HTIR-IPM for the West

A service of the Western Regional Work Group on Integrated Pest Management:
Consequences of Herbicide Tolerant and Insect Resistant Crops,
in cooperation with Colorado State University

RoundupReady Alfalfa

General Info:

Methods to Enable Coexistence of Diverse Production Systems Involving Genetically Engineered Alfalfa. 2006. Daniel H. Putnam, Extension Agronomist, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis.
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8193.pdf This 9-page publication covers potential effect on markets, possiblities for gene flow, and tests for the presence of GE traits.

Roundup Ready Alfalfa: An Emerging Technology. 2006. Allen Van Deynze, Biotechnology Specialist, Seed Biotechnology Center, University of Calfornia, Davis; Daniel H. Putnam, University of California Cooperative Extension Alfalfa Specialist, University of California, Davis; Steve Orloff, University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor and County Director, Siskiyou County; Tom Lanini, Cooperative Extension Weed Specialist, University of California, Davis; Mick Canevari, University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor and County Director, San Joaquin County; Ron Vargas, University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor and County Director, Madera and Merced Counties; Kurt Hembree, University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Fresno County; Shannon Mueller, University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Fresno County; Larry Teuber, Professor, University of California, Davis.
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8153.pdf This 12-page pamphlet covers stand establishment, seed production, potential benefits, potential problems and food safety.

Monsanto's 2006 Technology Use Guide
http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/us_ag/content/stewardship/tug/2006TUGPDF.pdf
This 42-page booklet includes three pages on stand establishment and weed control using Roundup Ready alfalfa.

Alfalfa Workgroup Web Page. Dan Putnam and Jerry Schmierer.
http://alfalfa.ucdavis.edu/
The California Alfalfa Workgroup provides a GE alfalfa fact sheet as well as information on variety trials in California's main agricultural areas.

Roundup Ready Alfalfa: a new technology for high plains hay producers. Stephen D. Miller, Robert G. Wilson, Andrew R. Kniss, and Craig M. Alford.
http://www.uwyo.edu/CES/PUBS/B1173.pdf
Research done at Torrington, Wyoming, and Scottsbluff, Nebraska, covers crop injury and yield after treatment with several herbicides, weed control, and effectiveness of removal with various herbicides.