Details for: PI 612887, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'RANGER'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'RANGER'
Origin:
Developed – Nebraska, United States
Received by NPGS:
1962
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 612887 2000ic SD
Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.
  
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'RANGER'
Origin:
Developed – Nebraska, United States
Received by NPGS:
1962
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
PRE 1962.
Nebraska, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
1962.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'RANGER'
Type: Cultivar name

W6 7130
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

NSL 15635
Type: Site identifier
Group: NSSL
National Seed Storage Laboratory (USA)
USDA ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Narrative
Adapted to the northern states. Winterhardy. Variegated flower color with some yellow flowers. Resistant to bacterial wilt (Corynebacterium insidiosum). Susceptible to leaf spot diseases (Pseudopeziza medicaginis and P. jonesii) and leafhopper (Empoasca fabae). Seed production equal to Grimm, Cossack, and Baltic varieties.
Medicago sativa L. subspp. sativa
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:

300359
Verified:
06/10/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Medicago sativa L. (19 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. tunetana Murb. (7 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. (437 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh. (97 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. (453 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. falcata (L.) Döll (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. viscosa (Rchb.) Posp. (15 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy (12 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. var. sativa (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago agropyretorum Vassilcz.
Medicago asiatica Sinskaya
Medicago mesopotamica Vassilcz.
Medicago praesativa Sinskaya
Medicago rivularis Vassilcz.
Medicago sogdiana Vassilcz.
Medicago transoxana Vassilcz.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishalfalfa  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishlucerne  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishviolet-flower lucerne  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Frenchluzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanblaue Luzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanLuzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmajimurasaki-umagoyashi  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portugueseluzerna  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmielga  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishblålusern  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesezi mu xu  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 14 Feb 1994, from Medicago sativa L. to Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
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Citations
  • Hollowell, E. A. 1945. Registration of varieties and strains of alfalfa. J. Amer. Soc. Agron. 37(8):649. Number of accessions cited: 6
Pedigree
Description:
Synthetic variety developed by compositing 5 strains: A-100, A-111, A-116, A-117, and A-119. Strain origin was inbred lines subsequently outcrossed among other selected lines from Cossack (45%), Turkistan (45%), and Ladak (10%).
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-1, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Aug 1945.
  • 1945. J. Amer. Soc. Agron. 37(8):649.

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
INSECTLygus bugResistance to lygus bug3 - 2 LEAVES WILTED ALFALFA.LYGUSBUG.93.TEUBERPI 612887 89o SDNot Available