Details for: PI 536539, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, AFRICAN POPULATION


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Top Name:
AFRICAN POPULATION
Origin:
Developed – New Mexico, United States
Received by NPGS:
15 Nov 1989
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed100 countPI 536539 90i 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:
AFRICAN POPULATION
Origin:
Developed – New Mexico, United States
Received by NPGS:
15 Nov 1989
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
PRE 15 November 1989.
New Mexico, United States

Developer(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
AFRICAN POPULATION
Type: Developer identifier

W6 7208
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
Historical germplasm source for basic studies related to genetic diversity, heterozygosity, and heterosis (Developer-PI 198)
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishalfalfa  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishlucerne  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishviolet-flower lucerne  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Frenchluzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanblaue Luzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanLuzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmajimurasaki-umagoyashi  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portugueseluzerna  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmielga  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishblålusern  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesezi mu xu  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 14 Feb 1994, from Medicago sativa L. to Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
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Citations
  • Kidwell, K. K., D. F. Austin, & T. C. Osborn. 1994. RFLP evaluation of nine Medicago accessions representing the original germplasm sources for North American alfalfa cultivars. Crop Sci. (Madison) 34:230-236. Number of accessions cited: 9
  • Stuteville, D. L., W. L. Graves, L. J. Dixon, L. A. Castlebury, & A. M. Minnis. 2010. Uromyces ciceris-arietini, the cause of chickpea rust: new hosts in the Trifolieae, Fabaceae. Pl. Dis. 94:293-297. Number of accessions cited: 111
Pedigree
Description:
Population from composite of Lew, Sonora, Sonora 70, Byran Syn., African 4-31-A, Moapa and African 4-44-A (Developer-PI 198)
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. GP-238, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 May 1990.
  • Melton, B., C. Currier, & J. Kimmell. 1990. Eight diversity group & fall dormant alfalfa germplasms. Crop Sci. (Madison) 30(3):753. Note: GP-238

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASESclerotinia resistancePercent resistant plants to Sclerotinia.2.8 ALFALFA.SCLEROT.93.RHODESPI 536539 90i SD
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.25 ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 536539 90i SD
STRESSAcid soil toleranceRatio of root dry weight below 1 inch in acid soil to root dry weight below 1 inch in lime soil. Data is compared to an acid tolerant check.0.86 ALFALFA.ACIDSOIL.92.BOUTONPI 536539 90i SD