Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

The Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit (PSWMRU) and Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, hosted the Annual meeting of NE144 on September 26, 2002. R. Michaud chaired the business portion of the meeting. The members of the committee presented the highlights of the current research activities under NE144. Discussion centered on activities that should be completed with the NE144 project and others that will be continued or created under the newly approved NE1010 project. A. Boe and M. Peel were elected respectively chairman and secretary for the next meeting.

The NE-144 Multistate Committee fosters an environment conducive to collaboration in developing and testing at a wide range of locations cultivars and germplasm of birdsfoot trefoil, orchardgrass and alfalfa expressing broad geographic adaptation, disease and insect resistance, seed/forage yield, and forage quality. The results of this project have significant outcomes for forage breeders and forage producers. A number of improved cultivars and experimental populations expressing broad geographic adaptation have been developed for birdsfoot trefoil, orchard grass, alfalfa, timothy, and white clover. Though complete evaluations of these new populations will not be concluded for several years, information on new crops, e.g,, kura clover, is being expanded throughout a wide geographic area. This committee facilitated organizing these wide area evaluations. This committee evaluated alternate breeding methods for alfalfa, orchardgrass and perennial rye grass in order to identify the most effective methods for producing improved cultivars. Several methods have been analyzed in recent years in alfalfa. Finally this committee has produced previously unknown molecular markers useful for more efficient and quicker development of new varieties.

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