Details for: 14G2800099, Poa pratensis L., 'Melba'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Poa pratensis L.

Cultivar:

'Melba'

Origin:

Origin – Denmark

Maintained:

OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Institute

Received by CRI:

1989

Improvement Status:

Advanced/improved cultivar

Life form:

Perennial

Growth class:

winter

Is Core:

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	0.03 gram		14G2800099

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Poa pratensis L.

Cultivar:

'Melba'

Origin:

Origin – Denmark

Maintained:

OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Institute

Received by CRI:

1989

Improvement Status:

Advanced/improved cultivar

Life form:

Perennial

Growth class:

winter

Is Core:

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Developed

Developer(s):

DNK006, A/S L. Daenfeldt

Donated

Donator(s):

DNK006, A/S L. Daenfeldt

Accession Group(s)

Group name: Trávy
Note: Grasses
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Accession Names and Identifiers

'Melba'

Type: Cultivar name

Poa pratensis

Type: Full taxon

Narrative

Curator: Simona Raab, OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Institute (CZE082) raab@oseva.cz

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 14.9 & App. IV)

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

May 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 (0 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (9 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. colpodea (Th. Fr.) Tzvelev (0 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. pratensis (0 active accession[s])

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

Common names

LANGUAGE	NAME	SEQ	CITATION
English	English meadow grass	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	Kentucky bluegrass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	smooth meadow grass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	pâturin des prés	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Wiesenrispengras	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	erba fienarola	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	nagahagusa	2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese	capim-do-campo	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	grama de prados	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	poa común	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	zacate poa	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	ängsgröe	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	cao di zao shu he	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	wangpoapul	2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Transliterated Russian	mjatlik lugovoj	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study
BIOLOGY	032 Lodging - resistance	Before the first conservation cut.	9 - very high	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
BIOLOGY	040 Drought - resistance		5 - medium 51 - 60 (%)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
BIOLOGY	080 Sward - resistance to weed ingression	Ground cover of weedy grasses and weed. Spring - summer - autumn, 2 days before cut.	6 - medium to high 11 - 15 (%)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
BIOLOGY	093 Sward - resistance to weed ingression	Ground cover of weedy grasses and weed. Summer - autumn, 2 days before cut.	5 - medium 16 - 20 (%)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
MORPHOLOGY	007 Stem - length	At beginning of flowering in the 1st year after sowing.Length including inflorescence.	2 - very short to short 150 - 325 (mm)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
MORPHOLOGY	009 Stem - number of leaves	At beginning of flowering in the 1st year after sowing.	3 - low 2,0 - 3	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
MORPHOLOGY	011 Leaf - width of flag leaf	At beginning of flowering in the 1st year after sowing.	2 - very narrow to narrow 2,0 - 3,5 (mm)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
MORPHOLOGY	012 Leaf - length of flag leaf	At beginning of flowering in the 1st year after sowing.	1 - very short < 60 (mm)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
MORPHOLOGY	013 Leaf - width of the second leaf (from the top)	At beginning of flowering in the 1st year after sowing.	3 - narrow 3,6 - 5,0 (mm)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
MORPHOLOGY	014 Leaf - length of the second leaf (from the top)	At beginning of flowering in the 1st year after sowing.	1 - very short < 60 (mm)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
MORPHOLOGY	017 Leaf - colour intensity	See descriptor no. 16.	7 - dark	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
MORPHOLOGY	020 Inflorescence - length	At beginning of flowering in the 1st year after sowing.	1 - very short < 60 (mm)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
MORPHOLOGY	073 Sward - winter greenness	Colour retention in winter.	3 - low	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
MORPHOLOGY	075 Sward - ground cover	Living ground cover of sown turf species. Spring - summer - autumn, 2 days after cut.	6 - medium to high 85 - 89 (%)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
MORPHOLOGY	076 Sward - density	Based on number of tillers in closed sward, excluding damaged patches. Spring - summer - autumn, 2 days after cut. fig.5	7 - dense	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
MORPHOLOGY	077 Sward - leaf texture	Visual evaluation of leaf width. Spring - summer - autumn, before cut.	5 - medium 2,1 - 3 (mm)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
MORPHOLOGY	085 Sward - ground cover	Living ground cover by sown turf species. Spring - summer - autumn, 2 days after cut.	4 - low to medium 60 - 79 (%)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
MORPHOLOGY	091 Sward - density	Based on number of tillers in closed sward, excluding damaged patches. Summer - autumn, after cut. fig.5	3 - sparse	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
OTHER	086 Sward - applicability for extensive lawns based on vertical growth	Height of sward including flowering stems before the first cut. fig.7	9 - very good (very short growth) < 30 (cm)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
OTHER	087 Sward - applicability for extensive lawns based on height of level of vegetative leaves	Before the first cut. fig.7	9 - very good (very short growth) < 11 (cm)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
PHENOLOGY	029 Time of inflorescence emergence	Number of days from the 1st April. When beginning has been reached at 10% stems in the plot. At single plants - when the tip of 3 inflorescences is just visible. fig.3	4 - early to medium 40 - 46 (days)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
PHENOLOGY	031 Abundance of inflorescence emergence	Estimate of number of flowering stems.m-2 at heading.	7 - high 1501 - 2000	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)
PRODUCTION	065 Sward - 1000 seeds weight (TSW)	TSW - caryopsis according to the descriptor no. 25	2 - very low to low 0,10 - 0,8 (g)	1994 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (7)