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Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Cultivar Adaptation, Biomass Production, and Cellulose Concentration as Affected by Latitude of Origin

Table 1

Switchgrass cultivars grown for biomass production and cellulosic concentration at Brandon, MB and Swift Current, SK, Canada in 1995 and 1996.


Cultivar	Breeding institution(s)^∧	Year of release	Site of origin	Latitude (°N)

Blackwell	KS AES, NRCS Manhattan KS	1934	Blackwell, OK	37
Cave-in-Rock	MO AES, NRCS Elsberry MO	1958	Cave-in-Rock, IL	37
Dacotah	ARS NRCS Bismarck ND	1989	Breien, ND	46
Forestburg	ARS NRCS Bismarck ND	1987	Forestburg, SD	44
Nebraska 28	NE AES, ARS, NRCS Lincoln NE	1935	Holt County, NE	42
Pathfinder	NE AES, ARS Lincoln NE	1953	Sites in NE and KS	37 to 43
Summer	SD AES Brookings SD	1953	Nebraska City, NE	41
Sunburst	U. of South Dakota	1998	Union County, SD	43
ND 3743	NRCS Bismarck ND	—	Upham, ND	49
Trailblazer	ARS, U. of Nebraska	1984	Sites in NE and KS	37 to 43

AES: Agricultural Experiment station; ARS: agriculture Research Service USDA; NRCS: Natural Resource Conservation Service USDA; U. of South Dakota: University of South Dakota; U. of Nebraska: University of Nebraska; state name abbreviations as per US postal service.