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Cornell researchers develop disease-resistant alfalfa
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two destructive alfalfa maladies
has been perfected by a team of
Cornell University scientists.
Named “Mohawk,” the new
alfalfa made its commercial debut
earlier this year in New York State
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New York State College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences at
Cornell, Mohawk has a high degree
of built-in resistance to both
diseases.
Anthracnose, a fungal disease, is
serious in the mid-Atlantic states
as far south as South Carolina, and
in other parts of the country as far
west as Illinois, Wisconsin, and
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This ailment poses no immediate
threat to New York State except
for occasional flare-ups in the
lower Hudson Valley area, but it’s
a perennial menace in portions of
Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Maryland, Virginia, and other
parts of the south.
“Anthracnose is caused when
the weather turns warm and
humid in summer,” Murphy ex
plains. “In serious cases, it can
wipe out the whole crop.”
More widespread than an
thracnose is bacterial wilt, which
attacks almost all alfalfa-growing
areas of the nation. A staple for
farm animals, especially dairy
cows, alfalfa is grown from coast
to coast, all the way from Maine to
California.
“Mohawk is more resistant to
this bacterial disease than any
other varieties we have developed
at Cornell thus far,” Murphy notes.
One of the foremost breeders of
alfalfa and other hay crop
varieties in the nation, Murphy is
credited with developing a series
of top alfalfa varieties that have
been used widely throughout the
Northeast over the past 25 years.
In addition to Mohawk, alfalfa
varieties developed under Mur
phy’s leadership are Cayuga
(1960), Saranac (1963), Mark II
(1965), Iroquois (1967), Oneida
(1970), Saranac AR (1974), and
Honeoye (1974). More recently,
Murphy cooperated closely in a
project that has resulted in a
variety called “Oneida VR,” which
has strong resistance to yet
another alfalfa killer known as
“Verticillium wilt.” Oneida VR
moved into commercial production
in New York State on a limited
basis this past spring.
Some of these Cornell varieties
have become obsolete as new,
superior ones became available,
but Oneida, Iroquois, Saranac AR,
and Honeoye together still
dominate alfalfa production in the
northeastern part of the United
States, including New York.
Mohawk actually is an improved
version of the highly popular
Iroquois alfalfa, with more
resistance to anthracnose than
Saranac AR, the first anthracnose
resistant Cornell variety in
troduced in 1974.
“Mohawk will replace Iroquois
eventually,” Murphy predicts. “In
the absence of anthracnose,
Mohawk is similar to Iroquois in
yield, among other traits. For one
thing, it recovers quickly after the
crop is cut.”
Alfalfa is harvested three times
a year in the Northeast, but in
California the crop is cut as many
as 10 times. Hence, vigorous plant
recovery after cutting is an im
portant feature in alfalfa.
“Even when anthracnose is
serious, Mohawk can provide a
respectable yield,” Murphy
assures.
Like Iroquois, Mohawk
well in well- and moderately
drained fields. It has high seedling
vigor, matures 2 to 4 days later
than Saranac AR, and is winter
hardy in the northern climate.
“It should do well in areas where
Iroquois is now grown,” Murphy
says. “In areas where anthracnose
or bacterial wilt is a problem,
Mohawk should be the choice.”
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