| COMMENT | Notes | notes on diseases, pests, asset or weaknesses of accession | palatable, vigorous | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| GROWTH | Growth habit | Dominant growth habit | E - Erect (vertical dominant growth)(self-supporting) | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| GROWTH | Mode of spread | Dominant mode of spread (at 1st flower) | N - Neither strongly stoloiferous or rhizmatous (short rhizomes) | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Perenniality | plant perenniality | STRONGLY PERENNIAL - Strongly Perennial | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Plant Dimensions | height (cm) and diameter (cm) of typical plant | 200:200 | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Flowering | earliness to flowering | EARLY - Early Flowering | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Peak Flowering | months when peak flowering occurred | March | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Spread Method | method by which accession spreads | SEED - Seed | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf hairs | Leaf surface hairiness, fully expanded leaves (at 1st flower) | 1 - Glabrous (none) | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf sheath hairs | Leaf sheath surface hairiness, fully expanded leaves (at 1st flower) | 1 - Glabrous (none) | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf colour (dominant) | Dominant leaf colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower) | Dark green | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Culm colour (dominant) | Dominant culm colour (10-20 days after 1st flower) | Dark green | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Culm colour (secondary) | Secondary culm colour (10-20 days after 1st flower) | Maroon | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | 1000 Seed Weight | Weight of 1000 seeds in grams | 1.42857 | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Maximum leaf length | Maximum leaf size of fully expanded leaves (at first flower) | 4 - 20.0-39.9 cm | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| PHENOLOGY | wet down date | Date seeds were first wetted for germination (in laboratory) | 23/11/2017 12:00:00 AM | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| PHENOLOGY | Days to First Flower | Days from wetting up to start of flowering phase | 88 | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| PHENOLOGY | Diseases | Identification of diseases not otherwise rated (group or scientific name if known) | Ergot | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| PHENOLOGY | Minimum canopy height | Minimum canopy (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower) | 40 | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| PHENOLOGY | Maximum canopy height | Maximum canopy (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower) | 60 | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| PHENOLOGY | Minimum seedhead height | Minimum flower (foliage) height (cm) (30-50 days after 1st flower) | 80 | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| PHENOLOGY | Maximum seeedhead height | Maximum flower (foliage) height (cm) (30-50 days after 1st flower) | 130 | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| PHENOLOGY | Leafiness rating - principal | Estimate of leaf vs non-leaf material compared to principal (30-50 days after 1st flower) | 2 - Similar to comparator | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| PHENOLOGY | Leafiness rating - subsidiary | Estimate of leaf vs non-leaf material compared to subsidiary (30-50 days after 1str flower) | 2 - Similar to comparator | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| PHENOLOGY | First Flower, Second Comp | Date of first inflorescence compared to secondary comparator (cultivar od same species) | E - More than 2 weeks earlier than the secondary comparator | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| PRODUCTION | Establishment | establishment rating from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent) | 7 | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| PRODUCTION | Establishment Variation | variation in establishment ratings at different locations from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent) | 1-Aug | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| PRODUCTION | Persistence | persistence rating from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent) | 5 | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| PRODUCTION | Seed Production | rating for seed production from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent) | 5 | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| PRODUCTION | Rate Of Spread | assessment how accessions spreads from 1 (negligible) to 8 (like bad weed) | 4 | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| PRODUCTION | Out Of Season Green | rating for out-of-season greeness during non-growing period of species (normally winter for tropical forages) | 4 | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| PRODUCTION | Leafiness | rating for above-ground leafiness from 1 (no leaf) to 8 (extremely leafy) | 6 | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| PRODUCTION | Competitiveness | rating for plant competitiveness from 1 (poor) to 8 (highly competitive) | 4 | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| PRODUCTION | Adaptation To Clay | rating for adaptation to clay soils from 1 (very poor) to 8 (well adapted) | 8 | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| PRODUCTION | Pasture Potential | rating for pasture potential 1 (no potential because seedlings died or serious weed) to 8 (high potential on broad scale) | 7 | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| PRODUCTION | Flowering and seed set | Estimate of seed production capacity | 5 - Dense flowering, ready seed set (few empty florets) | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| PRODUCTION | Trait Agronomic Value | Subjective rating (one to five ) based on the overall appearance of an accessions agronomic potential | 4 - Good | APG QLD Regen 2017-18 Dichanthium | | |
| STRESS | Drought Tolerance | rating of drought tolerance from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent) | 3 | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| STRESS | Waterlogging Tolerance | tolerance to waterlogging from 1 (poor tolerance to any waterlogging) to 8 (tolerant of deep sily water) | 7 | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |
| STRESS | Frost Tolerance | rating of plant frost tolerance from 1 (killed by light frost) to 8 (not killed by repeated serve radiation frosts) | 8 | TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED | | |