| GROWTH | Growth Habit | Visual assessment of habit (form) taken at flowering, (Jemalong Semi-erect) | SE - Semi Erect | APG SA Regen Medics 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) | 58 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Summer Forage Yield | January; visual score (/100) relative to standard check (SARDI 7 Series 2) | 80 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Habit Angle | Measured autumn stem length (A) and stem height (B) from the ground. a= SIN (B/A) | 15.73 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Growth Habit | Visual assessment taken at same time as autumn plant height and summer stem length | P - Prostrate | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Growth Habit | Visual assessment taken at same time as autumn plant height and summer stem length | SE - Semi Erect | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000 | | |
| GROWTH | Winter Forage Yield | Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant) | 0.08333 | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000 | | |
| GROWTH | Spring Forage Yield | Quantiative measurment of spring forage yield (g per plant) | 2.1 | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000 | | |
| GROWTH | Harvest Seed Weight | Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams | 38 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000 | | |
| GROWTH | Internode length | Internode length assessed between the 4th and 5th internode from base | | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Leaf Size | Subjective assessment of Leaf Area (small, medium, large) | 2 - Medium | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000 | | |
| GROWTH | Regrowth | Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting | 0.57 | 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 | 24 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000 | | |
| 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 | 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 | Creeping Rooted | Creeping Root Habit. The presence or absence of plants on developing stem buds on lateral roots. | Yes | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Color | Leaf Color | | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Stem Hair | Relative hairiness of the stem | 1 - Glabrous | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Stem Thickness | Relative stem thickness | | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Hairs | Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage) | 2 - Upper Glaborous Lower Sparse | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Number of Nodes | Number of nodes on a representative 3 stems | 13 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf to stem ratio | Ratio of leaf relative to stem of 10 representative stems, which are hand cut, seperated and oven dried | 12.1 | 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. | 2.57 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Area | Leaf area (cm2) calculated by multiplying leaf length and width | 1.74 | 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 | 20 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Seeds per Pod | The mean number of seeds produced from 100 pods | 5.28 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Crown Size | The width of the crown (cm) on 5 representative plants measured using electronic callipers | 6.24 | 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 | 1 - Below | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | LEAF SHAPE | LEAF SHAPE | | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | LEAF WIDTH | LEAF WIDTH | 991 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
| PRODUCTION | Seed production per plant | Seed production per plant in grams | 5.42857 | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000 | | |