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Details for: PI 693782,
Zea mays
L., 'MESSENGER'
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Zea mays
L.
Cultivar:
'MESSENGER'
Origin:
Developed – California, United States
Maintained:
Plant Variety Protection Voucher Collection
Received by NPGS:
18 Jun 2020
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:
Hybrid
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Zea mays
L.
Cultivar:
'MESSENGER'
Origin:
Developed – California, United States
Maintained:
Plant Variety Protection Voucher Collection
Received by NPGS:
18 Jun 2020
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:
Hybrid
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Developed
California, United States
Developer(s):
Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Incorporated
Accession Names and Identifiers
'MESSENGER'
Type: Cultivar name
Narrative
Zea mays
L.
Genus:
Zea
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Tripsacinae
Nomen number:
42207
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:971. 1753
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358992
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
10/28/2009
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Zea mays
L. subsp.
huehuetenangensis
(H. H. Iltis & Doebley) Doebley
(6 active accession[s])
Zea mays
L. subsp.
mays
(29191 active accession[s])
Zea mays
L. subsp.
mexicana
(Schrad.) H. H. Iltis
(128 active accession[s])
Zea mays
L. subsp.
parviglumis
H. H. Iltis & Doebley
(250 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Indian corn
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
maize
1
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Swedish
majs
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
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Plant Variety Protection Form
Actions
Non Genetically-Engineered Organism:
Per deposit form. 03 Sep 2021.
Pathogens
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Intellectual Property Rights
U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP
202000229
Variety: MESSENGER
Taxonomy:
Zea mays
L.
Experimental name/synonym: (SVSK1899)
Crop: CORN, SWEET
Applicant: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
Date filed: 03/31/2020
Status: Certificate Issued
Status date: 07/02/2021
Material Transfer Agreement