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Details for: NSL 205775,
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
, KS77
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Top Name:
KS77
Origin:
Developed – Kansas, United States
Maintained:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Received by NPGS:
1986
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Top Name:
KS77
Origin:
Developed – Kansas, United States
Maintained:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Received by NPGS:
1986
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
Kansas, United States
Developer(s):
Horber, E.K., Dept. of Entomology
Sorensen, E.L., Agricultural Research Service - USDA
Stuteville, Donald L., Kansas State University
Donated
1986.
Kansas, United States
Donor(s):
Sorensen, E.L., Agricultural Research Service - USDA
Accession Names and Identifiers
KS77
Type: Developer identifier
Narrative
Resistant to Phytophtora root rot (31% resistant plants), downy mildew (43% resistant plants), anthracnose (rated 3.0 on scale 1=least to 9=most damage), pea aphid (88% seedling survival rate) and spotted alfalfa aphid biotypes (78% seedling survival rate). Resistance to alfalfa weevil not tested. Forage yield, fall growth habit and recovery after cutting all similar to Arc.
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
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Taxonomic Re-Identification:
07 Jul 1998, from
Medicago sativa
L. to
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
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Pedigree
Description:
Derived from Arc by recurrent phenotypic selection with 1 cycle for Phytophthora root rot resistance, 2 cycles for downy mildew resistance and 3 cycles for pea aphid and spotted alfalfa aphid resistance.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration
. GP-94, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Sep 1978.
Sorensen, E. L., D. L. Stuteville, & E. Horber.
1978. Crop Sci. (Madison) 18(5):918.
Note:
GP-94
Material Transfer Agreement