Details for: PI 606546, Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn., 'ROADCREST'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.
Cultivar:
'ROADCREST'
Origin:
Developed – Utah, United States
Received by NPGS:
14 Dec 1998
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.
Cultivar:
'ROADCREST'
Origin:
Developed – Utah, United States
Received by NPGS:
14 Dec 1998
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'ROADCREST'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Sod-forming (rhizomatous) crested wheatgrass. Included in a breeding program to increase its spreading (rhizomatous) growth habit and other turf-related characteristics such as finer leaves and a shorter growth stature. Recommended for use along roadsides and similar sites in semiarid regions receiving from 250 to 500 mm (10-20in) of annual precipitation.
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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Pedigree
Description:
Synthetic developed solely from the Turkish collection received from Dr. Esvet Acikgoz, Ankara, Turkey. No outcrossing occurred with other populations.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-25, WHEATGRASS. Issued: 01 Sep 1999.
  • Asay, K. H., K. B. Jensen, W. H. Horton, D. A. Johnson, N. J. Chatterton, & S. A. Young. 1999. RoadCrest Crested Wheatgrass. Crop Sci. (Madison) 39(5):1535.

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 9900096
Variety: RoadCrest
Taxonomy: Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.
Experimental name/synonym: CWG-Rhizome
Crop: WHEATGRASS, FAIRWAY CRESTED
Applicant: The United States Government as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
Date filed: 12/15/1998
Date issued: 06/14/2001
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 06/14/2021

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.339 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 606546 99o SDNot Available