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Details for: PI 40937,
Melilotus suaveolens
Ledeb., Redfield Yellow
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Melilotus suaveolens
Ledeb.
Top Name:
Redfield Yellow
Origin:
Collected – Jilin Sheng, China
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
15 Jul 1915
PI Assigned:
1915
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Biennial
Life Cycle:
Biennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
44
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
100 count
PI 40937 14ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Melilotus suaveolens
Ledeb.
Top Name:
Redfield Yellow
Origin:
Collected – Jilin Sheng, China
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
15 Jul 1915
PI Assigned:
1915
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Biennial
Life Cycle:
Biennial
Source History
Collected
08 July 1915.
Jilin Sheng, China
Locality:
Changchun, Manchuria is the base location information that the latitude and longitude are calculated from.
Coordinates:
43.9167, 125.4167
(Map it)
Georeference protocol:
Lat/Lon determined via Map location
Collector(s):
Gordon, R.J., Irish Presbyterian Mission
Accession Names and Identifiers
Redfield Yellow
Type: Unverified name
R-31
Type: Donor identifier
Herman Gorz
Narrative
The source of the cultivar Redfield.
Melilotus suaveolens
Ledeb.
Genus:
Melilotus
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
24019
Place of publication:
Indic. sem. hort. dorpat. 1824(suppl. 2):5. 1824
Verified:
06/15/1987
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Daghestan sweet-clover
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
12 Aug 2014, from
Melilotus albus
Medik. to
Melilotus suaveolens
Ledeb.
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Citations
Kirk, L. E. & J. G. Davidson.
1928. Potentialities of sweet clover as plant breeding material. Sci. Agric. (Ottawa) 8:446-455.
Note:
See also the accession record for Redfield.
Number of accessions cited:
2
Pedigree
Description:
The packets of this received from H. Gorz in 1991 are labeled M. suaveolens, 'Redfield Yellow' (PI 593408). Redfield Yellow was probably selected from this. The taxonomic ID was confirmed by a grow-out in 2014.
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Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
GROWTH
HEIGHT OF FLOWERING PLANTS
Height (stem length)of flowering plants measured from the soil in cm, before lodging. Recorded after 50% of the plants have open flowers.
130
8
AMA.AMES.2014.FIELD.SF-2
PI 40937 91ncei02 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
PLANT GROWTH HABIT
Plant growth habit evaluated when 50% of the plants have open flowers. The most useful data are from non-transplanted, field-grown, widely spaced plants.
5 - MEDIUM
8
AMA.AMES.2014.FIELD.SF-2
PI 40937 91ncei02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
Y - YELLOW
8
AMA.AMES.2014.FIELD.SF-2
PI 40937 91ncei02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
PLANT SHAPE
The presence of a many-thin-stem trait that is desirable for forage. Reference: Kirk, L.E. 1931 Sci. Agr. 11:315-325.
STAND - Percent of standard type usually with 5 to 10 thick stems. (100%)
8
AMA.AMES.2014.FIELD.SF-2
PI 40937 91ncei02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEEDLING COLOR
The percentage of seedlings with stem or leaf red coloring in a given sample size. Faint indistinct coloring can be recorded as intermediate green and explained in the comment field.
100
4
AMA.MEL.2009.FALL.SEEDLING.COLOR
PI 40937 91ncei09 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEEDLING COLOR
The percentage of seedlings with stem or leaf red coloring in a given sample size. Faint indistinct coloring can be recorded as intermediate green and explained in the comment field.
100
7
AMA.MEL.2013.FALL.SEEDLING.COLOR
PI 40937 91ncei02 SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
MATURITY DAY FOR HAY HARVEST
Maturity for hay forage harvest. For biennials, Julian day in the second year of growth when 50% of the plants have open flowers. For annuals, days after seeding when 50% of the plants have open flowers.
181
8
AMA.AMES.2014.FIELD.SF-2
PI 40937 91ncei02 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
The weight in grams of 100 seeds.
.125
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 40937 14ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
The weight in grams of 100 seeds.
.16
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 40937 91ncei02 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
The weight in grams of 100 seeds.
.17
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 40937 91ncei01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
The weight in grams of 100 seeds.
.29
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 40937 91ncei09 SD
Not Available