A step ahead on
crop protection
by Bill Camerer
“What’s Aphanomyces?”
We hear that question a lot
since introducing Doebler’s
Precedent, one of the very few
alfalfas resistant to this new
disease.
Aphanomyces won its name as
the scourge of Midwest pea crops.
Recently it spun off a strain that
attacks alfalfa.
Water-logged seedings are hit
the hardest. If you seeded a
Phytolphthora-resistant alfalfa
this past spring and still found a
lot of root rot, this new fungus
could be the culprit.
Hard winters and other diseases
can be equally devastating. Here’s
how Doebler’s alfalfas protect
your crop:
SEVEN-WAY PROTECTION
Precedent Starmaster
Winter hardiness
Bacterial Wilt
Verticillium Wilt
Anthracnose
Fusarium Wilt
Phytophthora RR
Aphanomyces
Disease resistance gives you
longer stands and 10 to 15%
higher yields in later years,
extension agents say. We feel
our new Precedent and
Starmaster do even better. And
Eastern alfalfa trials confirm it.
DOEBLER'S
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R.D. 1, Jersey Shore, PA 17740
DOEBLER'S ALFALFAS
Very good
Excellent
Highly
Resistant
Resistant
Highly
Resistant
Resistant
Moderately
Resistant
Resistant
Resistant
Resistant
Highly
Resistant
Highly
Resistant
Resistant
Alfalfa test plots take a lot of
hand work. Pm Bill Camerer
with small cutterbar mower,
above. Matt McCormick is on
wooden rake. We harvest our
128 entries every 30 days,
weather permitting. Then we
weigh hay, at right, and
calculate tons per acre.
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