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Details for: PI 253196,
Poa pratensis
L.
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Poa pratensis
L.
Origin:
Collected – Former Serbia and Montenegro
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
23 Oct 1958
PI Assigned:
1958
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
166
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
Availability
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Quantity
Note
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Seed
200 count
PI 253196 85i 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:
Poa pratensis
L.
Origin:
Collected – Former Serbia and Montenegro
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
23 Oct 1958
PI Assigned:
1958
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
Former Serbia and Montenegro
Locality:
Chakor Mopuntains, Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Donated
23 October 1958.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Gentry, Howard Scott, Crops Research Division - USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Poa pratensis
L.
Genus:
Poa
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Poinae
Nomen number:
28996
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:67. 1753, nom. cons.
Comment:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (
Shenzhen ICN
Art. 14.9 & App. IV)
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/13/1992
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Poa pratensis
L. subsp.
agassizensis
(B. Boivin & D. Löve) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde
(0 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis
L. subsp.
alpigena
(Blytt) Hiitonen
(2 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis
L. subsp.
angustifolia
(L.) Arcang.
(86 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis
L. subsp.
colpodea
(Th. Fr.) Tzvelev
(0 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis
L. subsp.
pratensis
(8 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
English meadow grass
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
Kentucky bluegrass
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
smooth meadow grass
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French
pâturin des prés
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Wiesenrispengras
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian
erba fienarola
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji
nagahagusa
2
Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese
capim-do-campo
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
grama de prados
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
poa común
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
zacate poa
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
ängsgröe
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
cao di zao shu he
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean
wangpoapul
2
Lee, Y. N.
1997. Flora of Korea.
Transliterated Russian
mjatlik lugovoj
2
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
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Citations
Johnson, R. C., W. J. Johnston, & C. T. Golob.
2003. Residue management, seed production, crop development, and turf quality in diverse Kentucky bluegrass germplasm. Crop Sci. (Madison) 43:1091-1099.
DOI:
10.2135/cropsci2003.1091
.
Number of accessions cited:
228
Johnson, R. C., W. J. Johnston, C. T. Golob, M. C. Nelson, & R. J. Soreng.
2002. Characterization of the USDA Poa pratensis collection using RAPD markers and agronomic descriptors. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 49:349-361.
DOI:
10.1023/A:1020662108929
.
Number of accessions cited:
228
Johnston, W. J., M. C. Nelson, R. C. Johnson, & C. T. Golob.
1997. Phenotypic evaluation of Poa pratensis L.: USDA/ARS Plant Introduction Germplasm Collection. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 8:305-311.
Number of accessions cited:
232
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
DISEASE
Powdery mildew
Powdery mildew observed
0 - NO INFECTION
For an Excel spread sheet of the 1994 and 1995 Poa data
. ">GRASS.1995.JOHNSON
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GROWTH
Plant height
Plant height at maturity in centimeters
91
For an Excel spread sheet of the 1994 and 1995 Poa data
. ">GRASS.1994.JOHNSON
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GROWTH
Growth habit
Plant growth habit
4 - (1 = PROCUMBENT, 9 = UPRIGHT)
For an Excel spread sheet of the 1994 and 1995 Poa data
. ">GRASS.1994.JOHNSON
PI 253196 85i SD
GROWTH
Spring growth
Initiation of spring growth
3 - (1 = EARLIEST, 9 = LATE)
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. ">GRASS.1994.JOHNSON
PI 253196 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.034
GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 253196 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf color
Leaf color
5 - (1 = light green, 9 = dark green)
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. ">GRASS.1994.JOHNSON
PI 253196 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Plant uniformity
General uniformity of the accession
5 - (1 = LEAST UNIFORMITY, 9 = MOST UNIFORMITY)
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. ">GRASS.1995.JOHNSON
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MORPHOLOGY
Turf potential
Turf potential
5 - (1 = LEAST POTENTIAL, 9 = MOST POTENTIAL)
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. ">GRASS.1995.JOHNSON
PI 253196 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf height
Mean leaf height (canopy) measured in centimeters
17.7
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. ">GRASS.1995.JOHNSON
PI 253196 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Dwarf Growth Characteristics
Dwarf growth characteristics
3 - (1 = LEAST DWARF, 9 = MOST DWARF)
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. ">GRASS.1995.JOHNSON
PI 253196 85i SD
PHENOLOGY
Bloom day - Numeric
Numeric day of the year when flowering begins (Approximately 50%)
150
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. ">GRASS.1994.JOHNSON
PI 253196 85i SD
PHENOLOGY
Maturity Date
Day of year when seed maturity is reached
180
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. ">GRASS.1995.JOHNSON
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PHENOLOGY
Heading Date
Days after January 1 when visible heads are observed on more than 50% of the tillers.
118
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. ">GRASS.1994.JOHNSON
PI 253196 85i SD
PRODUCTION
Seed Yield
Grams per plant or grams per meter row
78
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. ">GRASS.1994.JOHNSON
PI 253196 85i SD
PRODUCTION
Biomass
Biomass at maturity
6 - (1 = LEAST BIOMASS, 9 = MOST BIOMASS)
For an Excel spread sheet of the 1994 and 1995 Poa data
. ">GRASS.1995.JOHNSON
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