Details for: APG 35663, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'PRIME'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Cultivar:

'PRIME'

Origin:

Collected – Australia

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

20 Apr 1999

Improvement Status:

Advanced Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		BASE 35663 2004c__2_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Cultivar:

'PRIME'

Origin:

Collected – Australia

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

20 Apr 1999

Improvement Status:

Advanced Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

Australia

Donated

20 April 1999. Australia

Donator(s):

Auricht, Geoffery C Department Of Agriculture South Australia

01 July 2014. Australia

Donator(s):

South Australian Research and Development Institute

01 August 2015. Australia

Donator(s):

Department of Economic Development Jobs, Transport and Resources Victoria

Accession Names and Identifiers

'PRIME'

Type: Cultivar name

SA 35663

Type: Donor identifier

Group: SA

South Australian Genetic Resource Centre

ALP 1.3

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

WAR 3: LUCERNE Medicago sativa Variety: 'Prime' Application No. 1990/133 Applicant: Bristar, 8701 Hwy 14, Evansville, Wisconsin, USA. Australian Agent: Heritage Seeds Pty Ltd of 18 Industry Place, Bayswater, Victoria. Diagnosis This variety is distinct from all other known varieties in having the following combination of characters: semi-erect growth habit; very dark green leaves; a very high leaf/stem ratio; dark purple to purple flowers. Varieties Used for Comparison 'WL Southern Special' and 'WL 318' being the closest known varieties in Australia. Comparative Growing Trials All characteristics described below are from comparative growing trials conducted in the field at Evansville, Wisconsin, USA in 1987 and 1988 and under glasshouse conditions at Highland, Maryland, USA in 1990. These trials used a randomised complete block design with four replicates and five harvest per season. 'Poast' was applied in spring 1987 for grass control and 'Furadan' in July 1987 and June 1988 for insect control. All measurements are from 100 specimens. These characteristics have been confirmed in trials at Dubbo, Canowindra, Naracoorte, Gatton and Albury. Origin 'Prime' is a 274 clone synthetic variety. Clones were selected for resistance to blue green aphid from within 24 experimental cage combinations. All experiments had been previously screened for resistance to bacterial and furium wilt, phytophtora root rot, stem enmatode, pea and spotted aphid. All experiments were subject to four or more cycles of selection, recombination and evaluation in field plots and nursery tests. 'Prime' has been sold in Argentina since 1987 under the name 'Alpha 50'. Morphology - see comparison tables 'Prime' is a semi-dormant, dark green, moderately erect Lucerne with medium height at flowering. 'Prime' retains its leaf to the crown and has very high leaf/stem ratio. 'WL Soother Special' is more upright than 'Prime' which is more upright from 'WL 318'. 'Prime' is shorter than both 'WL Southern Special' and 'WL 318' and has thinner stolons than either variety. 'Prime' has darker leaves than either 'WL Southern Special' or 'WL 318'. 'Prime' has more dark purple to purple flowers (95%) than either 'WL Southern Special ' or 'WL 318'. Argonomy 'Prime' is suited to most Lucerne growing areas. Table of Comparison of Lucerne Varieties (*=Varieties used for comparison) 'Prime ' * 'WL Southern Special' * 'WL 318' Growth habit (1=erect, 9=prostate) habit 3 2 4 Plant Height Mean 22 34 25 Range 11-29 25-41 19-31 Standarad deviation 1.8 2.1 1.9 Stolon Thickness Mean 1.9 2.9 2.1 Range 1.7-2.2 2.2-3.4 1.8-2.3 Standard deviation 0.2 0.3 0.2 Leaf Colour (1=light, 5=dark) 5 2 3 Flower Colour Dark purple to purple (95%) Dark purple (28%) Purple(80%) Variegated (5%) Purple to light purple (70%) Blue and blue variegated (19%) Purple (70%) White (1%) Green (1%) White (1%)

Group Note

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Medicago

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

300359

Verified:

06/10/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Common names

English
alfalfa –
lucerne –
violet-flower lucerne –
French
luzerne –
German
blaue Luzerne –
Luzerne –
Japanese Rōmaji
murasaki-umagoyashi –
Portuguese
luzerna –
Spanish
mielga –
Swedish
blålusern –
Transcribed Chinese
zi mu xu –

Other conspecific taxa

Medicago sativa L. (561 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. tunetana Murb. (12 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. (370 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh. (158 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. (261 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. falcata (L.) Doll (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. viscosa (Rchb.) Posp. (2 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy (30 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.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study
GROWTH	Growth Habit	Visual assessment of habit (form) taken at flowering, (Jemalong Semi-erect)	E - Erect	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Growth Habit	Visual assessment of habit (form) taken at flowering, (Jemalong Semi-erect)	E - Erect	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Spring Forage Yield	November; visual score (/100) relative to standard check (SARDI 7 Series 2) six weeks after first cut. (SARDI 7 Series 2 = 70)	100	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
GROWTH	Spring Forage Yield	November; visual score (/100) relative to standard check (SARDI 7 Series 2) six weeks after first cut. (SARDI 7 Series 2 = 70)	100	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
GROWTH	Spring Forage Yield	November; visual score (/100) relative to standard check (SARDI 7 Series 2) six weeks after first cut. (SARDI 7 Series 2 = 70)	98	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
GROWTH	Summer Forage Yield	January; visual score (/100) relative to standard check (SARDI 7 Series 2)	110	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
GROWTH	Summer Forage Yield	January; visual score (/100) relative to standard check (SARDI 7 Series 2)	111	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
GROWTH	Summer Forage Yield	January; visual score (/100) relative to standard check (SARDI 7 Series 2)	99	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
GROWTH	Habit Angle	Measured autumn stem length (A) and stem height (B) from the ground. a= SIN (B/A)	67.25	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
GROWTH	Habit Angle	Measured autumn stem length (A) and stem height (B) from the ground. a= SIN (B/A)	70.4	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
GROWTH	Habit Angle	Measured autumn stem length (A) and stem height (B) from the ground. a= SIN (B/A)	70.81	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
GROWTH	Growth Habit	Visual assessment taken at same time as autumn plant height and summer stem length	E - Erect	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Growth Habit	Visual assessment taken at same time as autumn plant height and summer stem length	E - Erect	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Growth Habit	Visual assessment taken at same time as autumn plant height and summer stem length	E - Erect	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
GROWTH	Growth Habit	Visual assessment taken at same time as autumn plant height and summer stem length	E - Erect	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
GROWTH	Growth Habit	Visual assessment taken at same time as autumn plant height and summer stem length	VE - Very Erect	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
GROWTH	Winter Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant)	0.08333	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Winter Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant)	0.21333	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Winter Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant)	100	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
GROWTH	Winter Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant)	95	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
GROWTH	Spring Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of spring forage yield (g per plant)	1.75	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Spring Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of spring forage yield (g per plant)	7.82222	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Internode Length	Subjective assesment of internode length, measured between the 4th-5th internode from base	2 - Moderate (15-40 mm)	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Leaf Size	Subjective assessment of Leaf Area	3 - Large leaves	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	56	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	80	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Internode length	Internode length assessed between the 4th and 5th internode from base		SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
GROWTH	Internode length	Internode length assessed between the 4th and 5th internode from base		SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
GROWTH	Internode length	Internode length assessed between the 4th and 5th internode from base		SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
GROWTH	Internode length	Internode length assessed between the 4th and 5th internode from base	2 - Moderate (15-40 mm)	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Leaf Size	Subjective assessment of Leaf Area (small, medium, large)	2 - Medium	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Leaf Size	Subjective assessment of Leaf Area (small, medium, large)	3 - Large	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Primary Branching	Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching	1 - low	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Regrowth	Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting	2.29	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
GROWTH	Regrowth	Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting	20.2	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
GROWTH	Regrowth	Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting	25	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Regrowth	Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting	25.52	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
GROWTH	Regrowth	Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting	33	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Autumn Forage Yield	Visual estimation of autumn forage yield, relative to Winter Activity Class 7 variety (100)	100	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
GROWTH	Autumn Forage Yield	Visual estimation of autumn forage yield, relative to Winter Activity Class 7 variety (100)	86	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Shape	Leaflet marker shape at pre-flowering stage	1 - Nil	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Position	Leaflet marker position at pre-flowering stage	21 - Nil	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Colour	Leaflet market colour at pre-flowering stage	17 - Nil	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	1 - Upper Glaborous Lower Glaborous	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of a 1000 seeds in the clean seed sample	2.476	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Winter Activity	Calculated using correlation between existing winter activity controls and stem height measured 6 weeks after equinox ( cut 2 weeks after equinox)	6.7	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Winter Activity	Calculated using correlation between existing winter activity controls and stem height measured 6 weeks after equinox ( cut 2 weeks after equinox)	7	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Floret Colour	Visual classification of flower colour as per Alfalfa colour book 424		APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Floret Colour	Visual classification of flower colour as per Alfalfa colour book 424		APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
MORPHOLOGY	Floret Colour	Visual classification of flower colour as per Alfalfa colour book 424		SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Floret Colour	Visual classification of flower colour as per Alfalfa colour book 424		SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Floret Colour	Visual classification of flower colour as per Alfalfa colour book 424		SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Mortality	Number of plant serviving. Scored in November of year 2 after the last cut	99	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Coiling	The number of coils in a pod counted		APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Coiling	The number of coils in a pod counted		APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Coiling	The number of coils in a pod counted	2	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Coiling	The number of coils in a pod counted	2	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of 1000 seeds in grams	2.35	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of 1000 seeds in grams	2.476	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Creeping Rooted	Creeping Root Habit. The presence or absence of plants on developing stem buds on lateral roots.	No	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Primary Branching	Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching	1 - Sparse	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Color	Leaf Color		SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Color	Leaf Color		SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Color	Leaf Color		SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Hair	Relative hairiness of the stem		SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Hair	Relative hairiness of the stem	9 - Dense (base of nearest neighbour closer than length of hair)	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Hair	Relative hairiness of the stem	9 - Dense (base of nearest neighbour closer than length of hair)	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Thickness	Relative stem thickness		SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Thickness	Relative stem thickness		SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Thickness	Relative stem thickness		SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Dehiscence	Pod dehiscence at maturity	2 - Very low, < 10% pods dropped at maturity	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	1 - Upper Glaborous Lower Glaborous	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	4 - Upper Sparse Lower Glaborous	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	5 - Upper Sparse Lower Sparse	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	6 - Upper Sparse Lower Dense	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Shattering	Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting	1 - None	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Threshability	The ease of which seed is able to be threshed from pod by machine	1 - Pod sample easily threshed, only one pass through machinery required	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Number of Nodes	Number of nodes on a representative 3 stems	11.31	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Number of Nodes	Number of nodes on a representative 3 stems	13	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Number of Nodes	Number of nodes on a representative 3 stems	13.29	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf to stem ratio	Ratio of leaf relative to stem of 10 representative stems, which are hand cut, seperated and oven dried	0.83	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf to stem ratio	Ratio of leaf relative to stem of 10 representative stems, which are hand cut, seperated and oven dried	1.16	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf to stem ratio	Ratio of leaf relative to stem of 10 representative stems, which are hand cut, seperated and oven dried	2.5	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Length	Leaf length (cm) measured using electronic callipers. Measurement will be taken on the forth leaflet from the top on 3 random branches from a representative plant. The central leaf will be measured.	1.92	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Length	Leaf length (cm) measured using electronic callipers. Measurement will be taken on the forth leaflet from the top on 3 random branches from a representative plant. The central leaf will be measured.	2.8	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Length	Leaf length (cm) measured using electronic callipers. Measurement will be taken on the forth leaflet from the top on 3 random branches from a representative plant. The central leaf will be measured.	2.85	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Area	Leaf area (cm2) calculated by multiplying leaf length and width	2.03	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Area	Leaf area (cm2) calculated by multiplying leaf length and width	4.23	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Area	Leaf area (cm2) calculated by multiplying leaf length and width	5.84	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Crown bud number	The number of buds emanating from the crown is counted 2 weeks after the October 4th cut in Year 2	17	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Crown bud number	The number of buds emanating from the crown is counted 2 weeks after the October 4th cut in Year 2	23.72	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Crown bud number	The number of buds emanating from the crown is counted 2 weeks after the October 4th cut in Year 2	6.71	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Seeds per Pod	The mean number of seeds produced from 100 pods	2.425	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Seeds per Pod	The mean number of seeds produced from 100 pods	4.23	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Seeds per Pod	The mean number of seeds produced from 100 pods	4.8	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Crown Size	The width of the crown (cm) on 5 representative plants measured using electronic callipers	7.2	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Crown Size	The width of the crown (cm) on 5 representative plants measured using electronic callipers	8.39	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Crown Size	The width of the crown (cm) on 5 representative plants measured using electronic callipers	9.87	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Crown Position	The position of the crown in relation to the surface, where 1 Below, 2 Above, 3 Surface	2 - Above	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Crown Position	The position of the crown in relation to the surface, where 1 Below, 2 Above, 3 Surface	2 - Above	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Crown Position	The position of the crown in relation to the surface, where 1 Below, 2 Above, 3 Surface	3 - Surface	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF SHAPE	LEAF SHAPE		SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF SHAPE	LEAF SHAPE		SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF SHAPE	LEAF SHAPE		SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF WIDTH	LEAF WIDTH	991	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF WIDTH	LEAF WIDTH	991	SA Regen 2004-05 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF WIDTH	LEAF WIDTH	993	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
PRODUCTION	Seed production per plot	Seed production per plot in grams	403.877	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
PRODUCTION	Seed production per plant	Seed production per plant in grams	1.12	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
PRODUCTION	Seed production per plant	Seed production per plant in grams	2.28571	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999