Details for: PI 595589, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'ANCHOR'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'ANCHOR'
Origin:
Developed – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
1972
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 595589 2015i 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:
'ANCHOR'
Origin:
Developed – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
1972
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
PRE 1972.
Iowa, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
1972.
Iowa, United States

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

REG NO 59
Type: Other or unclassified name
NSSL

Narrative
Flemish-type cultivar. Similar to Vernal in winterhardiness. Flowers mostly light to dark purple with very few variegated. Adapted to Central and Northern Corn Belt, Northeastern U.S., and eastern Canada. Higher yielding than Vernal and rapid recovery after cutting. Resistant to bacterial wilt and downy mildew. Moderately resistant to pea aphid. More tolerant to potato leafhopper yellowing than DuPuits or Apex.
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
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 21 Mar 1997, from Medicago sativa L. to Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
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Pedigree
Description:
9-clone synthetic derived from Apex (1), Alfa (1), Saranac (1), DuPuits (3), and Alfa with 2 cycles of recurrent selection for bacterial wilt resistance (3).
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-59, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Mar 1973.
  • Thomas, J. R. & J. B. Moutray. 1973. Crop Sci. (Madison) 13(2):286. Note: CV-59

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 7200039
Variety: Anchor
Taxonomy: Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Experimental name/synonym: NA
Crop: ALFALFA
Applicant: Agripro Seeds, Inc.
Date filed: 10/12/1971
Date issued: 09/29/1978
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 09/29/1995

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.23 ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 595589 96o SDNot Available