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Details for: NSL 103810,
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
, Beltsville-6
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Top Name:
Beltsville-6
Origin:
Developed – Maryland, United States
Maintained:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Received by NPGS:
1979
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Top Name:
Beltsville-6
Origin:
Developed – Maryland, United States
Maintained:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Received by NPGS:
1979
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
Maryland, United States
Developer(s):
Elgin, James H., USDA, ARS
Mcmurtrey, J.E., USDA-ARS
Ostazeski, S.A.
Ratcliffe, R.H., USDA Field Crops Laboratory
Donated
1979.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Mcmurtrey, J.E., USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
Beltsville-6
Type: Developer identifier
B-6 SYN 2 ANL
Type: Other or unclassified name
Narrative
Highly vigorous and semi-dormant. Upright growth habit. Earlier bloom. Adapted to the mid to upper U.S. latitudes. Resistant to anthracnose, (74.4% plants resistant), Fusarium wilt (74.5% plants resistant) and pea aphid (48.4% plants resistant). Low resistance to bacterial wilt, Phytophthora root rot and spotted alfalfa aphid.
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:
Developed from an intercross of 362 vigorous plants selected from nondormant cultivars, Bonanza, Florida 66 and Moapa.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration
. GP-103, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Nov 1979.
McMurtrey, J. E., J. H. Elgin, S. A. Ostazeski, & R. H. Ratcliffe.
1979. Crop Sci. (Madison) 19(6):931.
Note:
GP-103
Material Transfer Agreement