Details for: PI 531452, Spinacia oleracea L., 'MATADOR DARKO'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Spinacia oleracea L.
Cultivar:
'MATADOR DARKO'
Origin:
Collected – Denmark
Received by NPGS:
30 May 1989
PI Assigned:
1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Spinacia oleracea L.
Cultivar:
'MATADOR DARKO'
Origin:
Collected – Denmark
Received by NPGS:
30 May 1989
PI Assigned:
1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected

Denmark

Donated
30 May 1989.
Hungary
Comment: Donor numbers refer to Index Seminum 1987-1990
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'MATADOR DARKO'
Type: Cultivar name

2146
Type: Donor identifier

3386/86
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Spinacia oleracea L.
Genus:
Spinacia
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Anserineae
Nomen number:

35256
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1027. 1753
Verified:
03/11/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Spinacia oleracea L. var. oleracea

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Spinacia inermis Moench
Spinacia spinosa Moench

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Spinacia oleracea L. var. inermis (Moench) Peterm.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishspinach  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchépinard  2Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:266.
GermanSpinat  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indiapinni  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianspinacio  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajihorenso  2Batra, L. R. 1995. Names of Japanese plants sorted by their Japanese names in Romanized Katakana and scientific nomenclature
Portugueseespinafre  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishespinaca  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishspenat  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesebo cai  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreansigeumchi  2Hoang, H.-D. et al. 1997. Additional notes to the checklist of Korean cultivated plants (5). Consolidated summary and indexes. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 44:372.
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Citations
  • Gyawali, S., Bhattarai, G., Correll, J.C. et al. 2025. Genome wide association study of Fusarium wilt resistance in Spinacia turkestanica. Nature 15, 15486 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-98932-x. Number of accessions cited: 15
  • Hu, Jinguo, Beiquan Mou, & B. A. Vick. 2007. Genetic diversity of 38 spinach (Spinacia oleracea L,) germplasm accessions and 10 commercial hybrids assessed by TRAP markers. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 54:1667-1674. Number of accessions cited: 38
  • Shi, Ainong, Gehendra Bhattarai, Haizheng Xiong, Carlos A. Avila, Chunda Feng, Bo Liu, Vijay Joshi, Larry Stein, Beiquan Mou, Lindsey J. du Toit, & J. C. Correll. 2022. Genome-wide association study and genomic prediction of white rust resistance in USDA GRIN spinach germplasm. Hort. Res. 9:uhac069. DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhac069. Note: ISSN 2052-7276 (online) Number of accessions cited: 115
  • Shi, Ainong, Jun Qin, Beiquan Mou, J. Correll, Yuejin Weng, D. Brenner, Chunda Feng, D. Motes, Wei Yang, Lingdi Dong, G. Bhattarai, & W. Ravelombola. 2017. Genetic diversity and population structure analysis of spinach by single-nucleotide polymorphisms identified through genotyping-by-sequencing. PLoS One 12(11):e0188745. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188745 . Number of accessions cited: 265
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CHEMICALCALCIUMCalcium concentration in the leaf (ppm)30446More information on Grusak's Sampling and Experimental design (a .doc file)>/a.">SPINACH.MINERALS.2003.GRUSAKPI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
CHEMICALCOPPERCopper concentration in the leaf (ppm)5.876More information on Grusak's Sampling and Experimental design (a .doc file)>/a.">SPINACH.MINERALS.2003.GRUSAKPI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
CHEMICALIRONIron concentration in the leaf (ppm)75.556More information on Grusak's Sampling and Experimental design (a .doc file)>/a.">SPINACH.MINERALS.2003.GRUSAKPI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
CHEMICALMAGNESIUMMagnesium concentration in the leaf (ppm)59636More information on Grusak's Sampling and Experimental design (a .doc file)>/a.">SPINACH.MINERALS.2003.GRUSAKPI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
CHEMICALMANGANESEManganese concentration in the leaf (ppm)136.276More information on Grusak's Sampling and Experimental design (a .doc file)>/a.">SPINACH.MINERALS.2003.GRUSAKPI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
CHEMICALMOLYBDENUMMolybdenum concentration in the leaf (ppm).456More information on Grusak's Sampling and Experimental design (a .doc file)>/a.">SPINACH.MINERALS.2003.GRUSAKPI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
CHEMICALNICKELNickel concentration in the leaf (ppm).526More information on Grusak's Sampling and Experimental design (a .doc file)>/a.">SPINACH.MINERALS.2003.GRUSAKPI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
CHEMICALPHOSPHORUSPhosphorus concentration in the leaf (ppm)68766More information on Grusak's Sampling and Experimental design (a .doc file)>/a.">SPINACH.MINERALS.2003.GRUSAKPI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
CHEMICALZINCZinc concentration in the leaf (ppm)272.256More information on Grusak's Sampling and Experimental design (a .doc file)>/a.">SPINACH.MINERALS.2003.GRUSAKPI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
DISEASEWHITE-RUSTWhite rust resistance scale. The lower numbers are most resistant. See Horticulture Research, 2022, 9: uhac069 https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhac0695.5 SPINACH.WHITE-RUST.2022 Not Available
DISEASEPYTHIUM-GERMPythium tolerance. Germination rate under Pythium inoculation (P. aphanidermatum) as the percent of normal conditions. So, larger numbers indicate more tolerance,17.08 SPINACH.PYTHIUM-GERM.YUMA.ISOLATE Not Available
DISEASESTEMPHYLIUMResistance of spinach germplasm to Stemphylium vesicarium leaf spot. Leaf spot disease severity scored between 7 to 16 days of inoculation on a scale of 0 to 4 where 0 = no symptoms on leaves; 1 = 1 – 25% leaf area infected; 2 = 26 – 50% leaf area infected; 3 = 51 – 75% leaf area infected; and 4 = 76 – 100% leaf area infected.4.00 SPINACH.STEMPHYLIUM.Sb-1-St001.ISOLATE.2023 Not Available
FLWR-FRUITTHE FREQ. OF MONOECIOUS PLANTSThe frequency of monoecious (with both male and female flowers) plants. 40SPINACH.SALINAS.2009PI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
GROWTHTALLNESS IN CM, BEFORE BOLTINGTallness of the leaves in cm. Measured at maturity for harvest as a vegetable, before the flowering stalk emerges. The leaves are held up and measured from the soil to the tallest leaf point.8.510SPINACH.SALINAS.2001PI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYCOLORING AT THE BASEColoring at the base of the petioles.RED - Red, any red or rose color.10SPINACH.SALINAS.2001PI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLEAF BLADE SHADE OF GREENThe shade of green of the leaf blade.medium-green - medium-green10SPINACH.SALINAS.2001PI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLEAF SURFACE, SAVOY TO FLATLeaf blade surface texture, savoy (wrinkled) to flat.4_savoy - Savoy (wrinkled) leaf blade.10SPINACH.SALINAS.2001PI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLEAF ERECTNESSErectness of the leaves.SEMI - The leaves are semi-upright.10SPINACH.SALINAS.2001PI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLEAF BLADE SHAPELeaf blade shapes.OVATE - Broadest at the base end of the blade, egg shaped.10SPINACH.SALINAS.2001PI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEEDS WITH SPINES, FREQUENCYThe percentage of seeds with spines more than 2 mm long in a sample of seeds. This distinguishes seeds with spines from round seeds. 200SPINACH.AMES.2020.SEEDPI 531452 09ncei01 SD
MORPHOLOGYSEEDS IN CLUSTERS, FREQUENCYThe percentage of combined seeds and seed units (clusters), in seed units of 2 or more seeds.5200SPINACH.AMES.2020.SEEDPI 531452 09ncei01 SD
PHENOLOGYFLOWERING STALK EMERGENCERelative time to bolting. 10SPINACH.SALINAS.2001PI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory..65 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 531452 97ncei01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory..83 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 531452 89ncpo01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory.1.01 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 531452 09ncei01 SD