crittenden County - June 15
• Forage Field Day Stops Show the Best of UK
• University of Kentucky’s Eden Shale Research Farm
• Testing Hay is the Best Deal in Town
• Spring Grazing Schools Went Well
• Fenceless Grazing
• Preliminary Investigations of Grazing Horses on Alfalfa
• Upcoming Events

Aphanomyces-Resistant Alfalfa: A Solution To A Common Problem In Spring Seedings, Paul C. Vincelli, Jimmy C. Henning, Tim Hendrick, Gerald D. Brown, L. J. Osborne, Beth Prewitt, Val Shields, Don Sorrell, Kim Strohmeier, Ray Tackett, Joe Wyles

Agronomy Notes

For several decades, farmers have experienced a common stand-establishment disease syndrome when spring-seeded alfalfa was followed by extended periods of wet weather. Seedlings affected by this syndrome exhibit severe stunting as well as yellowing and reddening of seed leaves (cotyledons), but they do not wilt or collapse, as they might from a damping-off disease. Commonly, the problem affects most or all of the field.

Based on research that began in the 1980's, we suspected that a fungus called Aphanomyces euteiches (hereafter simply called Aphanomyces) was responsible. This root-rot fungus can be found in the majority of alfalfa fields we …

Forage News [1999-01], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

• Forages at KCA
• KFGC Board Sets Vision and Mission
• 1999 AFGC National Hay Show - Rules and Procedures
• Forage: Quality Emphasis
• Comparing Alfalfa, Red Clover, and Annual Lespedeza for Frost Seeding Into Tall Fescue
• Dise and Sickle Mower-Conditioners
• Affect on Stand Persistence and Yield
• Upcoming Events