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Details for: PI 440520,
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
caerulea
(Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh., P-158
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
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IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
caerulea
(Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.
Top Name:
P-158
Origin:
Collected – Stavropol, Russian Federation
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Feb 1978
PI Assigned:
1980
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:
188
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
100 count
PI 440520 83i 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:
P-158
Origin:
Collected – Stavropol, Russian Federation
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Feb 1978
PI Assigned:
1980
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
30 July 1977.
Stavropol, Russian Federation
Locality:
Mt. Nedryemanya, 30km south of Stavropol, Stavropol, Russia.
Coordinates:
44.7900, 41.9600
(Map it)
Elevation:
510m.
Environment description:
Mountain. (PI 188)
Collector(s):
Dewey, Douglas R., USDA-ARS
Plummer, A.P., USDA
Accession Names and Identifiers
P-158
Type: Collector identifier
Group: USDA-ARS-FRRL
USDA-ARS Forage Range Research Laboratory Logan Utah
Plummer, A.P. USDA
DRD 0777
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links
Narrative
Plants vigorous, to 35cm tall. Received as M. romanica. (Plant Inventory Vol. No. 188)
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
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
Material Transfer Agreement
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 440520 94i SD
Not Available
DISEASE
Bacterial wilt
Percent of plants resistant to Bacterial wilt. (Corynebacterium insidiosum).
0
ALFALFA.BACTWILT.89.BARNES
PI 440520 83i SD
DISEASE
Verticillium wilt
Percent of plants resistant to Verticillium wilt (Verticillium albo-atrum).
1
ALFALFA.VERTWILT.87.PEADEN
PI 440520 83i SD
DISEASE
Fusarium wilt
Percent of plants resistant to Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum).
44.43
ALFALFA.FUSWILT.87.BARNES
PI 440520 83i SD
DISEASE
Downy mildew
Percent of plants resistant to Downy mildew (Peronospora trifoliorum).
23.5
ALFALFA.DOWNYMILD.I8.85.STUT
PI 440520 83i SD
DISEASE
Downy mildew
Percent of plants resistant to Downy mildew (Peronospora trifoliorum).
30.8
ALFALFA.DOWNYMILD.I7.85.STUT
PI 440520 83i SD
DISEASE
Aphanomyces
Percent resistant plants to Aphanomyces eutieches.
0
ALFALFA.APHAN.89.GRAU
PI 440520 83i SD
INSECT
Pea Aphid
Percent of seedling survival after pea aphid damage. (Acrythosiphon pisum).
0
ALFALFA.PEAAPHID.87.MANG
PI 440520 83i SD
INSECT
Potato Leafhopper
Percent of plant foliage yellowed by Potato Leafhopper (Empoasca fabae).
1.5
ALFALFA.POTLEAFHOP.88.BYERS
PI 440520 83i SD
INSECT
Spotted Alfalfa Aphid
Percent of seedling survival after Spotted Alfalfa aphid damage (Therioaphis maculata).
0
ALFALFA.SPOTALFAPH.87.MANG
PI 440520 83i SD
INSECT
Blue aphid
Percent of seedling survival after Blue aphid damage. (Acyrthosiphon kondoi).
0.96
ALFALFA.BLUEAPHID.87.CADDEL
PI 440520 83i SD
INSECT
Clover Root curculio
Percent of plants resistant to Clover Root Curculio (Sitonia hispidulus).
32.78
ALFALFA.ROOTCURC.89.BYERS
PI 440520 83i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.28
ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 440520 83i SD
PRODUCTION
Seed productivity
Seed productivity. coded 1-9.
9 - LOW
ALFALFA.SEEDPROD.94.PEADEN
PI 440520 94i SD
Not Available
STRESS
Salt germination - ic(50) valu
Sodium chloride concentration which inhibits germination of 50% of the viable seed.
-0.25
ALFALFA.SALTGERM.88.RUMB
PI 440520 83i SD