Details for: PI 707835, Asparagus officinalis L., Jersey Knight

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Asparagus officinalis L.

Top Name:

Jersey Knight

Origin:

Developed – New Jersey, United States

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

23 Jan 2006

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		PI 707835 2025GId SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Asparagus officinalis L.

Top Name:

Jersey Knight

Origin:

Developed – New Jersey, United States

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

23 Jan 2006

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

New Jersey, United States

Developer(s):

Rutgers University

Donated

23 January 2006.
Kentucky, United States

Donor(s):

Pittman, Jon, Last Penny Farm

Accession Names and Identifiers

Jersey Knight

Type: Developer identifier

Rutgers University

G 32611

Type: Site identifier

Northeast Regional PI Station

Narrative

All-male variety with high yield. Highly resistant to rust, Fusarium, root rot, crown rot and Cercospora. Hardy in cold winter climates.

Asparagus officinalis L.

Genus:

Asparagus

Family:

Asparagaceae

Subfamily:

Asparagoideae

Nomen number:

300050

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:313. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

01/23/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Autonym(s)
Asparagus officinalis L. subsp. officinalis
Asparagus officinalis L. var. officinalis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Asparagus caspius Hohen.
Asparagus longifolius Fisch. ex Steud.
Asparagus officinalis L. var. caspius (Hohen.) Asch. & Graebn.
Asparagus polyphyllus Steven ex Ledeb.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	asparagus			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	garden asparagus			1	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Chinese	shi diao bai	石刁柏		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
English (Canada)	asparagus		Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 57.
French	asperge			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French (Canada)	asperge		Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 57.
German	Spargel			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	asparagio			2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	oranda-kiji-kakushi			2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese	espargo			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	espárrago			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	esparraguera			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	sparris			2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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