Details for: PI 550723, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'WL 317'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'WL 317'
Origin:
Developed – Wisconsin, United States
Received by NPGS:
31 May 1991
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cultivar:
'WL 317'
Origin:
Developed – Wisconsin, United States
Received by NPGS:
31 May 1991
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Donated
31 May 1991.
United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'WL 317'
Type: Cultivar name

W6 8132
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
Fall dormance similar to 'Ranger'. High resistance to bacterial wilt (Clavibacter michiganense ssp. insidiosum), phytophthora root rot (Phytophthora megasperma Drechs. F. sp. medicaginis); resistance to verticillium wilt (Verticillium albo-atrum), anthracnose (Race 1) (Colletotrichum trifolii), spotted alfalfa aphid (Therioaphis maculata), and stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci).
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 composed of 83 plants
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-168, ALFALFA. Issued: 01 Nov 1991.
  • Kugler, J. L., D. E. Huset, F. L. Bedard, & M. A. Peterson. 1991. WL 317 Alfalfa. Crop Sci. (Madison) 31(6):1700. Note: CV-168

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 8900266
Variety: WL 317
Taxonomy: Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Experimental name/synonym: 85-126
Crop: ALFALFA
Applicant: W-L Research, Inc.
Date filed: 07/13/1989
Date issued: 05/31/1990
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 05/31/2008