| GROWTH | Growth Habit | Visual assessment of habit (form) taken at flowering, (Jemalong Semi-erect) | SE - Semi Erect | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1999 | | |
| 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) | 107 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Summer Forage Yield | January; visual score (/100) relative to standard check (SARDI 7 Series 2) | 110 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Habit Angle | Measured autumn stem length (A) and stem height (B) from the ground. a= SIN (B/A) | 68.96 | 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 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999 | | |
| GROWTH | Growth Habit | Visual assessment taken at same time as autumn plant height and summer stem length | SE - Semi Erect | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Winter Forage Yield | Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant) | 0.16 | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1999 | | |
| GROWTH | Winter Forage Yield | Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant) | 45 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Spring Forage Yield | Quantiative measurment of spring forage yield (g per plant) | 5.86667 | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1999 | | |
| GROWTH | Internode Length | Subjective assesment of internode length, measured between the 4th-5th internode from base | 2 - Moderate (15-40 mm) | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1999 | | |
| GROWTH | Leaf Size | Subjective assessment of Leaf Area | 3 - Large leaves | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1999 | | |
| GROWTH | Harvest Seed Weight | Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams | 52 | 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 | 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 | Leaf Size | Subjective assessment of Leaf Area (small, medium, large) | 2 - Medium | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999 | | |
| GROWTH | Primary Branching | Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching | 2 - high | 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 | 14 | 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 | 19 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999 | | |
| GROWTH | Autumn Forage Yield | Visual estimation of autumn forage yield, relative to Winter Activity Class 7 variety (100) | 42 | 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 | 2.343 | 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) | 3.2 | 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 | 95 | 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 | 2 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | 1000 Seed Weight | Weight of 1000 seeds in grams | 2.101 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | 1000 Seed Weight | Weight of 1000 seeds in grams | 2.343 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.1999 | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Primary Branching | Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching | 2 - Dense | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1999 | | |
| 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 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Stem Thickness | Relative stem thickness | | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Dehiscence | Pod dehiscence at maturity | 2 - Very low, < 10% pods dropped at maturity | 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 | 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 | Number of Nodes | Number of nodes on a representative 3 stems | 12 | 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 | 1.2 | 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. | 1.12 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Area | Leaf area (cm2) calculated by multiplying leaf length and width | 3.01 | 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 | 34 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Seeds per Pod | The mean number of seeds produced from 100 pods | 2.68 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Crown Size | The width of the crown (cm) on 5 representative plants measured using electronic callipers | 6.78 | 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 | 3 - Surface | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | LEAF SHAPE | LEAF SHAPE | | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | LEAF WIDTH | LEAF WIDTH | 993 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| PRODUCTION | Seed production per plot | Seed production per plot in grams | 426.803 | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1999 | | |
| PRODUCTION | Seed production per plant | Seed production per plant in grams | 1.26829 | APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1999 | | |