Details for: PI 615532, Poa pratensis L., 'SHOWCASE'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Poa pratensis L.
Cultivar:
'SHOWCASE'
Origin:
Developed – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
06 Feb 2001
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Seed200 countPI 615532 2003o SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Poa pratensis L.
Cultivar:
'SHOWCASE'
Origin:
Developed – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
06 Feb 2001
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
PRE 06 February 2001.
North Carolina, United States

Developer(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'SHOWCASE'
Type: Cultivar name

PST-BO-141
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Shows good quality in U.S. turf trials maintained at mowing heights ranging from 1.3 cm to 5 cm. Good billbug (Sphenophorus spp.) resistance and has good resistance to dollar spot (Sclerotinia homoeocarpa), stripe smut (Ustilago striiformis), powdery mildew (Erysiphe graminis), summer patch (Magnaporthe poae) and necrotic ring spot (Leptosphaeria korrae) and moderate resistance to leaf spot (Drechslera poae) and Rhizoctonia sheath spot (Rhizoctonia zeae). Shows good turf quality in trials in the U.S. transition zone and has good summer turf performance, exhibiting good heat tolerance, summer density and drought tolerance. In North Carolina turf trials, showed excellent summer turf performance under heat and drought stress at mowing heights from 1.3 cm to 2.6 cm.
Poa pratensis L.
Genus:
Poa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Poinae
Nomen number:

28996
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:67. 1753, nom. cons.
Comment:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV)
Verified:
05/13/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Poa pratensis L. subsp. agassizensis (B. Boivin & D. Löve) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde (0 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. alpigena (Blytt) Hiitonen (2 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (86 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. colpodea (Th. Fr.) Tzvelev (0 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. pratensis (8 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishEnglish meadow grass  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
EnglishKentucky bluegrass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsmooth meadow grass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchpâturin des prés  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanWiesenrispengras  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianerba fienarola  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajinagahagusa  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguesecapim-do-campo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishgrama de prados  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpoa común  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishzacate poa  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishängsgröe  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesecao di zao shu he  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreanwangpoapul  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Transliterated Russianmjatlik lugovoj  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
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Pedigree
Description:
Originated as a single highly apomictic plant selected from a nursery of Unique Kentucky bluegrass.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-74, BLUEGRASS. Issued: 01 Jan 2004.
  • Rose-Fricker, C. A. & M. L. Fraser. 2004. 'Showcase' Kentucky bluegrass. Crop Sci. (Madison) 44(1):349.

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 200100055
Variety: Showcase
Taxonomy: Poa pratensis L.
Experimental name/synonym: PST-BO-141
Crop: BLUEGRASS, KENTUCKY
Applicant: Pure-Seed Testing, Inc.
Date filed: 01/10/2001
Date issued: 09/17/2004
Status: Certificate Issued
Status date: 09/17/2004

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.079 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 615532 2003o SD