Skip to main content
Skip to site map
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
0
Cart
Welcome!
***THIS IS A TESTING SITE ONLY.***
Please do not place germplasm orders on this site.
GRIN-Global
Menu
USDA National Plant Germplasm System
Version:
2.3.12 [npgstest -- bhunt2312-0204]
Menu
Accessions
Descriptors
Reports
GRIN Taxonomy
Search Taxonomy
Crop Wild Relative Data
Nodulation Data
Regulations
World Economic Plants
About GRIN Taxonomy
GRIN
USDA Genetic Resource Collections
About GRIN-Global
Use of Cookies
NPGS Distribution Policy
Software Disclaimer
GRIN-U
Help
Contact Us
Your Profile
Your Profile
Your Web Request History
Your Address Book
Your Wish List
Details for: PI 277858,
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Origin:
Collected – United States
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
03 Jan 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
170
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
Availability
Form
Quantity
Note
Inventory
Cart
Seed
100 count
PI 277858 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.
There are no images for this accession.
Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Origin:
Collected – United States
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
03 Jan 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
India
Comment:
Refer to PI 231042 for collection history.
Developed
03 January 1962.
United States
Comment:
PI 277858 is a selection from PI 231042 made by Des Dolan, Regional PI Station, Geneva, NY in 1961. (PI 169)
Developer(s):
Northeast Regional PI Station
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
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
Other Links
Actions
Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
INSECT
Potato Leafhopper
Percent of plant foliage yellowed by Potato Leafhopper (Empoasca fabae).
5.4
ALFALFA.POTLEAFHOP.94.BYERS
PI 277858 90i SD
INSECT
Clover Root curculio
Percent of plants resistant to Clover Root Curculio (Sitonia hispidulus).
21
4
ALFALFA.ROOTCURC.95.BYERS
PI 277858 90i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.21
ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 277858 90i SD
PRODUCTION
Seed productivity
Seed productivity. coded 1-9.
6 - (1 = HIGH, 9 = LOW)
ALFALFA.SEEDPROD.90.PEADEN
PI 277858 90i SD