Details for: PI 317548, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'MEGA'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'MEGA'
Origin:
Donated – Sweden
Received by NPGS:
22 Nov 1966
PI Assigned:
1966
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed100 countPI 317548 92i 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:
'MEGA'
Origin:
Donated – Sweden
Received by NPGS:
22 Nov 1966
PI Assigned:
1966
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Donated
22 November 1966.
Sweden

Accession Names and Identifiers
'MEGA'
Type: Cultivar name

6-1358-UTI
Type: Other or unclassified name
Based on available information, can not determine if alternative identifier is from donor, developer or collector.

G 17360
Type: Site identifier
Group: GENEVA
Ids used by the North Eastern Plant Intro. Station; N. Y.
Northeast Regional PI Station

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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishalfalfa  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishlucerne  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishviolet-flower lucerne  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Frenchluzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanblaue Luzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanLuzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmajimurasaki-umagoyashi  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portugueseluzerna  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmielga  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishblålusern  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesezi mu xu  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 14 Feb 1994, from Medicago sativa L. to Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASESclerotinia resistancePercent resistant plants to Sclerotinia.19.3 ALFALFA.SCLEROT.94.RHODESPI 317548 92i SD
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.22 ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 317548 92i SD
PRODUCTIONSeed productivitySeed productivity. coded 1-9.6 - (1 = HIGH, 9 = LOW) ALFALFA.SEEDPROD.92.PEADENPI 317548 92i SD