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Details for: PI 314268,
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
caerulea
(Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh., No. 534
Summary
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Taxonomy
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Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
caerulea
(Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.
Top Name:
No. 534
Origin:
Collected – Uzbekistan
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
09 May 1966
PI Assigned:
1966
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
174
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Quantity
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Seed
100 count
PI 314268 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.
caerulea
(Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.
Top Name:
No. 534
Origin:
Collected – Uzbekistan
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
09 May 1966
PI Assigned:
1966
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
09 May 1966.
Uzbekistan
Locality:
78 km Northeast of Tashkent, near Fergana (also Ferghana; formerly Skobelev), Farghona, Uzbekistan.
Coordinates:
41.6300, 70.0000
(Map it)
Environment description:
Hills above Chirchik river, Bostondik mountains.
Collector(s):
Jones, Quentin, Crops Research Division - USDA-ARS
Keller, W., USDA, ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
No. 534
Type: Collector identifier
G 20105
Type: Site identifier
Group: GENEVA
Ids used by the North Eastern Plant Intro. Station; N. Y.
Northeast Regional PI Station
QJ0765
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links
Narrative
Blue flowers, several pods coiled. (Plant Inventory Vol. No. 174)
Medicago sativa
L. subspp.
caerulea
(Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
104921
Place of publication:
Fl. sred. juz. ross. 1:226. 1895
Verified:
05/22/1987
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.
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. subsp.
sativa
(3377 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa
L. var.
sativa
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago caerulea
Less. ex Ledeb.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago caerulea
Less. ex Ledeb. var.
caerulea
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago hemicoerulea
Sinskaya
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
microcarpa
Urb.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
blue alfalfa
1
Small, E.
2011. Alfalfa and relatives: evolution and classification of
Medicago
NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Canada.
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
14 Feb 1994, from
Medicago sativa
L. to
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
05 Jan 2010, from
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
to
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
caerulea
(Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.
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Citations
National Center for Biotechnology Information (on-line resource).
National Institutes of Health.
Number of accessions cited:
0
Brummer, E. C., P. M. Cazarro, & D. Luth.
1999. Ploidy determination of alfalfa germplasm accessions using flow cytometry. Crop Sci. (Madison) 39:1202-1207.
Number of accessions cited:
288
Pedigree
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Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
CYTOLOGIC
Chromosome number
Chromosome number (x = 8)
16
5
ALFALFA.CHROMNUM.97.BRUMMER
PI 314268 90i SD
INSECT
Potato Leafhopper
Percent of plant foliage yellowed by Potato Leafhopper (Empoasca fabae).
3.5
ALFALFA.POTLEAFHOP.94.BYERS
PI 314268 90i SD
INSECT
Clover Root curculio
Percent of plants resistant to Clover Root Curculio (Sitonia hispidulus).
18
4
ALFALFA.ROOTCURC.95.BYERS
PI 314268 90i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.1
ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 314268 90i SD
PRODUCTION
Seed productivity
Seed productivity. coded 1-9.
8 - (1 = HIGH, 9 = LOW)
ALFALFA.SEEDPROD.90.PEADEN
PI 314268 90i SD