Safari tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) (Reg. no. CV-57, P1547099) was developed by Pure-Seed Testing, Inc., of Hubbard, OR, and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Safari was released by Turf Seed, Inc., of Hubbard, OR, in September 1991. It was evaluated under the experimental designations 5MW and PST-5MWR. Safari is marketed by Turf Seed and the first certified seed was produced in 1991. Safari is an advanced-generation synthetic cultivar selected from the half-sib progenies of five clones. These clones trace their origin to plants selected from old turfs in Kansas, Georgia, New Jersey, Idaho, and North Carolina from 1962 to 1980. Selected plants were hybridized with each other or with elite plants from the Rutgers University turfgrass breeding program. Progenies from these crosses were subjected to varying numbers of cycles of phenotypic and genotypic recurrent selection. During the fall of 1984, 273 plants were selected from old spaced-plant nurseries at Adelphia, NJ, based on performance during summer stress, attractive appearance, and color retention at low soil fertility levels. Selected plants were transplanted to an isolated crossing block. Single-plant progenies of all plants showing acceptable seed yield were established in a turf trial at Adelphia. Selection within this turf trial was based on attractive appearance, and relative freedom from the rhizoctonia brown patch (caused by Rhizoctonia solani Kiihn) and pythium blight (caused by Pythium spp.). A total of 1470 plants selected from the five best-performing progenies were established in a spaced-plant nursery near Hubbard, OR, during the fall of 1986. Selection criteria within this nursery included high seed yield, attractive dark-green color, and resistance to stem rust (caused by Puccinia graminis Pers.:Pers.). Single-plant progenies of 43 selected plants were established in turf trials in New Jersey and Oregon. Plants selected from the best-performing plots were subjected to a second cycle of selection for increased uniformity, higher seed head number, and improved resistance to powdery mildew (caused by Erysiphe graminis DC. ex Merat) and stem rust in a spaced-plant nursery in Oregon. A total of 319 clones were selected to produce breeder seed of Safari. Safari tall fescue is a persistent turf-type cultivar with medium dark-green color, medium-fine leaf texture, medium-high density, medium-low growth habit, good early spring greenup, and good late fall color retention. It has improved resistance to rhizoctonia brown patch, stem rust, and crown rust (caused by Puccinia coronata Corda). Safari performed well in the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program ranking third for overall turfgrass quality of 65 tall fescues evaluated at 42 locations for 4 yr. Breeder seed of Safari is produced by Pure-Seed Testing. Propagation is limited to two generations of increase from breeder seed, one generation each of foundation and certified. U.S. Plant Variety Protection Certificate no. 900080 has been issued for Safari.
Plateau' (Reg. No. CV-272, PI 672536), a waxy (amylose-free starch) proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) cultivar, was developed by the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station. In addition, faculty and staf from University of Wyoming, Colorado State University, and USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE, and Akron, CO, assisted in trials and laboratory evaluations. Plateau, tested as 172-2-9, was selected from F 4 progeny of a cross, made in 1999, between 'Huntsman' (NE79012/NE7 9017/3/'Cope'//'Dawn'/'Common') and PI 436626, a Chinese waxy accession. Waxy starch was the most important selection criteria during early generations, and yield was the predominant factor in selection during variety trials. Variety testing data were analyzed using PROC GLM. Mean grain yield of Plateau (1953 kg ha −1 ) was consistently similar to the female parent, Huntsman, the locally adapted high-yielding cultivar, and higher (30-90% higher yield) than PI 436626 (1020 kg ha −1 ), the donor parent of the waxy trait. This line was primarily released for its waxy starch grain and its adequate yield, which was similar to the high-yielding locally adapted proso millet cultivars.
The chickpea or garbanzo bean (Cicer arietinum L.) germplasm PHREC‐Ca‐Comp. #1 (Reg. No. GP‐282, PI 659664) was developed by the former Alternative Crops Breeding Program at the University of Nebraska Agricultural Research Division and was released in 2010. It was bred specifically for adaptation to growing conditions in Nebraska and for enhanced resistance to Ascochyta blight, a major disease of chickpea caused by Ascochyta rabiei (Pass.) Labr. PHREC‐Ca‐Comp. #1 is a composite of PI 315797, PI 343014, PI 379217, PI 471915, PI 598080, and W6 17256. The composite was developed in the fall of 2002 and was evaluated in six irrigated and four dryland environments at Scottsbluff, Sidney, and Alliance, NE, from 2004 to 2009. Across irrigated environments, PHREC‐Ca‐Comp. #1 had the lowest severity rating for Ascochyta blight and a higher yield under both irrigated and dryland conditions than ‘Sierra’, ‘Dwelley’, ‘Dylan’, and ‘Troy’. PHREC‐Ca‐Comp. #1 is a small, round, cream‐colored kabuli‐type chickpea. It exhibits an upright, indeterminate growth habit. Plants average 66 cm in height and have excellent resistance to lodging. PHREC‐Ca‐Comp. #1 has a fern leaf structure and white flowers and blooms 44 d after planting. It is a midseason bean, maturing 116 d after planting. Although its seed size does not meet commercial standards, PHREC‐Ca‐Comp. #1 has value in breeding programs as a source of resistance to Ascochyta blight and because of its high yield potential.
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