Details for: PI 674819, Cenchrus hybr., 'Tift 26'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus hybr.
Cultivar:
'Tift 26'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
18 Jun 2015
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus hybr.
Cultivar:
'Tift 26'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
18 Jun 2015
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed

Georgia, United States

Developer(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Tift 26'
Type: Cultivar name

05-26
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Tift 26 is a perennial at Tifton, GA (USDA zone 8b). Tift 26 tends to be shorter than 'First Knight' but was significantly shorter in only four tests (all Tifton tests and one Blairsville test) and equal in height in four tests (two Blairsville tests and the Griffin tests). Plant canopy diameter was equal to 'First Knight' in five of eight tests and significantly wider in three of eight tests. Tift 26 has an attractive reddish/purple color that was equal to 'First Knight' in two tests, significantly better in one test and significantly less {but Tift 26 still maintains an attractive color) in five tests. Helminthosporium leaf spot is known to affect some genotypes in this species but, this disease has not been observed at Tifton, Griffin, or Blairsville, GA on Tift 26. Leaves of Tift 26 are significantly narrower but similar in length, leaf area, and stem:leaf angle compared to leaves of 'First Knight. Tift 26 is pollen and seed sterile. No pollen or seed has been observed on plants flowering in the greenhouse during the winter {short days). Tift 26 survived -7 ?C for one night and 24 nights below 0 ?C in the field during the 2010-11 winter at Tifton. It has survived the winter temperatures of 60 d below 0 ?C and a low temperature of -8 ?C during the 2009-10 winter at Griffin. It has never survived in the mountains at Blairsville (lows of -15 ?C in 2009-10 and 2010-11 winters).
Cenchrus hybr.
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:

419144
Comment:
interim designation used in GRIN for Cenchrus hybrids which lack an acceptable binomial
Verified:
04/03/2018 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pennisetum hybr.

Common names
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 22 Feb 2016, from Pennisetum hybr. to Cenchrus hybr.
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Description:
In 2003, red tetraploid (2n = 4x = 28) pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum, 04-94) was crossed with SC 1125-2 [a Merkeron napiergrass (P. purpureum, 2n = 4x = 28) x PS 262 (P. squamulatum, 2n =Bx= 56) interspecific hybrid]. One vigorous plant (04-26-1) was selected in 2004. In 2004, 'Princess' napiergrass (2n = 4x = 28) was pollinated with 04-26-1. 05-26 was the 26th plant selected in 2005 from the 2004 cross. It has been tested as 05-26 or simply as 26 or Tift 26 since 2007.