Details for: APG 33879, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'EUREKA'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Cultivar:

'EUREKA'

Origin:

Collected – Australia

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

28 Apr 1998

Improvement Status:

Advanced Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		BASE 33879 1998c__1_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Cultivar:

'EUREKA'

Origin:

Collected – Australia

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

28 Apr 1998

Improvement Status:

Advanced Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

Australia

Donated

28 April 1998. Australia

Donator(s):

Auricht, Geoffery C Department Of Agriculture South Australia

01 July 2014. Australia

Donator(s):

South Australian Research and Development Institute

01 August 2015. Australia

Donator(s):

Department of Economic Development Jobs, Transport and Resources Victoria

Accession Names and Identifiers

'EUREKA'

Type: Cultivar name

SA 33879

Type: Donor identifier

Group: SA

South Australian Genetic Resource Centre

ALP 1.3

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

WAR 8:LUCERNE Medicago sativa 'Eureka' Application No: 1994/108 Accepted: 18 May 1994. Applicant: Minister for Primary Industries, SARDI, Adelaide, SA. Description (see comparative table) Plant: growth habit moderately erect, cool season growth high (rating 7-8), fine leafy stems. Flower: colour violet, infrequently variegated bluish-violet (2%-3%). Pod: tightly coiled. Pest resistance: stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci )resistant; blue green aphid resistance high. Adaptation 'Eureka' has shown very wide adaptation and can be grown in all lucerne areas from TAS to central QLD, both irrigated and dryland. 'Eureka' is particularly adapted to irrigated culture on sites where root diseases and nematodes are most damaging. Origin Controlled pollination: clones selected for disease and pest resistance, 1988. Breeder: Dr ID Kaehne, Adelaide, SA. Selection criteria: high regrowth vigour, disease resistance, yield and stand persistence at many irrigated and dryland field trial sites. Propagation: by seed through 2 generations. Comparative Trial Comparators: 'Quadrella'A, ' Trifecta', 'Aurora'. Location: Northfield, SA Augu 1994 - Dec 1996. Conditions: Plants were raised in open beds spaced 40cm apart in rows 50cm apart. Trial design: 140 plants arranged in four randomised complete blocks. Measurements: taken from at least 100 random specimens. Stem nematode experiment: glasshouse Dec 1997 - Jan 1997, six pots/replicates per variety; 50 seeds per pot, inoculated with 100 nematodes per seed at sowing.; after 40 days seedling survivors counted in inoculated and uninoculated check pots. Blue green aphid test: glass house at 23C with 4 reps conducted according the methods decribed in Standard Tests to Characterise Alfalfa cultivars (3rd edition) published by North American Alfalfa Improvement conference. Prior Applications and Sales First sold Australia 1995. Description: Eric Kobelt, SARDI, Adelaide, SA. Table Medicago varieties ____________________________________________________________________________________ 'Eureka' *'Aurora' *'Quadrella'A *'Trifecta' ____________________________________________________________________________________ PLANT HEIGHT, WINTER (cm) 11/08/1994 mean 18.6 18.1 17.9 19.3 std deviation 5.22 4.98 4.59 4.76 LSD/sig 2.37 ns ns ns ____________________________________________________________________________________ PLANT HEIGHT, WINTER (cm) 06/09/1994 mean 46.7 47.4 47.5 49.2 std deviation 7.10 6.71 6.72 6.70 LSD/sig 3.91 ns ns ns ____________________________________________________________________________________ PLANT HEIGHT, SPRING (cm) 26/10/1994 mean 44.6 44.5 42.8 45.3 std deviation 6.78 7.07 6.40 7.40 LSD/sig 3.84 ns ns ns ____________________________________________________________________________________ PLANT HEIGHT, AUTUMN (cm) -30/05/1995 mean 25.5 25.8 25.4 25.4 std deviation 5.54 5.37 4.88 4.48 LSD/sig 1.95 ns ns ns ____________________________________________________________________________________ PLANT HABIT (scored 2/06/1995) (1 = prostrate, 9 = erect) mean 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.0 std deviation 0.76 0.67 0.62 0.65 LSD/sig 0.14 ns P0.01 P0.01 ____________________________________________________________________________________ FREQUENCY OF PLANTS semi-erect (plant habit score = 7) 59 62 63 63 semi prostrate - medium (plant habit score 6) 29 24.5 17 18 erect to very erect (plant habit score 8) 12 13.5 20 19 ____________________________________________________________________________________ PLANT COLOUR ( 1= light, 9 = dark ) 5 6 5 4 ____________________________________________________________________________________ STEM PIGMENTATION (scored 5/06/1995) (1 = green; 9 = dark red) mean 4.4 4.0 4.6 4.4 std deviation 1.46 1.61 1.68 1.58 LSD/sig 0.53 ns ns ns ____________________________________________________________________________________ STEM LENGTH, AT FULL FLOWER (cm) 28/11/1994 mean 68.0 65.7 67.6 69.6 std deviation 11.92 14.05 12.46 12.39 LSD/sig 5.23 ns ns ns ____________________________________________________________________________________ CROWN DIAMETER (cm) 29/05/1995 mean 16.4 16.5 15.1 15.6 std deviation 3.70 3.97 3.26 3.46 LSD/sig 1.38 ns ns ns ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Group Note

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Medicago

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

300359

Verified:

06/10/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Common names

English
alfalfa –
lucerne –
violet-flower lucerne –
French
luzerne –
German
blaue Luzerne –
Luzerne –
Japanese Rōmaji
murasaki-umagoyashi –
Portuguese
luzerna –
Spanish
mielga –
Swedish
blålusern –
Transcribed Chinese
zi mu xu –

Other conspecific taxa

Medicago sativa L. (561 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. tunetana Murb. (12 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. (370 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh. (158 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. (261 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. falcata (L.) Doll (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. viscosa (Rchb.) Posp. (2 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy (30 active accession[s])

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Medicago agropyretorum Vassilcz.
Medicago asiatica Sinskaya
Medicago mesopotamica Vassilcz.
Medicago praesativa Sinskaya
Medicago rivularis Vassilcz.
Medicago sogdiana Vassilcz.
Medicago transoxana Vassilcz.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study
GROWTH	Growth Habit	Visual assessment of habit (form) taken at flowering, (Jemalong Semi-erect)	E - Erect	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Growth Habit	Visual assessment of habit (form) taken at flowering, (Jemalong Semi-erect)	E - Erect	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Growth Habit	Visual assessment of habit (form) taken at flowering, (Jemalong Semi-erect)	E - Erect	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
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)	100	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
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)	100	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
GROWTH	Summer Forage Yield	January; visual score (/100) relative to standard check (SARDI 7 Series 2)	100	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
GROWTH	Summer Forage Yield	January; visual score (/100) relative to standard check (SARDI 7 Series 2)	100	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
GROWTH	Habit Angle	Measured autumn stem length (A) and stem height (B) from the ground. a= SIN (B/A)	67	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
GROWTH	Habit Angle	Measured autumn stem length (A) and stem height (B) from the ground. a= SIN (B/A)	72.52	SA Regen 2003-04 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.1999
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	E - Erect	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
GROWTH	Growth Habit	Visual assessment taken at same time as autumn plant height and summer stem length	E - Erect	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
GROWTH	Growth Habit	Visual assessment taken at same time as autumn plant height and summer stem length	SE - Semi Erect	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
GROWTH	Winter Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant)	0.20833	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Winter Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant)	0.26667	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Winter Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant)	0.47778	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
GROWTH	Winter Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant)	100	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
GROWTH	Winter Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant)	100	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
GROWTH	Spring Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of spring forage yield (g per plant)	10.7556	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Spring Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of spring forage yield (g per plant)	38.975	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
GROWTH	Spring Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of spring forage yield (g per plant)	4.9	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Internode Length	Subjective assesment of internode length, measured between the 4th-5th internode from base	2 - Moderate (15-40 mm)	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Internode Length	Subjective assesment of internode length, measured between the 4th-5th internode from base	3 - Long (> 40mm)	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
GROWTH	Leaf Size	Subjective assessment of Leaf Area	3 - Large leaves	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Leaf Size	Subjective assessment of Leaf Area	3 - Large leaves	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	100	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	113	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	123	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	136	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	147	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	174	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	291	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	55	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	67	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	68	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	68	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	98	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	Internode length	Internode length assessed between the 4th and 5th internode from base		SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
GROWTH	Internode length	Internode length assessed between the 4th and 5th internode from base	2 - Moderate (15-40 mm)	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Internode length	Internode length assessed between the 4th and 5th internode from base	3 - Long (>40 mm)	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
GROWTH	Leaf Size	Subjective assessment of Leaf Area (small, medium, large)	1 - Small	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Leaf Size	Subjective assessment of Leaf Area (small, medium, large)	2 - Medium	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Leaf Size	Subjective assessment of Leaf Area (small, medium, large)	3 - Large	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Leaf Size	Subjective assessment of Leaf Area (small, medium, large)	3 - Large	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Primary Branching	Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching	1 - low	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
GROWTH	Primary Branching	Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching	2 - high	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
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 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	22	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
GROWTH	Regrowth	Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting	26	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	30	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	31	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	35	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	45	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
GROWTH	Autumn Forage Yield	Visual estimation of autumn forage yield, relative to Winter Activity Class 7 variety (100)	100	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
GROWTH	Autumn Forage Yield	Visual estimation of autumn forage yield, relative to Winter Activity Class 7 variety (100)	100	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Shape	Leaflet marker shape at pre-flowering stage	1 - Nil	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Shape	Leaflet marker shape at pre-flowering stage	1 - Nil	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Position	Leaflet marker position at pre-flowering stage	21 - Nil	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Position	Leaflet marker position at pre-flowering stage	21 - Nil	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Colour	Leaflet market colour at pre-flowering stage	17 - Nil	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Colour	Leaflet market colour at pre-flowering stage	17 - Nil	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	3 - Upper Glaborous Lower Dense	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	3 - Upper Glaborous Lower Dense	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of a 1000 seeds in the clean seed sample	2.492	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of a 1000 seeds in the clean seed sample	2.528	APG SA Regen Lucerne 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)	7	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)	7	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		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.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Floret Colour	Visual classification of flower colour as per Alfalfa colour book 424		SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
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	75	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Mortality	Number of plant serviving. Scored in November of year 2 after the last cut	99	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		APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Coiling	The number of coils in a pod counted	2	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Coiling	The number of coils in a pod counted	2	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of 1000 seeds in grams	2.161	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of 1000 seeds in grams	2.444	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of 1000 seeds in grams	2.492	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of 1000 seeds in grams	2.526	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of 1000 seeds in grams	2.528	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of 1000 seeds in grams	2.566	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of 1000 seeds in grams	2.585	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of 1000 seeds in grams	2.706	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
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	Primary Branching	Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching	1 - Sparse	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Primary Branching	Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching	2 - Dense	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Spininess	Visual score of pod spininess relative to standard check cv. Jemalong (10); assessed on basis of likelihood to cause vegetable matter fault in wool.	0	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Color	Leaf Color		SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Color	Leaf Color		SA Regen 2003-04 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 Hair	Relative hairiness of the stem	9 - Dense (base of nearest neighbour closer than length of hair)	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Thickness	Relative stem thickness		SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Thickness	Relative stem thickness		SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Dehiscence	Pod dehiscence at maturity	3 - Low, 25% pods dropped at maturity	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	3 - Upper Glaborous Lower Dense	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	3 - Upper Glaborous Lower Dense	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	3 - Upper Glaborous Lower Dense	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	5 - Upper Sparse Lower Sparse	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Shattering	Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting	1 - None	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	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.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Number of Nodes	Number of nodes on a representative 3 stems	12	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
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	1.21	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	9	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.	1.82	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.	3	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Area	Leaf area (cm2) calculated by multiplying leaf length and width	2	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Area	Leaf area (cm2) calculated by multiplying leaf length and width	5.58	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	15	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	31	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Seeds per Pod	The mean number of seeds produced from 100 pods	1.93	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Seeds per Pod	The mean number of seeds produced from 100 pods	3	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Crown Size	The width of the crown (cm) on 5 representative plants measured using electronic callipers	10	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	Crown Size	The width of the crown (cm) on 5 representative plants measured using electronic callipers	6.82	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	2 - Above	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	3 - Surface	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF SHAPE	LEAF SHAPE		SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF SHAPE	LEAF SHAPE		SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF WIDTH	LEAF WIDTH	991	SA Regen 2002-03 Lucerne
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF WIDTH	LEAF WIDTH	993	SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne
PHENOLOGY	10% First Flower Date	Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a flower	153	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
PHENOLOGY	10% First Flower Date	Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a flower	164	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999
PHENOLOGY	10% Pod Maturity Date	Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a mature pod	227	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
PRODUCTION	Seed production per plot	Seed production per plot in grams	401.284	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
PRODUCTION	Seed production per plant	Seed production per plant in grams	2.2	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1998
PRODUCTION	Seed production per plant	Seed production per plant in grams	5.82	APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000