Details for: PI 419976, Trifolium repens L., 'MEGA'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Trifolium repens L.

Cultivar:

'MEGA'

Origin:

Developed – Denmark

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

22 Aug 1977

PI Assigned:

1977

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

185
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 419976 2016i 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:

Trifolium repens L.

Cultivar:

'MEGA'

Origin:

Developed – Denmark

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

22 Aug 1977

PI Assigned:

1977

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

PRE 22 August 1977.
Denmark
Comment: Cultivar is originally from Denmark. No further information is available describing the initial acquisition by the Japanese.

Donated

22 August 1977.
Japan
Comment: Seed received as part of a United States-Japan National Resources (UJNR) Project on forage crop germplasm exchange and evaluation. Seed received from the Tohoku Station.
Donor(s):

National Grassland Research Institute

Accession Names and Identifiers

'MEGA'

Type: Cultivar name

Also known as MEGA TRIFOLIUM

TO-J.S.-740184

Type: Donor identifier

G 24955

Type: Site identifier

Group: GENEVA

Ids used by the North Eastern Plant Intro. Station; N. Y.

Northeast Regional PI Station

Narrative

No longer commercially available. High seed yields, good resistance to clover cyst nematode. (New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 1986, Vol. 14.)

Trifolium repens L.

Genus:

Trifolium

Subgenus:

Trifolium

Section:

Trifoliastrum

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

300625

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:767. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

03/26/2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Trifolium repens L. f. hollandicum (Erith) Jáv. & Soó (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium repens L. var. biasolettii (Steud. & Hochst.) Asch. & Graebn. (1 active accession[s])
Trifolium repens L. var. giganteum Lagr.-Foss. (1 active accession[s])
Trifolium repens L. var. macrorrhizum Boiss. (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium repens L. var. nevadense (Boiss.) C. Vicioso (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium repens L. var. ochranthum Maly ex Asch. & Graebn. (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium repens L. var. orbelicum (Velen.) Fritsch (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium repens L. var. orphanideum (Boiss.) Boiss. (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium repens L. var. repens (1 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Trifolium repens L. var. atropurpureum hort.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Dutch clover		1	Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
English	ladino clover		1	Williams, W. M. & S. N. Nichols. 2011. Chapter 13: Trifolium. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, legume crops and forages 249-272.
English	white clover		1	Williams, W. M. & S. N. Nichols. 2011. Chapter 13: Trifolium. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, legume crops and forages 249-272.
English	white Dutch clover		1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English (Canada)	white clover	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 144.
French	trèfle blanc		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	trèfle rampant		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French (Canada)	trèfle blanc	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 144.
German	Weißklee		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	trifoglio bianco		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Italian	trifoglio ladino		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguese	trevo-branco		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	trébol blanco		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	vitklöver		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	bai che zhou cao		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	keuroba		2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Transcribed Korean	tokkipul		2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:132.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
CHEMICAL	CYANOGENESIS	PERCENT OF PLANTS THAT WERE CYANOGENIC DETERMINED BY THE PICRIC ACID TEST (J. OF AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRONOMY 34:199-200).	30	CLOVER.WHITE.HCN.1993	PI 419976 DIST SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Plant height	Plant height in centimeters	10	CLOVER.1978.NE9	PI 419976 77UO SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Plant width	Plant width in centimeters	50	CLOVER.1978.NE9	PI 419976 77UO SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Uniformity	Plant uniformity for growth and development within accession taken at 50% flowering.	3 - (1 = Most uniform, 9 = Least uniform)	CLOVER.1978.NE9	PI 419976 77UO SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Vigor	Plant vigor (coded).	4 - (1 = MOST VIGOROUS, 9 = POOR)	CLOVER.1978.NE9	PI 419976 77UO SD	Not Available
INSECT	Leafhopper	Leafhopper susceptibility (coded) (1.0 = RESISTANT, 5.0 = SUSCEPTIBLE)	3	CLOVER.1978.NE9	PI 419976 77UO SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of heads	Number of heads (coded)	1 - MANY	CLOVER.1978.NE9	PI 419976 77UO SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf color	Color of leaves (coded)	5 - Medium green	CLOVER.1978.NE9	PI 419976 77UO SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leafiness	Leafiness (coded) (1 = MOST, 9 = FEW)	5	CLOVER.1978.NE9	PI 419976 77UO SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf size	Leaf size (coded) (1 = LARGEST, 9 = SMALL)	5	CLOVER.1978.NE9	PI 419976 77UO SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FMC stolons	FMC stolons (coded)	9 - FINE	CLOVER.1978.NE9	PI 419976 77UO SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of stolons	Number of stolons (coded)	8 - (1 = MANY, 9 = FEW)	CLOVER.1978.NE9	PI 419976 77UO SD	Not Available
NEMATODE	MELOIDOGYNE ARENARIA EGG	RESISTANCE TO MELOIDOGYNE ARENARIA IN THE EGG STAGE (1.0 = RESISTANT, 5.0 = SUSCEPTIBLE)	4.5	CLOVER.NEMATODE.1994.WINDHAM	PI 419976 DIST SD	Not Available
NEMATODE	MELOIDOGYNE ARENARIA GALL	RESISTANCE TO MELOIDOGYNE ARENARIA IN THE GALL STAGE (1.0 = RESISTANT, 5.0 = SUSCEPTIBLE)	4.2	CLOVER.NEMATODE.1994.WINDHAM	PI 419976 DIST SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Fall recovery	Fall recovery (coded)	9 - LITTLE	CLOVER.1978.NE9	PI 419976 77UO SD	Not Available