Details for: PI 166366, Spinacia oleracea L., Palak


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Spinacia oleracea L.
Top Name:
Palak
Origin:
Collected – India
Received by NPGS:
Aug 1948
PI Assigned:
1948
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Spinacia oleracea L.
Top Name:
Palak
Origin:
Collected – India
Received by NPGS:
Aug 1948
PI Assigned:
1948
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
16 April 1948.
India

Collector(s):
Donated
August 1948.
India

Accession Names and Identifiers
Palak
Type: Local name

Cornell ID #249
Type: Institute identifier
Group: CORNELL.CEA.SPINACH
Cornell Spinach Data 2001.
Johnson Rutzke, Corinne Cornell University

Koelz 9420
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
Spinacia oleracea L.
Genus:
Spinacia
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Anserineae
Nomen number:

35256
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1027. 1753
Verified:
03/11/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Spinacia oleracea L. var. oleracea

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Spinacia inermis Moench
Spinacia spinosa Moench

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Spinacia oleracea L. var. inermis (Moench) Peterm.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishspinach  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchépinard  2Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:266.
GermanSpinat  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indiapinni  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianspinacio  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajihorenso  2Batra, L. R. 1995. Names of Japanese plants sorted by their Japanese names in Romanized Katakana and scientific nomenclature
Portugueseespinafre  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishespinaca  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishspenat  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesebo cai  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreansigeumchi  2Hoang, H.-D. et al. 1997. Additional notes to the checklist of Korean cultivated plants (5). Consolidated summary and indexes. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 44:372.
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Citations
  • Awika, H. O., K. Cochran, V. Joshi, R. Bedre, K. K. Mandadi, & C. A. Avila. 2019. Single-marker and haplotype-based association analysis of anthracnose (Collectotrichum dematium) resistance in spinach (Spinacia oleracea). Pl. Breed. (New York) 139:402-418. DOI: 10.1111/pbr.12773. Number of accessions cited: 272
  • Gyawali, S., Bhattarai, G., Correll, J.C. et al. 2025. Genome wide association study of Fusarium wilt resistance in Spinacia turkestanica. Nature 15, 15486 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-98932-x. Number of accessions cited: 15
  • Shi, Ainong, Gehendra Bhattarai, Haizheng Xiong, Carlos A. Avila, Chunda Feng, Bo Liu, Vijay Joshi, Larry Stein, Beiquan Mou, Lindsey J. du Toit, & James C. Correll. 2022. Genome-wide association study and genomic prediction of white rust resistance in USDA GRIN spinach germplasm. Hort. Res. 9:uhac069. DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhac069. Note: ISSN 2052-7276 (online) Number of accessions cited: 230
  • Shi, Ainong, Jun Qin, Beiquan Mou, J. Correll, Yuejin Weng, D. Brenner, Chunda Feng, D. Motes, Wei Yang, Lingdi Dong, G. Bhattarai, & W. Ravelombola. 2017. Genetic diversity and population structure analysis of spinach by single-nucleotide polymorphisms identified through genotyping-by-sequencing. PLoS One 12(11):e0188745. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188745 . Number of accessions cited: 265
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEWHITE-RUSTWhite rust resistance scale. The lower numbers are most resistant. See Horticulture Research, 2022, 9: uhac069 https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhac0693.5 SPINACH.WHITE-RUST.2022 Not Available
DISEASEPYTHIUM-GERMPythium tolerance. Germination rate under Pythium inoculation (P. aphanidermatum) as the percent of normal conditions. So, larger numbers indicate more tolerance,43.19 SPINACH.PYTHIUM-GERM.YUMA.ISOLATE Not Available
DISEASESTEMPHYLIUMResistance of spinach germplasm to Stemphylium vesicarium leaf spot. Leaf spot disease severity scored between 7 to 16 days of inoculation on a scale of 0 to 4 where 0 = no symptoms on leaves; 1 = 1 – 25% leaf area infected; 2 = 26 – 50% leaf area infected; 3 = 51 – 75% leaf area infected; and 4 = 76 – 100% leaf area infected.2.11 SPINACH.STEMPHYLIUM.Sb-1-St001.ISOLATE.2023 Not Available
FLWR-FRUITTHE FREQ. OF MONOECIOUS PLANTSThe frequency of monoecious (with both male and female flowers) plants. 122SPINACH.SALINAS.2010PI 166366 96ncab01 SDNot Available
FLWR-FRUITTHE FREQ. OF MONOECIOUS PLANTSThe frequency of monoecious (with both male and female flowers) plants. 147SPINACH.SALINAS.2023NSSL 103684 53 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEEDS WITH SPINES, FREQUENCYThe percentage of seeds with spines more than 2 mm long in a sample of seeds. This distinguishes seeds with spines from round seeds.97.5200SPINACH.AMES.2020.SEEDPI 166366 10ncab01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEEDS IN CLUSTERS, FREQUENCYThe percentage of combined seeds and seed units (clusters), in seed units of 2 or more seeds.23.5200SPINACH.AMES.2020.SEEDPI 166366 10ncab01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory..78 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 166366 88ncab01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory..89 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 166366 94ncei01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory.1.08 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 166366 53ncab01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory.1.08 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 166366 96ncab01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory.1.08 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 166366 96ncei01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory.1.2 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 166366 77ncab01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory.1.2 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 166366 77ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory.1.29 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 166366 62ncab01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory.1.45 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 166366 99ncei01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory.1.46 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 166366 01ncab01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory.1.46 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 166366 01ncei01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory.1.6 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 166366 49ncpo01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory.1.679 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 166366 10ncab01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory.1.73 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 166366 10ncei01 SDNot Available