Details for: PI 473571, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'SOUTH AFRICAN STANDARD'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Cultivar:

'SOUTH AFRICAN STANDARD'

Origin:

Donated – South Africa

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

01 Oct 1982

PI Assigned:

1982

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

190
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 473571 85i 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:

'SOUTH AFRICAN STANDARD'

Origin:

Donated – South Africa

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

01 Oct 1982

PI Assigned:

1982

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Donated

01 October 1982.
South Africa

Accession Names and Identifiers

'SOUTH AFRICAN STANDARD'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Attached is a report on lucerne in South Africa [J. Bezuidenhout. 1982. Less Seed - More Lucerne. Farmer's Weekly, 7/9/82, p. 45]. There is only one variety- South African Standard. I have seen several fields that look good- even under dryland farming. It is not uncommon to have stands last 8-10 years. Marino sheep farmers usually graze the alfalfa without problems of bloat. Other types of sheep and cattle have problems. I haven't seen the fields during growing season so cannot comment on diseases. I have been told there is no breeder working on lucerne. (excerpt from letter by R.A. Kilpatrick, Leader, Small Grain Centre, South Africa to J. Elgin Jr. Chief, USDA Field Crops Lab. 7/8/1982)

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

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	alfalfa	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	lucerne	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	violet-flower lucerne	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
French	luzerne	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	blaue Luzerne	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Luzerne	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmaji	murasaki-umagoyashi	2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese	luzerna	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	mielga	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	blålusern	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	zi mu xu	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 14 Feb 1994, from Medicago sativa L. to Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory
CHEMICAL	Crude protein in the stem	Crude protein in the stem	12		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
CHEMICAL	Crude protein in the leaf	Crude protein in the leaf.	28.9		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
DISEASE	Anthracnose	Percent of plants resistant to Anthracnose (Colletotrichum trifolii).	0		ALFALFA.ANTHRAC.89.WOODWARD	PI 473571 85i SD
DISEASE	Bacterial wilt	Percent of plants resistant to Bacterial wilt. (Corynebacterium insidiosum).	1.8		ALFALFA.BACTWILT.89.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
DISEASE	Phytophthora root rot	Percent of plants resistant to Phytophthora Root rot (Phytophthora megasperma).	25.7		ALFALFA.PHYROOTROT.89.FOX	PI 473571 85i SD
DISEASE	Verticillium wilt	Percent of plants resistant to Verticillium wilt (Verticillium albo-atrum).	14		ALFALFA.VERTWILT.88.PEADEN	PI 473571 85i SD
DISEASE	Fusarium wilt	Percent of plants resistant to Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum).	49		ALFALFA.FUSWILT.90.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
DISEASE	Downy mildew	Percent of plants resistant to Downy mildew (Peronospora trifoliorum).	19.7		ALFALFA.DOWNYMILD.I8.86.STUT	PI 473571 85i SD
DISEASE	Downy mildew	Percent of plants resistant to Downy mildew (Peronospora trifoliorum).	24.3		ALFALFA.DOWNYMILD.I7.86.STUT	PI 473571 85i SD
DISEASE	Aphanomyces	Percent resistant plants to Aphanomyces eutieches.	2		ALFALFA.APHAN.89.GRAU	PI 473571 85i SD
DISEASE	Sclerotinia resistance	Percent resistant plants to Sclerotinia.	18.1		ALFALFA.SCLEROT.94.RHODES	PI 473571 85i SD
GROWTH	Plant growth habit	Plant growth habit evaluated during the mid stage of the second regrowth (August 8-9).	7 - SEMI-ERECT (MESILLA)		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
GROWTH	Fall growth	Fall growth evaluated by plant height on October 11-12.	6 - 16-20 CM		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
GROWTH	Crown stem diameter	Diameter of the crown stem	2 - (1 = NARROW, 5 = WIDE)		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
GROWTH	Taproot diameter	Diameter of the taproot	2 - (1 - <= 5MM, 5 - >= 12.5 MM)		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
GROWTH	Secondary root diameter	Secondary root diameter	2 - (1 = 2-5 MM, 5 = GREATER THAN 12.5 MM)		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
GROWTH	Seedling vigor	Seedling vigor visually estimated as plant size during the fourth week after germination.	5 - (1 = LEAST, 9 = MOST)		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
GROWTH	Crown width	Width of the crown	2 - (1 = NARROW, 5 = WIDE)		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
INSECT	Pea Aphid	Percent of seedling survival after pea aphid damage. (Acrythosiphon pisum).	0		ALFALFA.PEAAPHID.87.MANG	PI 473571 85i SD
INSECT	Potato Leafhopper	Percent of plant foliage yellowed by Potato Leafhopper (Empoasca fabae).	4.6		ALFALFA.POTLEAFHOP.94.BYERS	PI 473571 85i SD
INSECT	Spotted Alfalfa Aphid	Percent of seedling survival after Spotted Alfalfa aphid damage (Therioaphis maculata).	0		ALFALFA.SPOTALFAPH.87.MANG	PI 473571 85i SD
INSECT	Spotted Alfalfa Aphid	Percent of seedling survival after Spotted Alfalfa aphid damage (Therioaphis maculata).	0		ALFALFA.SPOTALFAPH.89.CADDEL	PI 473571 85i SD
INSECT	Blue aphid	Percent of seedling survival after Blue aphid damage. (Acyrthosiphon kondoi).	7.26		ALFALFA.BLUEAPHID.88.CADDEL	PI 473571 85i SD
INSECT	Clover Root curculio	Percent of plants resistant to Clover Root Curculio (Sitonia hispidulus).	21	3	ALFALFA.ROOTCURC.95.BYERS	PI 473571 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.21		ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 473571 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.21		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf size	Leaf size visually estimated on August 30.	8 - (1 = LEAST, 9 = MOST)		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Depth of the crown	Depth of the crown	2 - (1 = SHALLOW, 5 = DEEP)		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Crown branching	Branching of the crown	2 - (1 = LOW, 5 = DEEP)		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Crown bud number	Number of crown buds	1 - FEW		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Crown origin	Origin of the crown	2 - ONE MAJOR (THICK) STEM AND MANY SMALL ONES		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Secondary root number	Number of secondary roots	4 - (1 = 0 TO 1, 6 = GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 12)		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Secondary root position	Secondary root position	2 - (1 - >= 20 CM BELOW CROWN, 5 - <= 5 CM BELOW CROWN)		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Fibrous root mass	Fibrous root mass	3 - (1 = NONE, 5 = MANY)		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Determinate taproot percentage	Determinate taproot percentage	0		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Determinate taproot position	Determinate taproot position	0 - EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 20 CM BELOW CROWN		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
PHENOLOGY	Days to maturity	Number of days between the first and second cut	30		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Visual estimate of the morphological stages of development.	5 - 5 MEDIUM on 1-9 scale		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
PRODUCTION	Leaf acid detergent fiber	Acid detergent fiber of the leaf taken at maturity	18.3		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
PRODUCTION	Leaf neutral detergent fiber	Neutral detergent fiber of leaf taken at maturity	23.4		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
PRODUCTION	Stem acid detergent fiber	Acid detergent fiber of stem taken at maturity	50.8		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
PRODUCTION	Stem neutral detergent fiber	Neutral detergent fiber of stem taken at maturity	61.9		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
PRODUCTION	Seedling year yield	Seedling year yield measured in grams of dry matter per plot.	245.1		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
PRODUCTION	Stem leaf ratio	Stem leaf ratio	2.3		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
STRESS	Salt germination - ic(50) valu	Sodium chloride concentration which inhibits germination of 50% of the viable seed.	-0.54		ALFALFA.SALTGERM.88.RUMB	PI 473571 85i SD
STRESS	Tolerance to salt stress	The ratio of mean regrowth amount under salt stress to that produced under non-stress conditions expressed as a proportion of the ratio for a control cultivar(s).	1.075		ALFALFA.SALTSTRESS.89.SMITH	PI 473571 85i SD
STRESS	Frost damage	Frost damage visually estimated on October 10, after a severe frost during the last week of September.	7 - (1 = LEAST, 9 = MOST)		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD
STRESS	Winter injury	Winter injury visually evaluated for damage and death.	9 - Most winter injury		ALFALFA.1989.BARNES	PI 473571 85i SD