RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Notice of release of Turkey Lake germplasm of bottlebrush squirreltail
JF Native Plants Journal
JO NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 59
OP 64
DO 10.3368/npj.17.1.59
VO 17
IS 1
A1 Jones, Thomas A
YR 2016
UL http://npj.uwpress.org/content/17/1/59.abstract
AB Turkey Lake Germplasm of bottlebrush squirreltail (Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. californicus (J.G. Smith) Barkworth [Poaceae]) was released by USDA Agricultural Research Service in 2015 as a selected class of pre-variety germplasm (natural track). This new plant material originates in Gooding County in southern Idaho’s Snake River Plain. In replicated rangeland trials at 3 locations (Juab County, Utah; Sanpete County, Utah; White Pine County, Nevada), Turkey Lake Germplasm displayed substantially better establishment frequency than Toe Jam Creek Germplasm, a previous release of E. elymoides ssp. californicus (origin: Elko County, Nevada), as well as other released squirreltail plant materials. Comparative trials were also conducted in Cache County, Utah, and Bingham County, Idaho.