Details for: PI 540873, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'ALFAGRAZE'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'ALFAGRAZE'
Origin:
Developed – United States
Received by NPGS:
15 May 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 540873 2018i 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
Cultivar:
'ALFAGRAZE'
Origin:
Developed – United States
Received by NPGS:
15 May 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'ALFAGRAZE'
Type: Cultivar name

Georgia-GC
Type: Developer identifier

W6 4878
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
Semi-erect, broad-crowned type which produces numerous crown buds in fall. Flower color is 100% purple with traces of variegated and cream. Resistant to Fusarium wilt. Moderate resistance to anthracnose (race 1), and bacterial wilt; low resistance to Phytophthora root rot. Susceptible to spotted alfalfa aphid and blue alfalfa aphid. Under continuouse grazing it's much more persistent than other cultivars tested yet similar in yield, palatibility, and animal performance.
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
  • Boe, A., R. Bortnem, K. F. Higgins, A. D. Kruse, K. D. Kephart, & S. Selman. 1998. Breeding yellow-flowered alfalfa for combined wildlife habitat and forage purposes. Bull. South Dakota Agric. Exp. Sta. 727:1-12. Number of accessions cited: 11
Pedigree
Description:
Thirty parental clones derived by recurrent phenotypic selection from the following populations: 22 cultivars (64%), 1070 plant introductions (33%), and Travois (3%)
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-164, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Mar 1991.
  • Bouton, J. H., S. R. Smith, Jr., D. T. Wood, C. S. Hoveland, & E. C. Brummer. 1991. Alfagraze Alfalfa. Crop Sci. (Madison) 31(2):479. Note: CV-164

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 9000155
Variety: Alfagraze
Taxonomy: Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Experimental name/synonym: CA-GC
Crop: ALFALFA
Applicant: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
Date filed: 04/30/1990
Date issued: 07/31/1990
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 07/31/2008

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.22 ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 540873 90o SDNot Available