Great achievement in forage breeding has been made in China from 1949 to 2000, 90 new forage cultivars have been checked, appraised and licenced by the Chinese Herbage Cultivar Registration Board. These include early mature cultivars Astragalus adsurgens and Lactuca indica , cold resistant cultivars Medicago varia and sainfoin, Stylosanthes guianensis resistant to anthracnose , salt tolerant alfalfa cultivars, root turion type cultivars tolerant to pasture, drought resistant and heat tolerant white clo...