| 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) | 1 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Summer Forage Yield | January; visual score (/100) relative to standard check (SARDI 7 Series 2) | 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) | 5.74 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Growth Habit | Visual assessment taken at same time as autumn plant height and summer stem length | VP - Very Prostrate | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Winter Forage Yield | Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant) | 0 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Winter Forage Yield | Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant) | 0.02667 | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1999 | | |
| GROWTH | Harvest Seed Weight | Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams | 24 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999 | | |
| GROWTH | Internode length | Internode length assessed between the 4th and 5th internode from base | | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Leaf Size | Subjective assessment of Leaf Area (small, medium, large) | 1 - Small | 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 | 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 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Autumn Forage Yield | Visual estimation of autumn forage yield, relative to Winter Activity Class 7 variety (100) | 2 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaflet Mark Shape | Leaflet marker shape at pre-flowering stage | 1 - Nil | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1999 | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaflet Mark Position | Leaflet marker position at pre-flowering stage | 21 - Nil | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1999 | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaflet Mark Colour | Leaflet market colour at pre-flowering stage | 17 - Nil | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1999 | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Hairs | Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage) | 1 - Upper Glaborous Lower Glaborous | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1999 | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | 1000 Seed Weight | Weight of a 1000 seeds in the clean seed sample | 2.385 | APG SA Regen Medics 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) | 0 | SA Regen 2003-04 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 | | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Mortality | Number of plant serviving. Scored in November of year 2 after the last cut | 90 | 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 | 3 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | 1000 Seed Weight | Weight of 1000 seeds in grams | 1.927 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | 1000 Seed Weight | Weight of 1000 seeds in grams | 2.385 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999 | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Color | Leaf Color | | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Stem Hair | Relative hairiness of the stem | | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Stem Thickness | Relative stem thickness | | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Dehiscence | Pod dehiscence at maturity | 1 - None | 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) | 3 - Upper Glaborous Lower Dense | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Shattering | Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting | 3 - Low, 25% pods shattered at maturity | 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 | 8 | 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 | 1.76 | 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. | 0.55 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Area | Leaf area (cm2) calculated by multiplying leaf length and width | 0.27 | 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 | 28 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Seeds per Pod | The mean number of seeds produced from 100 pods | 1.82 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Crown Size | The width of the crown (cm) on 5 representative plants measured using electronic callipers | 1.41 | SA Regen 2003-04 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 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | LEAF SHAPE | LEAF SHAPE | | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | LEAF WIDTH | LEAF WIDTH | 990 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |