Details for: PI 606753, Festuca arundinacea Schreb., 'OLYMPIC GOLD'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Festuca arundinacea Schreb.
Cultivar:
'OLYMPIC GOLD'
Origin:
Developed – United States
Received by NPGS:
14 Jan 1999
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Festuca arundinacea Schreb.
Cultivar:
'OLYMPIC GOLD'
Origin:
Developed – United States
Received by NPGS:
14 Jan 1999
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'OLYMPIC GOLD'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Early maturity, medium-dark tall fescue that has shown good turf quality in trials throughout the USA. Good summer turf performance. Good resistance to rhizoctonia blight, stem rust, leaf spot (Drechslera dictyoides), and gray leaf spot (Pyricularia grisea) and moderate resistance to Pythium blight (Pythium aphandiermatum).
Festuca arundinacea Schreb.
Genus:
Festuca
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Loliinae
Nomen number:

16631
Place of publication:

Spic. fl. lips. 57. 1771 Jul-Oct
Comment:
the priority of this name vis-à-vis Poa phoenix Scop. (1771) is uncertain
Verified:
11/21/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. f. arundinacea (0 active accession[s])
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. subsp. arundinacea (8 active accession[s])
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. subsp. atlantigena (St.-Yves) Auquier (1 active accession[s])
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. subsp. atlantigena (St.-Yves) Auquier f. pseudomairei (Litard. & Maire) Auquier (0 active accession[s])
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. subsp. cirtensis (St.-Yves) Gamisans (0 active accession[s])
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. subsp. fenas (Lag.) Arcang. (3 active accession[s])
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. subsp. orientalis (Hack.) K. Richt. (2 active accession[s])
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. subsp. uechtritziana (Wiesb.) Hegi (1 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Festuca elatior L.
Festuca elatior L. f. elatior
Festuca elatior L. subsp. elatior
Festuca elatior L. var. elatior

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishreed fescue  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishtall fescue  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chinesewei zhuang yang mao苇状羊茅 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
English (Canada)tall fescue  Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 25-26.
Frenchfétuque élevée  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchfétuque roseau  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French (Canada)fétuque élevée  Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 25-26.
GermanRohrschwingel  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianfestuca arundinacea  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajioni-ushi-no-kegusa  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portugueseerva-corneira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcañuela alta  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishrörsvingel  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Pedigree
Description:
Advanced-generation synthetic. Plants used to develop Olympic Gold were initially selected for their excellent brown patch resistance and summer performance in turf trials near Rolesville, NC. In total, Olympic Gold traces approximately 59% of its origin to germplasm used in the breeding and development of 'Olympic' tall fescue.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-89, FESCUE. Issued: 01 Nov 2001.
  • Fraser, M. L., C. A. Rose-Fricker, & W.A. Meyer. 2001. Olympic Gold Tall Fescue. Crop Sci. (Madison) 41(6):1997.

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 9900106
Variety: Olympic Gold
Taxonomy: Festuca arundinacea Schreb.
Experimental name/synonym: PST-5E5
Crop: FESCUE, TALL
Applicant: Pure-Seed Testing, Inc.
Date filed: 12/15/1998
Date issued: 04/27/2004
Status: Certificate Issued
Status date: 04/27/2004

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.507 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 606753 2001o SDNot Available