Hairy Vetch Beltsville- line planting; harvest; and germination data, 2003 - 2004

The Thomas E. Devine Papers contain research materials from his time with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Papers include research-related correspondence, information on conferences attended and his advisory capacities, and documents regarding professional organizations to which he belonged. Many of Devine’s 90 publications are included in the papers. Years and topics of research include: 1967-1969, breeding and genetics of birdsfoot trefoil, Ithaca, NY; 1969-1974, insect and disease resistant alfalfas for the eastern United States, Beltsville, Maryland; 1974-1997, genetics and breeding of soybeans, Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland; 1997-2009, breeding legume winter cover crops for use in sustainable agricultural systems, Weed Science Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

Detailed field plans and evaluations are included from various research projects. Successful projects from Devine’s work include: eight soybean germplasm releases, five soybean cultivar releases, and two hairy vetch cultivar releases; interspecific hybridization; the allopolyploidization of induced tetraploids by means of x-ray irradiation; selection for tolerance to herbicides; air pollutants and edaphic stresses; the development of disease and insect resistance; the genetics and coevolution of host/microsymbiont nitrogen-fixing interactions; mapping the soybean genome; breeding legumes for sustainable agricultural systems; research on anthracnose resistance in alfalfa production; the first anthracnose resistant alfalfa variety, Arc; development and release of nine alfalfa clones as bioindicators of air pollution; and nine disease resistant alfalfa stocks.