Details for: PI 655525, Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash, 'CHIEF'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
Cultivar:
'CHIEF'
Origin:
Developed – Nebraska, United States
Received by NPGS:
24 Dec 2008
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
Cultivar:
'CHIEF'
Origin:
Developed – Nebraska, United States
Received by NPGS:
24 Dec 2008
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'CHIEF'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Chief indiangrass was developed by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) and was jointly released by USDA-ARS and the Agricultural Research Division, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Chief is adapted to USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 4 and the upper half of Zone 5 (HZ 5) in the Great Plains and Midwest, USA and potentially other regions where it has not been tested to date. It produces greater forage yields than the other available Hardiness Zone 4 cultivar. In the region of its adaptation, Chief could be used in mixtures with other grasses to produce biomass for forage or bioenergy. Chief is 10 days later in maturity as measured by heading date than Holt, a HZ 4 cultivar, and is 3 to 10 days earlier in maturity than Scout, Warrior, Nebraska 54, Pawnee, and Rumsey. Chief is a stable, improved random mated population and will be maintained and increased accordingly. Breeder seed will be jointly maintained and produced by USDA-ARS and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with random-mated, isolated increase fields originating from the Syn 2 breeder seed produced from the cycle 2 polycross nursery. Foundation seed production of Scout will be managed by Husker Genetics, the Foundation Seed Division of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. Foundation seed will be made available for certified seed production on a non-exclusive basis to seed producers who contractually agree to produce and market the seed only as certified seed using the cultivar name Chief. Certified seed production will be restricted to the USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 4 and 5.
Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
Genus:
Sorghastrum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Apludinae
Nomen number:

35084
Place of publication:

J. K. Small, Fl. s.e. U.S. 66, 1326. 1903
Verified:
06/12/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon nutans L.

Autonym(s)
Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash subsp. nutans

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon nutans L. var. nutans
Sorghum nutans (L.) A. Gray
Sorghum nutans (L.) A. Gray subsp. nutans

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon avenaceus Michx.
Andropogon nutans L. var. avenaceus (Michx.) Hack.
Chrysopogon avenaceus (Michx.) Benth.
Sorghastrum avenaceum (Michx.) Nash

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishIndian grass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishwood grass  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishyellow Indian grass  11998. Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch.
Frenchfaux-sorgho penché  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Swedishindiangräs  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Citations
  • Vogel, K. P., R. B. Mitchell, H. J. Gorz, F. A. Haskins, L. C. Newell, T. J. Klopfenstein, G. Erickson, & B. E. Anderson. 2010. Registration of ‘Warrior’, ‘Scout’, and ‘Chief’ Indiangrass. J. Pl. Registr. 4(2):115. DOI: 10.3198/jpr2009.09.0554crc. Number of accessions cited: 3
Pedigree
Description:
Chief was developed by one generation of breeding for improved forage yield followed by an additional generation or cycle of breeding for both improved forage yield and in vitro dry matter digestibility. The base population was a Holt x Oto Syn 2 population developed from seed harvested from Holt plants exposed to Oto pollen in an open-pollinated Holt x Oto crossing block. The breeding method was restricted, recurrent, phenotypic selection. Chief was evaluated and tested as Holt x Oto Early C2.
Intellectual Property Rights
Journal of Plant Registration. CV-254, OTHER GRASSES. Issued: 01 May 2010.
  • Vogel, K. P., R. B. Mitchell, H. J. Gorz, F. A. Haskins, L. C. Newell, T. J. Klopfenstein, G. Erickson, & B. E. Anderson. 2010. Registration of ‘Warrior’, ‘Scout’, and ‘Chief’ Indiangrass. J. Pl. Registr. 4(2):115. DOI: 10.3198/jpr2009.09.0554crc.