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) | 72 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
GROWTH | Summer Forage Yield | January; visual score (/100) relative to standard check (SARDI 7 Series 2) | 61 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
GROWTH | Habit Angle | Measured autumn stem length (A) and stem height (B) from the ground. a= SIN (B/A) | 59.82 | 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.2000 | | |
GROWTH | Growth Habit | Visual assessment taken at same time as autumn plant height and summer stem length | VE - Very Erect | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
GROWTH | Winter Forage Yield | Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant) | 0.22917 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000 | | |
GROWTH | Winter Forage Yield | Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant) | 45 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
GROWTH | Spring Forage Yield | Quantiative measurment of spring forage yield (g per plant) | 5.25 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000 | | |
GROWTH | Harvest Seed Weight | Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams | 212 | 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) | 3 - Large | 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 | 1.07 | 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 | 37 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000 | | |
GROWTH | Autumn Forage Yield | Visual estimation of autumn forage yield, relative to Winter Activity Class 7 variety (100) | 101 | SA Regen 2002-03 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) | 3.2 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
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 | Mortality | Number of plant serviving. Scored in November of year 2 after the last cut | 69 | 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. | No | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Color | Leaf Color | | 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 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) | 3 - Upper Glaborous Lower Dense | 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 | 1.32 | 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. | 2.35 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Area | Leaf area (cm2) calculated by multiplying leaf length and width | 1.31 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
MORPHOLOGY | Seeds per Pod | The mean number of seeds produced from 100 pods | 4.78 | SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne | | |
MORPHOLOGY | Crown Size | The width of the crown (cm) on 5 representative plants measured using electronic callipers | 6.48 | 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 | 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 | 4.24 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000 | | |