Details for: PI 578839, Poa pratensis L., 'TOUCHDOWN'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Poa pratensis L.
Cultivar:
'TOUCHDOWN'
Origin:
Developed – Oregon, 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 578839 95o 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:
'TOUCHDOWN'
Origin:
Developed – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
1976
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Donated
1976.
Oregon, United States

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

Narrative
Moderately low-growing, turf-type, bright moderately dark green color, good density and medium texture. Attractive, persistent, good density and vigor. High level of apomictic reproduction. Good resistance to leaf spot and crown rot disease, strip smut and leaf rust. Moderate to good resistance to many races of powdery mildew. Susceptible to stem rust. Adapted to regions where Kentucky bluegrass is suitable.
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:
Selected from 9th fairway of the National Gold Links of America, Southhampton, NY.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-14, BLUEGRASS. Issued: 01 Jan 1978.
  • Rewinski, T. F., A. M. Radko, W. K. Wiley, M. C. Pick, & C. R. Funk. 1978. Crop Sci. (Madison) 18(1):163. Note: CV-14

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 7400066
Variety: Touchdown
Taxonomy: Poa pratensis L.
Experimental name/synonym: NJE P-142
Crop: BLUEGRASS, KENTUCKY
Applicant: Pickseed West, Inc.
Date filed: 02/21/1974
Date issued: 06/01/1976
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 06/01/1993

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
COMMENTGeneral TypeGeneral use/type of the accessionT - Turf GRASS.TYPE.POA.PRATENSISPI 578839 95o SD
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.041 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 578839 95o SD