Details for: NSL 165816, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'WL 314'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'WL 314'
Origin:
Developed – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
1982
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'WL 314'
Origin:
Developed – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
1982
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed

California, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
1982.
California, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'WL 314'
Type: Cultivar name

WM 0011A/75 CA J/75 CA J
Type: Other or unclassified name
NSSL

Narrative
Hay-type cultivar adapted for use in stem nematode infested areas of western U.S. Fall dormancy slightly greater than DuPuits. Flower color is purple (60%), variegated (25%), blue (10%), yellow-green variegated (5%). High resistance to stem nematode and pea aphid biotypes endemic to Kern County, California and Maryland. Resistant to bacterial wilt, spotted alfalfa aphid endemic to Kern Country, California, and Fusarium wilt. Low resistance to blue alfalfa aphid, Phytophthora root rot and Verticillium 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
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: 07 Jul 1998, from Medicago sativa L. to Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
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Pedigree
Description:
344-clone synthetic derived from 50 populations that were primarily from Vernal, Saranac, and several W-L Research cultivars.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-100, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Nov 1982.
  • Beard, D. F., J. L. Force, & I. I. Kawaguchi. 1982. Crop Sci. (Madison) 22(6):1257. Note: CV-100