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Details for: PI 510690,
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
, '526'
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Cultivar:
'526'
Origin:
Developed – Iowa, United States
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
15 Jul 1987
PI Assigned:
1987
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:
196
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
Availability
This accession is not available. Contact site for status.
Western Regional PI Station
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
Cultivar:
'526'
Origin:
Developed – Iowa, United States
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
15 Jul 1987
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
01 December 1987.
Iowa, United States
Developer(s):
Miller, J.W., Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Miller, M.K.
Donated
15 July 1987.
United States
Accession Names and Identifiers
'526'
Type: Cultivar name
76E-1
Type: Donor identifier
CV-150
Type: Other or unclassified name
Crop Science Society of America Crop Registration Number
W6 1660
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS
Narrative
Fall dormancy similar to Vernal. High resistance to bacterial wilt and spotted alfalfa aphid. Resistance to pea aphid biotypes endemic to California. Moderate resistance to Fusarium wilt and yellowing caused by the potato leafhopper. Low resistance to Phytophthora root rot. Intended for use as hay, haylage, dehydration, and greenchop production. Flower color 89% purple, 11% variegated and a trace of yellow.
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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Description:
21-clone synthetic with germplasm sources of 8% M. falcata, 15% Ladak, 50% M. varia, 13% Turkistan, 10% Flemish and 4% Chilean, tracing through 520, ATRA55, Vernal, Narragansett, Culver and Iroquois.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration
. CV-150, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Jan 1988.
Woodward, W. T. W., J. W. Miller, & M. K. Miller.
1988. Crop Sci. (Madison) 28(1):185.
Note:
CV-150
Material Transfer Agreement