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Details for: NSL 176263,
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
, MSB-CW5An3
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Top Name:
MSB-CW5An3
Origin:
Developed – Maryland, United States
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
1982
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Availability
This accession is not available. Contact site for status.
Western Regional PI Station
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
Top Name:
MSB-CW5An3
Origin:
Developed – Maryland, United States
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
1982
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
PRE 1982.
Maryland, United States
Developer(s):
Barnes, Donald K., USDA, ARS
Devine, Thomas E., USDA, ARS
Hanson, C.H., USDA-ARS
Peaden, Richard N., USDA, ARS
Donated
1982.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Elgin, James H., Agricultural Research Service -- USDA
Accession Names and Identifiers
MSB-CW5An3
Type: Developer identifier
W6 7150
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS
NSL 176263
Type: Site identifier
Group: NSSL
National Seed Storage Laboratory (USA)
USDA ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Narrative
Resistant to bacterial wilt, common leafspot, potato leafhopper yellowing and rust. Highly resistant to anthracnose with a rating of 1.53 on a scale of 0 (healthy) to 5 (dead).
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
Nomenclature Name Change:
14 Feb 1994, from
Medicago sativa
L. to
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
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Pedigree
Description:
Derived from 2 unrelated broad-based populations, A and B, subjected to 16 cycles of recurrent phenotypic selection. MSB-CW5 was the base population for 2 cycles of selection for anthracnose resistance.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration
. GP-24, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Mar 1973.
Hanson, C. H., T. E. Devine, D. K. Barnes, & R. N. Peaden.
1973. Crop Sci. (Madison) 13(2):289.
Note:
GP-24
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.21
ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
NSL 176263 89o SD
Not Available