Details for: PI 278700, Festuca pratensis Huds., MEFAN


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Festuca pratensis Huds.
Top Name:
MEFAN
Origin:
Collected – Canada
Received by NPGS:
16 Jan 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 278700 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:
Festuca pratensis Huds.
Top Name:
MEFAN
Origin:
Collected – Canada
Received by NPGS:
16 Jan 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected

Canada
Comment: Seeds pres. by Dominion Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Otttawa.
Donated
16 January 1962.
Iowa, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
MEFAN
Type: Unverified name

CAN 5169
Type: Other or unclassified name

Ames 78
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7

Narrative
Plants long lived, vigorous, hardy, uniform. Selected for disease resistance and hardiness. 10
Festuca pratensis Huds.
Genus:
Festuca
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Loliinae
Nomen number:

16709
Place of publication:

Fl. angl. 37. 1762
Verified:
02/12/2001 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Festuca pratensis Huds. subsp. apennina (De Not.) Hegi (9 active accession[s])
Festuca pratensis Huds. subsp. pratensis (22 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Lolium pratense (Huds.) Darbysh.

Invalid Designation(s)
Festuca elatior auct. Amer.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishEnglish-bluegrass  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishmeadow fescue  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chinesecao dian yang mao草甸羊茅 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
English (Canada)meadow fescue Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 26.
Frenchfétuque des prés  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French (Canada)fétuque des prés Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 26.
GermanWiesenschwingel  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianfestuca pratense  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguesefestuca-dos-prados  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcañuela de los prados  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishängssvingel  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Koreanneoleungimuiteol  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:100.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASECrown rustResistance to crown rust caused by Puccinia coronata3 - FEW LESSIONS SOME > 1mm GRASS.CROWNRUST.1994.CASLER.FESTUCAPI 278700 85i SD
GROWTHPlant heightPlant height at maturity in centimeters80 GRASS.PLANTHGT.1994.CASLER.FESTUCAPI 278700 85i SD
GROWTHFall RecoveryRelative time of fall recovery (coded)2 - MEDIUM GRASS.W6PI 278700 85i SD
GROWTHSpring RecoveryRelative time of spring recovery (coded)2 - MEDIUM GRASS.W6PI 278700 85i SD
GROWTHPlant DiameterPlant diameter recorded 5 centimeters above the ground measured in centimeters.2.2 GRASS.PLANTDIAM.1994.CASLER.FESTUCAPI 278700 85i SD
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.166 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 278700 85i SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf numberRelative number of leaves2 - AVERAGE GRASS.W6PI 278700 85i SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf widthLeaf width measured in millimeters6.9 GRASS.LEAFWIDTH.1994.CASLER.FESTUCAPI 278700 85i SD
MORPHOLOGYShatterAmount of shattering (coded)2 - MEDIUM GRASS.W6PI 278700 85i SD
MORPHOLOGYStem HabitStem growth habit (coded).1 - ERECT GRASS.W6PI 278700 85i SD
MORPHOLOGYStem NumberStem number (coded)2 - AVERAGE GRASS.W6PI 278700 85i SD
MORPHOLOGYStem DiameterStem diameter measured on the lowest exposed internode after heading measured in centimeters.2.2 GRASS.STEMDIAM.1994.CASLER.FESTUCAPI 278700 85i SD
PHENOLOGYMaturityMaturity4 - (1 = LATE, 9 = EARLY) GRASS.MATURITY.1994.CASLER.FESTUCAPI 278700 85i SD
PRODUCTIONDry weightDry weight, gw * cf where = (sample dry weight/sample wet weight).107.3 GRASS.DRYWEIGHT.1994.CASLER.FESTUCAPI 278700 85i SD
STRESSWinter HardinessWinter hardiness based on percent surviving plants1008GRASS.WINTERHARD.1994.CASLER.FESTUCAPI 278700 85i SD