Details for: PI 634019, Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam., N56

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.

Top Name:

N56

Origin:

Developed – Nebraska, United States

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

05 Nov 2003

Improvement Status:

Breeding material

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 634019 06ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.

Top Name:

N56

Origin:

Developed – Nebraska, United States

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

05 Nov 2003

Improvement Status:

Breeding material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Developed

Nebraska, United States

Developer(s):

Gorz, Herman, University of Nebraska

Donated

05 November 2003.
Nebraska, United States

Donor(s):

Gorz, Herman, University of Nebraska

Accession Names and Identifiers

N56

Type: Institute identifier

Narrative

The finestem trait is conditioned by a homozygous recessive gene that gives rise to a hay-type sweetclover in which fineness of stem and leafiness are very pronounced. It is found in a strain of Melilotus alba but not in M. officinalis which is the predominant species grown in the Great Plains. The finestem gene was transferred from M. alba to M. officinalis by making an interspecific cross using M. officinalis lines as the female parent that were derived from the large-seeded introduction PI 178985. Although this line was derived after two additional backcrosses to M. officinalis and is homozygous for the finestem trait and low coumarin content, it does not have the large seed size of the M. officinalis parent and seed abortion resulting from the interspecific cross is still a problem in many plants. Therefore, some additional backcrosses to superior large-seeded M. officinalis lines are needed followed by selection for finestem, low coumarin content, large seed size and yellow flowers in the selfed progeny.

Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.

Genus:

Melilotus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

24009

Place of publication:

Fl. franç. 2:594. 1779 ("1778") (Pallas, Reise russ. reich. 3:537. 1776, nom. nud.)

Comment:

Trifolium M. officinale L. was not cited by Lamarck, although he cited T. M. vars. for other species such as Melilotus italicus and M. ornithopodioides, but Shenzhen ICN Art. 41.4 allows treatment as a new combination

Verified:

01/14/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Trifolium officinale L.

Autonym(s)
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. subsp. officinalis
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. var. officinalis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Melilotus arvensis Wallr.
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. var. micranthus O. E. Schulz
Melilotus vulgaris Hill, nom. inval.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	common melilot		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	field melilot		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	ribbed melilot		1	Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
English	yellow melilot		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	yellow sweet-clover		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	yellow trefoil		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English (Canada)	yellow sweet-clover	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 145-146.
French	mélilot jaune		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	mélilot officinal		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French (Canada)	mélilot jaune	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 145-146.
German	echter Steinklee		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: lists as Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
German	gelber Steinklee		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	meliloto giallo		2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 2:208.
Japanese Rōmaji	seiyō-ebira-hagi		2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese	trevo-cheiroso		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	cornilla real		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	meliloto amarillo		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	trébol de olor		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	gul sötväppling		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	cao mu xi		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
GROWTH	HEIGHT OF FLOWERING PLANTS	Height (stem length)of flowering plants measured from the soil in cm, before lodging. Recorded after 50% of the plants have open flowers.	38	5	AMA.MEL.2011.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD	PI 634019 06ncai01 SD
GROWTH	HEIGHT OF FLOWERING PLANTS	Height (stem length)of flowering plants measured from the soil in cm, before lodging. Recorded after 50% of the plants have open flowers.	75	89	AMA.MEL.FIELD.2006	PI 634019 03ncfo01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	HEIGHT OF FLOWERING PLANTS	Height (stem length)of flowering plants measured from the soil in cm, before lodging. Recorded after 50% of the plants have open flowers.	85	23	AMA.MEL.2010.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD	PI 634019 06ncai01 SD
GROWTH	SPRING VIGOR	Visual estimate of amount of vegetative growth of biennial sweetclover three to four weeks after growth starts in the second year, coded 1-9.	4 - (1 = GOOD, 9 = POOR)	23	AMA.MEL.2010.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD	PI 634019 06ncai01 SD
GROWTH	PLANT GROWTH HABIT	Plant growth habit evaluated when 50% of the plants have open flowers. The most useful data are from non-transplanted, field-grown, widely spaced plants.	5 - MEDIUM	89	AMA.MEL.FIELD.2006	PI 634019 03ncfo01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	PLANT GROWTH HABIT	Plant growth habit evaluated when 50% of the plants have open flowers. The most useful data are from non-transplanted, field-grown, widely spaced plants.	6 - (1 = PROSTRATE, 9 = VERY ERECT)	5	AMA.MEL.2011.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD	PI 634019 06ncai01 SD
GROWTH	PLANT GROWTH HABIT	Plant growth habit evaluated when 50% of the plants have open flowers. The most useful data are from non-transplanted, field-grown, widely spaced plants.	7 - (1 = PROSTRATE, 9 = VERY ERECT)		AMA.MEL.2010.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD	PI 634019 06ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	Y - YELLOW	89	AMA.MEL.FIELD.2006	PI 634019 03ncfo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	Y - YELLOW		AMA.MEL.2010.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD	PI 634019 06ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	Y - YELLOW	5	AMA.MEL.2011.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD	PI 634019 06ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	PLANT SHAPE	The presence of a many-thin-stem trait that is desirable for forage. Reference: Kirk, L.E. 1931 Sci. Agr. 11:315-325.	BUSHY - Percent of bushy type, usually with 50 or more thin stems. (100%)	23	AMA.MEL.2010.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD	PI 634019 06ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	PLANT SHAPE	The presence of a many-thin-stem trait that is desirable for forage. Reference: Kirk, L.E. 1931 Sci. Agr. 11:315-325.	STAND - Percent of standard type usually with 5 to 10 thick stems. (100%)	89	AMA.MEL.FIELD.2006	PI 634019 03ncfo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PLANT SHAPE	The presence of a many-thin-stem trait that is desirable for forage. Reference: Kirk, L.E. 1931 Sci. Agr. 11:315-325.	STAND - Percent of standard type usually with 5 to 10 thick stems. (100%)	5	AMA.MEL.2011.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD	PI 634019 06ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEEDLING COLOR	The percentage of seedlings with stem or leaf red coloring in a given sample size. Faint indistinct coloring can be recorded as intermediate green and explained in the comment field.	100	89	AMA.MEL.GREENHOUSE.2006	PI 634019 03ncfo01 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	DURATION	The length of time that the plants ordinarily live before flowering and death. The biennials require a cold treatment before flowering, while annuals do not.	BIE - percent biennial (100%)	89	AMA.MEL.FIELD.2006	PI 634019 03ncfo01 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	MATURITY DAY FOR HAY HARVEST	Maturity for hay forage harvest. For biennials, Julian day in the second year of growth when 50% of the plants have open flowers. For annuals, days after seeding when 50% of the plants have open flowers.	132	5	AMA.MEL.2011.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD	PI 634019 06ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGY	MATURITY DAY FOR HAY HARVEST	Maturity for hay forage harvest. For biennials, Julian day in the second year of growth when 50% of the plants have open flowers. For annuals, days after seeding when 50% of the plants have open flowers.	139	23	AMA.MEL.2010.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD	PI 634019 06ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGY	MATURITY DAY FOR HAY HARVEST	Maturity for hay forage harvest. For biennials, Julian day in the second year of growth when 50% of the plants have open flowers. For annuals, days after seeding when 50% of the plants have open flowers.	153	89	AMA.MEL.FIELD.2006	PI 634019 03ncfo01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	The weight in grams of 100 seeds.	.26		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 634019 03ncfo01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	The weight in grams of 100 seeds.	.33		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 634019 06ncai01 SD
STRESS	STAND SURVIVAL 2ND YEAR	The percent of original plants established in the summer that resume growth in the spring of the second year, for biennials only.	32	25	AMA.MEL.2011.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD	PI 634019 12ncax01 SD	Not Available