Details for: PI 600866, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'WL 316'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'WL 316'
Origin:
Developed – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
1982
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 600866 2017i 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:
'WL 316'
Origin:
Developed – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
1982
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
PRE 1982.
California, United States

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

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'WL 316'
Type: Cultivar name

WM 1131
Type: Other or unclassified name
NSSL

Narrative
Semi-dormant. Fall growth intermediate between Saranac and DuPuits. Recommended for hay and haylage production. Adapted to Pennsylvania and Maryland and west to Iowa and Nebraska. Flower color is dark purple to purple (78%), variegated (17%), and light yellow to cream (5%). Resistant to Verticillium wilt, anthracnose, Fusarium wilt, pea aphid biotypes occurring in Maryland, and spotted alfalfa aphid. Moderate resistance to bacterial wilt, Phytophthora root rot and stem nematode. Low resistance to blue 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
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:
Developed from 567 plant selections derived from screening 7 experimental synthetic cultivars for resistance to either anthracnose or bacterial wilt. Parental material trace to Vertus and to a lesser degree Team and Grimm.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-101, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Nov 1982.
  • Beard, D. F., J. H. Graham, J. L. Kugler, & I. I. Kawaguchi. 1982. Crop Sci. (Madison) 22(6):1257. Note: CV-101

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 8200031
Variety: WL 316
Taxonomy: Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Experimental name/synonym: NA
Crop: ALFALFA
Applicant: W-L Research, Inc.
Date filed: 11/23/1981
Date issued: 05/27/1982
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 05/27/2000

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.23 ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 600866 2001o SDNot Available