Tom, Russian wildrye

McLeod, J. G., Jefferson, P. G., Muri, R. and Lawrence, T. 2003. Tom, Russian wildrye. Can. J. Plant Sci. 83: 789-791. Tom, a new diploid cultivar of Russian wildrye, Psathyrostachys juncea (Fisch.) Nevski, was developed by the Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK. Tom is an eight-clone synthetic developed by recurrent selection for heavy seed weight and improved seedling emergence from deep planting. Tom represents a significant improvement in herbage yielding ability over the check cultivars Swift and Tetracan.