NMSU's drought-tolerant alfalfa variety created to meet New Mexico growers' needs

NMSU's drought-tolerant alfalfa variety created to meet New Mexico growers' needs
Las Cruces NM (SPX) May 28, 2014 - Robert Flynn and Ian Ray, both alfalfa experts at New Mexico State University, have been researching a new drought-tolerant alfalfa variety. The Billy Melton variety, developed by Ray, NMSU professor of agronomy, was named in honor of Bill Melton, an NMSU professor who had an alfalfa-breeding program in the late 1970s and began developing varieties that had higher drought tolerance. Ray an ... more

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