Details for: PI 674822, Cenchrus hybr., 'Tift 118'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus hybr.
Cultivar:
'Tift 118'
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 118'
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 118'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Tift 118 is a perennial at Tifton, GA (USDA zone 8b). It was significantly taller than 'Vertigo' in two tests in Blairsville and in one of three tests in Tifton. Plant canopy diameter was significantly wider for Tift 118 than 'Vertigo' in four of five tests in GA. Tift 118 has an attractive reddish/purple color and was equal in color to 'Vertigo' at Blairsville, but showed significantly Jess color in three tests at Tifton. However, we consider a rating of at least 7 an acceptable color. Helminthosporium leaf spot is known to affect some genotypes in this species but, this disease has not been observed at Tifton or Blairsville, GA on Tift 118. Leaves of Tift 118 are significantly longer, wider, and have more leaf area than leaves of 'Vertigo'. Culm-Jeaf angle was equal for Tift 118 and 'Vertigo'. Tift 118 is pollen and seed sterile. No pollen or seed has been observed on plants flowering in the greenhouse during the winter (short days). Tift 118 survived -6 ?C for one night and 21 nights below 0 ?C in the field during the 2009-1 O winter at Tifton. It also survived -7 OC for one night and 24 nights below 0? C in the field during the 2010-11 winter at Tifton. It has not survived the winter temperatures at Blairsville, GA.
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[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. 06-118 was the 118th plant selected in 2006 from the 2004 cross. It has been tested as 06-118 or simply as 118 or Tift 118 since 2007.