Switchgrass Cultivar/Ecotype Selection and Management for Biofuels in the Upper Southeast USA

Table 2

Description of switchgrass cultivars evaluated at eight locations in the upper southeast USA in 2000 and 2001.

Cultivar	Ploidy			Released [31]
	Ecotype [32]	Level [33]	Origin [31]	Year	By
Cave-in-Rock	Upland	Octaploid	Southern Illinois	1973	NRCS PMC*, Elsberry, MO
Shelter	Upland	Octaploid	St. Mary's, WV	1986	NRCS PMC, Big Flats, NY
Alamo	Lowland	Tetraploid	Southern Texas	1978	NRCS PMC, Knox City, TX
Kanlow	Lowland	Tetraploid	Central Oklahoma	1963	NRCS PMC, Manhattan, KS

∗NRCS PMC: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plant Materials Center.