Details for: PI 515954, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'NITRO'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'NITRO'
Origin:
Developed – Minnesota, United States
Received by NPGS:
10 Feb 1988
PI Assigned:
1988
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed100 countPI 515954 89o 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:
'NITRO'
Origin:
Developed – Minnesota, United States
Received by NPGS:
10 Feb 1988
PI Assigned:
1988
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Donated
10 February 1988.
Minnesota, United States
Comment: Cooperative investigations between USDA-ARS and the Minnesota Agriculture Experiment Station.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'NITRO'
Type: Cultivar name

MNUCXSW
Type: Donor identifier

CV-153
Type: Other or unclassified name
Based on available information, can not determine source of alternate name.

MN5887
Type: Other or unclassified name
Based on available information, can not determine source of alternate name.

W6 1664
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
High resistance to Fusarium wilt and the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Resistance to Phytophthora root rot and to biotypes of spotted alfalfa aphid. Improved fall leaf disease resistance in the upper Midwest compared to most other non-dormant cultivars. Susceptible to anthracnose, bacterial wilt, verticillium wilt, and blue alfalfa aphid. Nonwinterhardy similar to Moapa 69 in fall growth. Intended as a special purpose alfalfa for use as a 1-year hay source and as a fall plow-down green manure crop. Nondormant characteristic provide 4-6 weeks of additional fall growth and N2 fixation compared to dormant varieties. Consistently produced similar or greater summer forage yields in the seeding year as compared to other nondormant and dormant varieties. Will not reliably survive most upper midwest winters but may survive during winters with snow cover and/or mild temperatures.
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
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 14 Feb 1994, from Medicago sativa L. to Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
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Pedigree
Description:
Synthetic of estimated 5% Chilean, 5% Peruvian, 35% Indian, and 55% African germplasm selected for specialized N accumulation attributes.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-153, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Jul 1988.
  • Barnes, D. K., C. C. Sheaffer, G. H. Heichel, D. M. Smith, & R. N. Peaden. 1988. Crop Sci. (Madison) 28(4):718. Note: CV-153

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 8700063
Variety: Nitro
Taxonomy: Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Experimental name/synonym: NA
Crop: ALFALFA
Applicant: Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA-ARS
Date filed: 02/17/1987
Date issued: 10/30/1987
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 10/30/2005

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.19 ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 515954 89o SD