Details for: PI 578838, Poa pratensis L., 'PACIFIC'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Poa pratensis L.
Cultivar:
'PACIFIC'
Origin:
Developed – United States
Received by NPGS:
1976
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 578838 2001i 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:
Poa pratensis L.
Cultivar:
'PACIFIC'
Origin:
Developed – United States
Received by NPGS:
1976
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
PRE 1976.
United States

Developer(s):
Donated
1976.
Oregon, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'PACIFIC'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Leaves wider, more prostrate in growth habit, slightly darker green in leaf color, and begins spring growth earlier than Merion. Some decumbent leaves in turf plantings. Seedling vigor and density of the two bluegrasses are approx. equal. Maintains green color well under conditions of low soil fertility, and quite drought tolerant. Slightly more resistant to some races of stripe smut (Ustilago striiformis) than Merion. In Pennsylvania and Oregon, tolereance to leaf spot and crown rot disease. Moderate resistance to leaf rust and stripe rust in Oregon
Poa pratensis L.
Genus:
Poa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Poinae
Nomen number:

28996
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:67. 1753, nom. cons.
Comment:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV)
Verified:
05/13/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Poa pratensis L. subsp. agassizensis (B. Boivin & D. Löve) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde (0 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. alpigena (Blytt) Hiitonen (2 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (86 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. colpodea (Th. Fr.) Tzvelev (0 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. pratensis (8 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishEnglish meadow grass  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
EnglishKentucky bluegrass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsmooth meadow grass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchpâturin des prés  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanWiesenrispengras  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianerba fienarola  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajinagahagusa  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguesecapim-do-campo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishgrama de prados  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpoa común  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishzacate poa  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishängsgröe  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesecao di zao shu he  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreanwangpoapul  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Transliterated Russianmjatlik lugovoj  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
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Pedigree
Description:
Single plant selected in 1966 by Bohnert Farms from field in production of foundation seed of Merion Kentucky bluegrass.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-78, OTHER GRASSES. Issued: 01 Sep 1982.
  • Bohnert, O. & J. A. Yungen. 1982. Crop Sci. (Madison) 22(5):1084. Note: CV-78

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 7500058
Variety: Pacific
Taxonomy: Poa pratensis L.
Experimental name/synonym: NA
Crop: BLUEGRASS, KENTUCKY
Applicant: Otto Bohnert
Date filed: 02/20/1975
Date issued: 05/14/1976
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 05/14/1993

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.033 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 578838 2001i SD