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Origin And Performance Of Ranger Alfalfa, W. R. Kehr
Origin And Performance Of Ranger Alfalfa, W. R. Kehr
Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
Ranger alfalfa was developed through the cooperative efforts of personnel of the United States Department of Agriculture and the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station and released for seed increase in 1940. It is a winter-hardy, bacterial wilt resistant variety synthesized from five basic strains selected from Cossack, Turkistan and Ladak. Breeding methods used in the development of this variety were described in detail. Research results obtained on the performance of the basic strains and on the seed lots, produced under certification procedures, in controlled wilt and cold tests and forage yield trials under field conditions at the Nebraska station were presented …