Current Invitations to Negotiate:
ITN09-19 - 'Cherokee' Red CloverITN Open Date: January 4, 2010
ITN Proposal/Comment Deadline Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 12PM EST
Additional Information: Announcement and Acknowledgement Form
Florida Foundation Seed Producers (FFSP) invites all interested parties to submit comments and/or proposals for the exclusive license of this red clover cultivar. ‘Cherokee’ is a red clover cultivar developed by scientists at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ Department of Agronomy in Gainesville, Florida. ‘Cherokee’ was originally released from the University of Florida’s Florida Agricultural Experiment Station in 1990. Prior to its development and release, the only red clover cultivars available to Florida producers had been bred and developed in the central and upper Midwest. These Midwestern cultivars tended to have a high degree of winter dormancy and were slow to begin growth in the spring. ‘Cherokee’ can be grazed in late winter and early spring, or it can be used as a hay crop.
‘Cherokee’ red clover was selected after five generations of recurrent selection, in part because of its superior early season vigor and earlier flowering characteristics. In various evaluation trials in Florida and throughout the Southeastern United States, ‘Cherokee’ has usually had superior early season yield compared to other red clovers cultivars, and has generally had equal or superior total seasonal yield. At more southern locations, ‘Cherokee’ was consistently superior to more dormant red clover cultivars which have been selected at more northern latitudes.
In addition, ‘Cherokee’ was the first red clover cultivar to exhibit any level of root-knot nematode (RKN) resistance. ‘Cherokee’ has been tested throughout Florida, as well as many areas of the southeastern United States. It has superior resistance to RKN when compared to cultivars developed in more northern states, and will be equal to these cultivars in total seasonal yield at least as far north as middle Tennessee. This trait should be beneficial to producers desiring to plant red clover in rotation with vegetables, peanuts, or on other sites known to be infected with RKN.
For more information about this novel red clover cultivar, including a description and trial data, please click here.
All interested companies and individuals are encouraged to submit a proposal and/or comment on this exclusive licensing opportunity through the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) process. In order to submit a proposal and/or comment, you must first complete and submit the Acknowledgment Form to FFSP. You will find the Acknowledgment Form on the last page of the announcement packet found here. After FFSP has received your Acknowledgment Form, you will be sent a sample questionnaire which you can use as a template in completing your proposal.
All proposals and comments must be received by FFSP before 12PM EST on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Proposals and comments received after this time will not be accepted or considered.
Please contact FFSP if you have any questions pertaining to this ITN.