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Details for: PI 599679,
Parthenium argentatum
A. Gray, AZ-6
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Parthenium argentatum
A. Gray
Top Name:
AZ-6
Origin:
Developed – Arizona, United States
Maintained:
National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit
Received by NPGS:
18 Nov 1997
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Parthenium argentatum
A. Gray
Top Name:
AZ-6
Origin:
Developed – Arizona, United States
Maintained:
National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit
Received by NPGS:
18 Nov 1997
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
Arizona, United States
Developer(s):
Dierig, David A., USDA, ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
AZ-6
Type: Institute identifier
NSL 362037
Type: Site identifier
Group: NSSL
National Seed Storage Laboratory (USA)
USDA ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Narrative
Compared in field tests to the released lines N565 and 11591 after 2 and 3 years of growth. Produced more rubber after 2 and 3 years than all but one of the other lines. Estimated ploidy: 4x (Gore et al. 2011. Complex Ploidy Level Variation in Guayule Breeding Programs. Crop Science 51:210-216)
Parthenium argentatum
A. Gray
Genus:
Parthenium
Family:
Asteraceae
(alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Heliantheae
Nomen number:
26802
Place of publication:
J. Torrey in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. bound. 2(1):86. 1859
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28881345
Verified:
07/18/2008
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
guayule
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
Mexican-rubber
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
German
Guayule
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Swedish
guayule
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Description:
Mass selection from original accession received from NSSL.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration
. GP-13, GUAYULE. Issued: 01 Jan 1999.
Ray, D. T., D. A. Dierig, A. E. Thompson, & T. A. Coffelt.
1999. Six guayule germplasms. Crop Sci. (Madison) 39(1):300.
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