Details for: PI 578519, Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn., 'RUFF'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.
Cultivar:
'RUFF'
Origin:
Developed – Nebraska, United States
Received by NPGS:
Mar 1975
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.
Cultivar:
'RUFF'
Origin:
Developed – Nebraska, United States
Received by NPGS:
Mar 1975
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1975.
Nebraska, United States

Developer(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'RUFF'
Type: Cultivar name

Nebraska 3576
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Early, cool-season grass. Plants leafy, short, fine culms that terminate in broad cristate spikes. Spikelets several-flowered, usually awned. Seed harvested in mid July. Seed small. Establishes easily from rapid seed germination in cool seasons of early fall or early spring. After establishment, competes well with annual or perennial weeds or other grasses. Recommended as a short-season forage crop in areas of low rainfall of the central plains latitudes for early spring grazing complementing grazing of summer grasses on rangelands. Characteristics of self-seeding, sod-forming persistance under drought conditions and competition with weeds suggest use for plantings of roadsides, parks, and playgrounds. Superior to most crested wheatgrass for tolerance or resistance to crown-rot diseases (Helminthosporium or Fusarium spp.). Diploid (2n=14).
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcrested wheatgrass  1CIBA-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
Englishdesert wheatgrass  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishfairway crested wheatgrass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishfairway wheatgrass  1CIBA-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
Chinesebing cao冰草 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Frenchagropyre à crête  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchagropyron accrêté  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Frenchchiendent à crête  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanKammquecke  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianagropiro crestato  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanishagropiro  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishagropiro crestado  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishkamvete  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transliterated Russianžitnâk grebenčatyj  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
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Citations
  • Dugan, F. M. & S. L. Lupien. 2002. Filamentous fungi quiescent in seeds and culm nodes of weedy and forage grass species endemic to the Palouse Region of Washington and Idaho. Mycopathologia 156:31-40. Number of accessions cited: 10
Pedigree
Description:
Traces to 7 lots of commercial fairway crested wheatgrass collected at Nebraska in 1936-38. Three generations of mass selection and several generations of seed renewal.

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CHEMICALProteinCrude protein as calculated by the NIRS11 GRASS.1981.VOGELPI 578519 95o SDNot Available
CYTOLOGICChromosome numberSomatic chromosome number14 GRASS.CHROMNUM.DONORPI 578519 95o SDNot Available
GROWTHPlant heightPlant height at maturity in centimeters70 GRASS.1981.VOGELPI 578519 95o SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.214 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 578519 95o SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYHeading DateDays after January 1 when visible heads are observed on more than 50% of the tillers.152 GRASS.1981.VOGELPI 578519 95o SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONForage yieldForage yield at first harvest measured in grams per plant green weight308 GRASS.1981.VOGELPI 578519 95o SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONForage qualityIn vitro dry matter digestibility as calculated by the nirs51 GRASS.1981.VOGELPI 578519 95o SDNot Available