Details for: PI 508283, Poa pratensis L., 'CHALLENGER'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Poa pratensis L.
Cultivar:
'CHALLENGER'
Origin:
Developed – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
14 Apr 1987
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed200 countPI 508283 2008i 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:
Poa pratensis L.
Cultivar:
'CHALLENGER'
Origin:
Developed – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
14 Apr 1987
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Donated
14 April 1987.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Cooperative registration by Pure-Seed Testing, Inc., Turf Seed, Inc., and the New Jersey Agr. Experiment Station.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'CHALLENGER'
Type: Cultivar name

PS-535
Type: Donor identifier

Narrative
Plants low-growing, leafy, turf type with medium fine leaves of bright, dark green color. Excellent spring color and ability to stay green into late fall. Leaves semi-prostrate. Durable turf with high density, medium fine texture, good wear tolerance and excellent winterhardiness. Resistant to leaf spot, crown rot disease, leaf rust, stem rust, stripe smut and dollar spot.
Poa pratensis L.
Genus:
Poa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Poinae
Nomen number:

28996
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:67. 1753, nom. cons.
Comment:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV)
Verified:
05/13/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Poa pratensis L. subsp. agassizensis (B. Boivin & D. Löve) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde (0 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. alpigena (Blytt) Hiitonen (2 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (86 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. colpodea (Th. Fr.) Tzvelev (0 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. pratensis (8 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishEnglish meadow grass  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
EnglishKentucky bluegrass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsmooth meadow grass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchpâturin des prés  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanWiesenrispengras  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianerba fienarola  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajinagahagusa  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguesecapim-do-campo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishgrama de prados  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpoa común  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishzacate poa  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishängsgröe  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesecao di zao shu he  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreanwangpoapul  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Transliterated Russianmjatlik lugovoj  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
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Citations
  • Clement, S. L., V. L. Bradley, L. R. Elberson, D. E. Bragg, & T. D. Phillips. 2009. Cereal leaf beetle colonizes grass germplasm nurseries and impacts seed production activities. Forage Grazinglands 7(1):1-10. DOI: 10.1094/FG-2009-1214-01-RS. Number of accessions cited: 62
Pedigree
Description:
NJE P-123/PSU K106
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-30, BLUEGRASS. Issued: 01 Sep 1987.
  • Meyer, W. A., C. A. Rose-Fricker, B. L. Rose, C. J. Petersen, & C. R. Funk. 1987. Crop Sci. (Madison) 27(5):1085. Note: CV-30

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 8500082
Variety: Challenger
Taxonomy: Poa pratensis L.
Crop: BLUEGRASS, KENTUCKY
Applicant: Pure-Seed Testing, Inc.
Date filed: 03/05/1985
Date issued: 01/31/1996
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 01/31/2004

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
COMMENTGeneral TypeGeneral use/type of the accessionT - Turf GRASS.TYPE.POA.PRATENSISPI 508283 2004o SDNot Available
INSECTCereal Leaf BeetleCereal Leaf Beetle (CLB), Oulema melanopus (L.) damage ratings0_2009 - no feeding damage in 2009  For a pdf file of the article.">GRASS.2009.CEREAL.LEAF.BEETLE.CLEMENTPI 508283 2008i SD
INSECTCereal Leaf BeetleCereal Leaf Beetle (CLB), Oulema melanopus (L.) damage ratings2_2008 - 21-40% leaf area of all accessions plants eaten in 2008  For a pdf file of the article.">GRASS.2009.CEREAL.LEAF.BEETLE.CLEMENTPI 508283 2008i SD
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.059 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 508283 2008i SD