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Details for: PI 233715,
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
, 'ALFA'
Summary
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Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Cultivar:
'ALFA'
Origin:
Collected – Italy
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
15 Jun 1956
PI Assigned:
1956
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
164
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
100 count
PI 233715 90i 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:
'ALFA'
Origin:
Collected – Italy
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
15 Jun 1956
PI Assigned:
1956
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
25 May 1956.
Italy
Comment:
Collector obtained material from Instituto de Genetica, Rome, Latium, Italy. (PI 164)
Collector(s):
Gentry, Howard Scott, Crops Research Division - USDA-ARS
Schoth, H., USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
'ALFA'
Type: Cultivar name
15915
Type: Collector identifier
G 5384
Type: Site identifier
Group: GENEVA
Ids used by the North Eastern Plant Intro. Station; N. Y.
Northeast Regional PI Station
Narrative
Swedish variety. (Plant Inventory Vol. No. 164)
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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Passport Historic Documents Attached:
For a pdf file of historic documention
. 26 Feb 2013.
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Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
DISEASE
Sclerotinia resistance
Percent resistant plants to Sclerotinia.
10.6
ALFALFA.SCLEROT.94.RHODES
PI 233715 90i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.22
ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 233715 90i SD
PRODUCTION
Seed productivity
Seed productivity. coded 1-9.
5 - (1 = HIGH, 9 = LOW)
ALFALFA.SEEDPROD.90.PEADEN
PI 233715 90i SD
STRESS
Acid soil tolerance
Ratio of root dry weight below 1 inch in acid soil to root dry weight below 1 inch in lime soil. Data is compared to an acid tolerant check.
0.85
ALFALFA.ACIDSOIL.92.BOUTON
PI 233715 90i SD