UltraCut

AMERISTAND 557TQ

Fall Dormancy : 5.0
Winterhardiness : 1.8
AMERISTAND 557TQ Bag Image

UltraCut® Disease Package raises ante on alfalfa yield potential and persistence

  • A new day in disease resistance greatly affecting establishment and in-crop performance, AmeriStand 557TQ’s perfect Disease Resistance Index (DRI) of 40/40 also includes HR (high resistance) to evolving aphanomyces strains2, and HR to anthracnose race 1 and race 51.
  • Superb winterhardiness (WH=1.8); AmeriStand 
  • 557TQ delivers excellent cold tolerance and persistence
  • AmeriStand 557TQ contains high-quality feed value levels highly desirable for dairy and cash hay producers
  • UltraCut® Disease Package offers expanding yield advantages
  • AmeriStand 557TQ delivers fast recovery in an FD5 package
  • Great standability for intensive management systems
  • Dark green, fine-stemmed, and a highly palatable HQ variety
  • Very well-adapted and selected for use in the Midwest, Northeast, 
  • Intermountain regions, Pacific Northwest or Central and Northern Plains of the U.S

Area of Primary Adaption

557TQ region map
Fall Dormancy :
5.0
Winterhardiness :
1.8
Traffic Tested:
Excellent
Yield Potential:
Excellent
Stand Persistence:
Excellent
Salt Tolerance:
Germination
Phytophthora Root Rot:
HR
Aphanomyces Root Rot
Race 1:
HR
Race 2:
HR
Evolving Aphanomyces Strains:
HR
Anthracnose Race
Race 1:
HR
Race 5:
HR
Verticillium Wilt:
HR
Bacterial Wilt:
HR
Fusarium Wilt:
HR
Pea Aphids:
R
Spotted Aphid:
HR
Stem Nematodes:
R
HR > 51% Resistance
R 31–50% Resistance
MR 15–30% Resistance
LR 6–14% Resistance
557TQ Performance Chart
557TQ performance chart
557TQ performance chart