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Details for: PI 516892,
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
, Demnate town
Summary
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Pedigree
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Top Name:
Demnate town
Origin:
Collected – Morocco
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Jan 1986
PI Assigned:
1988
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
197
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
100 count
PI 516892 86o 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:
Demnate town
Origin:
Collected – Morocco
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Jan 1986
PI Assigned:
1988
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
05 August 1983.
Morocco
Elevation:
900m.
Comment:
Collector obtained material from Boulouche Mohau Ait ou Alit, in Market, 113km E of Marrakech off Road S 508, Demnate, Marrakech, Morocco. (PI 197)
Collector(s):
Graves, Walter, University of California
Rumbaugh, Melvin D., USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
Demnate town
Type: Local name
GR 788
Type: Collector identifier
MR 0783
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links
Narrative
Haouz, Demnate type. 1982 seed crop. (PI 197)
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
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GROWTH
Plant growth habit
Plant growth habit evaluated during the mid stage of the second regrowth (August 8-9).
7 - SEMI-ERECT (MESILLA)
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
GROWTH
Fall growth
Fall growth evaluated by plant height on October 11-12.
6 - 16-20 CM
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
GROWTH
Crown stem diameter
Diameter of the crown stem
2 - (1 = NARROW, 5 = WIDE)
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
GROWTH
Taproot diameter
Diameter of the taproot
2 - (1 - <= 5MM, 5 - >= 12.5 MM)
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
GROWTH
Secondary root diameter
Secondary root diameter
2 - (1 = 2-5 MM, 5 = GREATER THAN 12.5 MM)
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
GROWTH
Recovery rate
Recovery rate visually estimated 2 weeks after the first spring cutting (mid July).
3 - MODERATE (VERNAL)
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
GROWTH
Crown width
Width of the crown
3 - (1 = NARROW, 5 = WIDE)
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.21
ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 516892 86o SD
MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.21
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf size
Leaf size visually estimated on August 30.
7 - (1 = LEAST, 9 = MOST)
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
MORPHOLOGY
Depth of the crown
Depth of the crown
2 - (1 = SHALLOW, 5 = DEEP)
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
MORPHOLOGY
Crown branching
Branching of the crown
3 - (1 = LOW, 5 = DEEP)
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
MORPHOLOGY
Crown bud number
Number of crown buds
1 - FEW
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
MORPHOLOGY
Crown origin
Origin of the crown
1 - MANY THIN STEMS ORIGINATE AT THE SAME NARROW POINT
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
MORPHOLOGY
Secondary root number
Number of secondary roots
3 - (1 = 0 TO 1, 6 = GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 12)
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
MORPHOLOGY
Secondary root position
Secondary root position
1 - GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 20 CM BELOW CROWN
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
MORPHOLOGY
Fibrous root mass
Fibrous root mass
4 - (1 = NONE, 5 = MANY)
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
MORPHOLOGY
Determinate taproot percentage
Determinate taproot percentage
30
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
MORPHOLOGY
Determinate taproot position
Determinate taproot position
5 - EQUAL TO OR LESSTHAN 5 CM BELOW CROWN
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
STRESS
Salt germination - ic(50) valu
Sodium chloride concentration which inhibits germination of 50% of the viable seed.
-0.71
ALFALFA.SALTGERM.89.RUMB
PI 516892 86o SD
STRESS
Frost damage
Frost damage visually estimated on October 10, after a severe frost during the last week of September.
9 - MOST
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD
STRESS
Winter injury
Winter injury visually evaluated for damage and death.
9 - Most winter injury
ALFALFA.1989.BARNES
PI 516892 86o SD