Details for: PI 543890, Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L., 'VERL'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.
Cultivar:
'VERL'
Origin:
Developed – Oklahoma, United States
Received by NPGS:
01 Oct 1990
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.
Cultivar:
'VERL'
Origin:
Developed – Oklahoma, United States
Received by NPGS:
01 Oct 1990
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'VERL'
Type: Cultivar name

FT-II
Type: Developer identifier

WW-1906
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Fertile warm season triploid bunchgrass with up-right habit. Foliage deep green with basal and cauline leaves, 15 to 20mm wide and 30 to 60cm long at maturity. Foliage height average approx. .75 to 1.5m with seed stalks reaching 2-2.5m. Seed maturity slightly later than native diploids and occurs during late July at Woodward, OK. Disease resistance good to anthracnose (Colletotrichum sp.). Susceptible to leaf blister caused by larvae of leaf mining leaf bettle (Anisostena sp.)
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.
Genus:
Tripsacum
Section:
Tripsacum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Tripsacinae
Nomen number:

40489
Place of publication:

Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1261. 1759
Verified:
03/04/2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. dactyloides (0 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. hispidum (Hitchc.) de Wet & J. R. Harlan (1 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. meridonale de Wet & Timothy (84 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. mexicanum de Wet & J. R. Harlan (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englisheastern gama grass  1Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Englishgama grass  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Frenchherbe grama  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanGamagras  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)capim-gigante  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmacillo  2Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Spanishpasto Guatemala  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishzacate maicero  2Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico. 261.
Swedishgamagräs  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Description:
Produced from a controlled pollination of a gynomonoecious sex form (GSF) diploid (2n=2x=36) with a monoecious tetraploid (2n=4x=72).
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-243, OTHER GRASSES. Issued: 01 Jan 2006.
  • Springer, T., C. Dewald, P. Sims, R. Gillen, V. Louthan, W. Cooper, C. Taliaferro, C. Maura, Jr., S. Pfaff, R. Wynia, J. Douglas, J. Henry, S. Bruckerhoff, M. van der Grinten, P. Salon, M. Houck, Jr., & R. Esquivel. 2006. VERL EASTERN GAMAGRASS. Crop Sci. (Madison) 46(1):477.
Crop Science Registration. GP-60, OTHER GRASSES. Issued: 01 Mar 1992.
  • Dewald, C. L., C. M. Taliaferro, & P. C. Dunfield. 1992. Four Eastern Gamagrass Fertile Triploid Germplasms. Crop Sci. (Madison) 32(2):504. Note: GP-60