Details for: PI 612891, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'BAKER'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'BAKER'
Origin:
Developed – Nebraska, United States
Received by NPGS:
1978
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 612891 2000i SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'BAKER'
Origin:
Developed – Nebraska, United States
Received by NPGS:
1978
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
PRE 1978.
Nebraska, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
1978.
Nebraska, United States

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

NSL 104550
Type: Site identifier
Group: NSSL
National Seed Storage Laboratory (USA)
USDA ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Narrative
Winterhardy persistent cultivar. Spring and fall growth habits and rate of recovery after cutting similar to Vernal. Flowers are purple, variegated and blue. Adapted to north central U.S. Used for short and long term hay production. Forage yields equal or superior to Vernal. Seed yields similar to Vernal in Idaho. Forage quality similar to Dawson. Resistant to pea aphid, spotted alfalfa aphid, and bacterial wilt. Moderately resistant to downy mildew and potato leafhopper yellowing. Low resistance to anthracnose. Susceptibl
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: 26 Mar 1997, from Medicago sativa L. to Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
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Pedigree
Description:
7-clone synthetic. Parentage includes Atlantic, Baltic, Cossack, Grimm, Kansas Common, Ladak, Nebraska Common, Ranger, Turkestan, Vernal; M. falcata and M. sativa var. glutinosa M.B. selections; PIs 107298, 206278, and 234205.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-87, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Jul 1978.
  • Kehr, W. R., G. R. Manglitz, & R. L. Ogden. 1978. Crop Sci. (Madison) 18(4):692. Note: CV-87

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 7800024
Variety: Baker
Taxonomy: Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Crop: ALFALFA
Applicant: The United States Government as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture and Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
Date filed: 01/25/1978
Date issued: 08/16/1979
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 08/16/1996