Details for: PI 601121, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'EXPO'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'EXPO'
Origin:
Developed – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 601121 2016i SD
Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.
  
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'EXPO'
Origin:
Developed – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
PRE 1983.
Iowa, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
1983.
Iowa, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'EXPO'
Type: Cultivar name

LOT 714
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Adapated to North Central U.S. for hay, dehydration and greenchop production. Fall dormancy similar to Saranac. Highly resistant to the spotted alfalfa aphid biotype H. Resistant to bacterial wilt (similar to Vernal), Phytophthora root rot (similar to Agate) and Fusarium wilt. Moderately resistant to anthracnose.
Medicago sativa L. subspp. sativa
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:

300359
Verified:
06/10/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Medicago sativa L. (19 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. tunetana Murb. (7 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. (437 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh. (97 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. (453 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. falcata (L.) Döll (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. viscosa (Rchb.) Posp. (15 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy (12 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. var. sativa (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago agropyretorum Vassilcz.
Medicago asiatica Sinskaya
Medicago mesopotamica Vassilcz.
Medicago praesativa Sinskaya
Medicago rivularis Vassilcz.
Medicago sogdiana Vassilcz.
Medicago transoxana Vassilcz.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishalfalfa  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishlucerne  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishviolet-flower lucerne  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Frenchluzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanblaue Luzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanLuzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmajimurasaki-umagoyashi  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portugueseluzerna  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmielga  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishblålusern  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesezi mu xu  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 07 Jul 1998, from Medicago sativa L. to Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
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Pedigree
Description:
846-clone synthetic all tracing to Apollo.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-125, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Jul 1983.
  • Moutray, J. B. & S. M. Hurst. 1983. Crop Sci. (Madison) 23(4):799. Note: CV-125

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 8100066
Variety: Expo
Taxonomy: Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Experimental name/synonym: NAPB 74
Crop: ALFALFA
Applicant: Lathrop & Gage L.C.
Date filed: 03/09/1981
Date issued: 01/31/1986
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 01/31/2004

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.2 ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 601121 2004o SDNot Available