Details for: PI 508282, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'WL 320'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'WL 320'
Origin:
Developed – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
14 Apr 1987
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'WL 320'
Origin:
Developed – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
14 Apr 1987
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Donated
14 April 1987.
California, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'WL 320'
Type: Cultivar name

Ca 7931-32
Type: Donor identifier

Narrative
Flowers mostly purple with a few blue and cream. Moderately winter-hardy type adapted for forage use in the northwest, midwest and northeast regions of the U.S. Fall dormancy similar to DuPuits. Resistant to bacterial wilt (similar to Vernal), Phytophthora root rot (superior to Agate), Fusarium wilt (equal to Agate) and spotted alfalfa aphid (equal to Kanza). Moderately resistant to anthracnose, pea aphid, blue alfalfa alphid, verticillium wilt and stem nematode. Tolerant to potato leafhopper yellowing.
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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Pedigree
Description:
23-clone synthetic derived from 17 experimental families exhibiting high yield potential following 5 cycles of recurrent phenotypic selection. Original populations derived from Vernal, Saranac, Kanza, Atlantic, WL 305 and WL 309.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-146, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Sep 1987.
  • Hanson, A. A., J. L. Kugler, D. E. Huset, M. A. Peterson, S. A. Ostazeski, & F. L. Bedard. 1987. Crop Sci. (Madison) 27(5):1084. Note: CV-146

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 8500032
Variety: WL 320
Taxonomy: Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Experimental name/synonym: NA
Crop: ALFALFA
Applicant: W-L Research, Inc.
Date filed: 12/07/1984
Date issued: 05/30/1986
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 05/30/2004

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.15 ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 508282 2004o SDNot Available