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Details for: NSL 40367,
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
, 'SARANAC'
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Cultivar:
'SARANAC'
Origin:
Developed – New York, United States
Maintained:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Received by NPGS:
1965
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Cultivar:
'SARANAC'
Origin:
Developed – New York, United States
Maintained:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Received by NPGS:
1965
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
New York, United States
Developer(s):
Lowe, C.C., Cornell University
Murphy, R.P., Cornell University
Donated
1965.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
USDA, ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
'SARANAC'
Type: Cultivar name
FC 37879
Type: Other or unclassified name
REG NO 27
Type: Other or unclassified name
NSSL
Narrative
Similar foliage and growth habit characteristics of Flamande type varieties. About 15% have variaged flower color. Leaf disease tolerance, foliage color, fall and winter dormancy, and regrowth similar to Du Puits and Alfa. Yield equal to the best Flamande-type variety with greater persistence. Resistant to wilt.
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
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
alfalfa
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
lucerne
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
violet-flower lucerne
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
French
luzerne
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
blaue Luzerne
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Luzerne
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmaji
murasaki-umagoyashi
2
Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese
luzerna
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
mielga
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
blålusern
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
zi mu xu
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
07 Jul 1998, from
Medicago sativa
L. to
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
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Pedigree
Description:
500 interpollinated parent clones derived from Flamande-type varieties (Du Puits, Alfa, and Flamande) as the recurrent parents and A 225 (USDA synthetic) as the non-recurrent parent.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration
. CV-27, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Nov 1966.
Murphy, R. P. & C. C. Lowe.
1966. Crop Sci. (Madison) 6(6):611.
Note:
CV-27
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
INSECT
Lygus bug
Resistance to lygus bug
3 - 2 LEAVES WILTED
ALFALFA.LYGUSBUG.93.TEUBER
NSSL 40367 01 SD
Not Available