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Details for: PI 568127,
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L., DB 923
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Top Name:
DB 923
Origin:
Developed – Iowa, United States
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
18 Dec 1992
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Seed
200 count
PI 568127 92ncao51 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Top Name:
DB 923
Origin:
Developed – Iowa, United States
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
18 Dec 1992
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Developed
Iowa, United States
Developer(s):
Brenner, David, Iowa State University
Donated
18 December 1992.
Iowa, United States
Comment:
Male sterile accessions are useful to plant breeders as female parents for making controlled crosses between plants. Because the pollen is sterile, they can't self pollinate, and therefore develop only hybrid seeds. These are selected from
Donor(s):
Brenner, David, Iowa State University
Accession Names and Identifiers
DB 923
Type: Donor identifier
Ames 20092
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Narrative
This accession segregates for male sterile plants and variable seed colors.
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
2796
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:991. 1753 "
hypocondriacus
"
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359012
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
02/04/2003
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
var.
hypochondriacus
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus hybridus
L. var.
hypochondriacus
(L.) B. L. Rob.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus frumentaceus
Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
Amaranthus hybridus
L. var.
erythrostachys
Moq.
Amaranthus leucocarpus
S. Watson
Amaranthus leucospermus
S. Watson
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Prince of Wales-feather
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
English
prince's-feather
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
prince's-feather amaranth
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
Chinese
qian sui gu
千穗谷
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
German
Trauer-Fuchsschwanz
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
India
chua
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India
ramdana
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
bledo
2
Bayón, N. D.
2015. Revisión taxonómica de las especies monoicas de
Amaranthus
(Amaranthaceae):
Amaranthus
subg.
Amaranthus
y
Amaranthus
subg.
Albersia
. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 101:261-383.
DOI:
10.3417/2010080
.
Spanish (Mexico)
alegría
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Mexico)
huantli
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Mexico)
quintonil
2
Lira, R. et al., eds.
2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 114-115.
Swedish
toppamarant
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Citations
Baturaygil, A. & K. Schmid.
2022. Characterization of flowering time in genebank accessions of grain amaranths and their wild relatives reveals signatures of domestication and local adaptation. Agron. Open Access 12(2):505.
DOI:
10.3390/agronomy12020505
.
Number of accessions cited:
250
Brenner, D. M.
1993. Hybrid seeds for increased amaranth grain yield. Legacy; annual newsletter 6:9-11.
Number of accessions cited:
12
Pedigree
Description:
From two plants selected for male sterility and open pollinated in the field in 1992. Both brown seeded plants were from rare black seeds in a K343 (PI 538322) seed lot.
Brenner, D. M.
1993. Hybrid seeds for increased amaranth grain yield. Legacy; annual newsletter 6:9-11.
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MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
BE - BROWN EDGES WITH BLACK SIDES (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 568127 92ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED SHAPE
SEED SHAPE
RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 568127 92ncao01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.07
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 568127 92ncao01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.07
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 568127 92ncao51 SD