Details for: PI 542620, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, Fassah


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Top Name:
Fassah
Origin:
Collected – Algeria
Received by NPGS:
29 Nov 1989
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 542620 91i 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
Top Name:
Fassah
Origin:
Collected – Algeria
Received by NPGS:
29 Nov 1989
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
19 June 1988.
Algeria
Locality: Tahifet, Hoggar Province, Algeria. Site 7.
Elevation: 1300m.
Environment description: Soil pH>7.5. Irrigated agriculture in wadi bed. (PI 199)

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Fassah
Type: Local name

1019
Type: Collector identifier
Group: IBPGR
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

W6 4751
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
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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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASESclerotinia resistancePercent resistant plants to Sclerotinia.18.7 ALFALFA.SCLEROT.93.RHODESPI 542620 91i SD
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.24 ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 542620 91i SD
PRODUCTIONSeed productivitySeed productivity. coded 1-9.7 - (1 = HIGH, 9 = LOW) ALFALFA.SEEDPROD.91.PEADENPI 542620 91i SD
STRESSAcid soil toleranceRatio of root dry weight below 1 inch in acid soil to root dry weight below 1 inch in lime soil. Data is compared to an acid tolerant check.0.88 ALFALFA.ACIDSOIL.94.BOUTONPI 542620 91i SD