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Details for: PI 449310,
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
, ALTA SIERRA
Summary
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Taxonomy
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Pedigree
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Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Top Name:
ALTA SIERRA
Origin:
Collected – Chile
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Apr 1980
PI Assigned:
1980
Improvement Status:
Landrace
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 449310 89i 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
Top Name:
ALTA SIERRA
Origin:
Collected – Chile
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Apr 1980
PI Assigned:
1980
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
10 April 1980.
Chile
Locality:
Farm near Turi, Chile.
Coordinates:
-22.3000, -68.3000
(Map it)
Elevation:
3000m.
Environment description:
Very short Festuca pasture grazed by sheep and llamas. (NOTE)
Accession Names and Identifiers
ALTA SIERRA
Type: Local name
AK 7
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Severe aphid infestaton. (Plant Inventory Vol. No. 188) 'Alta Sierra' is a general term for high mountain elevation.Since seed is saved by individual farmers it is believed that ecotypes may exist within the landrace. (Collector Notes)
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
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
alfalfa
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
lucerne
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
violet-flower lucerne
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
French
luzerne
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
blaue Luzerne
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Luzerne
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmaji
murasaki-umagoyashi
2
Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese
luzerna
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
mielga
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
blålusern
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
zi mu xu
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
14 Feb 1994, from
Medicago sativa
L. to
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
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Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
DISEASE
Anthracnose
Percent of plants resistant to Anthracnose (Colletotrichum trifolii).
3.44
ALFALFA.ANTHRAC.90.ONEILL
PI 449310 89i SD
DISEASE
Verticillium wilt
Percent of plants resistant to Verticillium wilt (Verticillium albo-atrum).
6
ALFALFA.VERTWILT.90.PEADEN
PI 449310 89i SD
DISEASE
Downy mildew
Percent of plants resistant to Downy mildew (Peronospora trifoliorum).
0
ALFALFA.DOWNYMILD.I7.90.STUT
PI 449310 89i SD
DISEASE
Downy mildew
Percent of plants resistant to Downy mildew (Peronospora trifoliorum).
0
ALFALFA.DOWNYMILD.I8.90.STUT
PI 449310 89i SD
DISEASE
Aphanomyces
Percent resistant plants to Aphanomyces eutieches.
0
ALFALFA.APHAN.90.GRAU
PI 449310 89i SD
DISEASE
Sclerotinia resistance
Percent resistant plants to Sclerotinia.
5
ALFALFA.SCLEROT.94.RHODES
PI 449310 89i SD
DISEASE
Resistance to Rhizoctonia
Percent resistance to Rhizoctonia.
19.5
ALFALFA.RHIZOC.90.VIAND
PI 449310 89i SD
INSECT
Potato Leafhopper
Percent of plant foliage yellowed by Potato Leafhopper (Empoasca fabae).
3.7
ALFALFA.POTLEAFHOP.90.BYERS
PI 449310 89i SD
INSECT
Potato Leafhopper
Percent of plant foliage yellowed by Potato Leafhopper (Empoasca fabae).
4.2
ALFALFA.POTLEAFHOP.91.BYERS
PI 449310 89i SD
INSECT
Clover Root curculio
Percent of plants resistant to Clover Root Curculio (Sitonia hispidulus).
27.81
ALFALFA.ROOTCURC.92.BYERS
PI 449310 89i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.21
ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 449310 89i SD
PRODUCTION
Seed productivity
Seed productivity. coded 1-9.
5 - (1 = HIGH, 9 = LOW)
ALFALFA.SEEDPROD.89.PEADEN
PI 449310 89i SD
STRESS
Salt germination - ic(50) valu
Sodium chloride concentration which inhibits germination of 50% of the viable seed.
-0.69
ALFALFA.SALTGERM.90.RUMB
PI 449310 89i SD
STRESS
Tolerance to salt stress
The ratio of mean regrowth amount under salt stress to that produced under non-stress conditions expressed as a proportion of the ratio for a control cultivar(s).
1.151
ALFALFA.SALTSTRESS.90.SMITH
PI 449310 89i SD