Details for: PI 536010, Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn., 'KIRK'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.

Cultivar:

'KIRK'

Origin:

Donated – Saskatchewan, Canada

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

12 Oct 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 536010 91i 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:

Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.

Cultivar:

'KIRK'

Origin:

Donated – Saskatchewan, Canada

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

12 Oct 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Donated

12 October 1989.
Saskatchewan, Canada

Donor(s):

Knowles, R. P., Agriculture Canada

Accession Names and Identifiers

'KIRK'

Type: Cultivar name

Can. Reg. No. 2788

Type: Other or unclassified name

W6 2644

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative

Tetraploid with good vigor and fertility, reduced seed shattering and awn development. Growth habit tall, with wide spikes. Emergence superior from deep seeding at 5cm. Hay yield in 22 western Canada tests 5676 kg/ha. Seed yield in 11 tests 593kg/ha. Suitable for early spring grazing and hay. Best adapted to moderately moist conditions in crested wheatgrass areas.

Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.

Genus:

Agropyron

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Triticeae

Nomen number:

102774

Place of publication:

Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1):540. 1770

Verified:

05/20/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. brandzae (Pantu & Solacolu) Melderis (4 active accession[s])
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. cristatum (2 active accession[s])
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. pectinatum (M. Bieb.) Tzvelev (46 active accession[s])
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. pectinatum (M. Bieb.) Tzvelev unranked imbricatum (Roem. & Schult.) Beck (9 active accession[s])
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. pectinatum (M. Bieb.) Tzvelev var. pectinatum (M. Bieb.) Tzvelev (12 active accession[s])
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. sabulosum Lavrenko (0 active accession[s])
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. sclerophyllum Novopokr. ex Tzvelev (1 active accession[s])
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. tarbagataicum (N. Plotn.) Tzvelev (3 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. kazachstanicum Tzvelev
Agropyron deweyi Á. Löve
Agropyron muricatum Fisch. ex Eichw.
Agropyron ponticum Nevski

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	crested wheatgrass		1	CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1981. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) 2:5. Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
English	desert wheatgrass		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	fairway crested wheatgrass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	fairway wheatgrass		1	CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1981. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) 2:5. Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Chinese	bing cao	冰草	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	agropyre à crête		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	agropyron accrêté		2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
French	chiendent à crête		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Kammquecke		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	agropiro crestato		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish	agropiro		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	agropiro crestado		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	kamvete		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transliterated Russian	žitnâk grebenčatyj		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6

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Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.245		GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 536010 91i SD