| 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) | 90 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Summer Forage Yield | January; visual score (/100) relative to standard check (SARDI 7 Series 2) | 127 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Habit Angle | Measured autumn stem length (A) and stem height (B) from the ground. a= SIN (B/A) | 67.02 | 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.2000 | | |
| GROWTH | Growth Habit | Visual assessment taken at same time as autumn plant height and summer stem length | VE - Very Erect | SA Regen 2003-04 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) | 72 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| GROWTH | Spring Forage Yield | Quantiative measurment of spring forage yield (g per plant) | 4.9 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000 | | |
| GROWTH | Harvest Seed Weight | Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams | 125 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000 | | |
| 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) | 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 | 32 | 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 | 40 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000 | | |
| GROWTH | Autumn Forage Yield | Visual estimation of autumn forage yield, relative to Winter Activity Class 7 variety (100) | 67 | SA Regen 2003-04 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) | 5 | SA Regen 2003-04 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 2003-04 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.2000 | | |
| 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 | 2.15 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| 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 | Leaf Hairs | Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage) | 3 - Upper Glaborous Lower Dense | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Number of Nodes | Number of nodes on a representative 3 stems | 9 | 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 | 1.04 | 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. | 1.73 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Area | Leaf area (cm2) calculated by multiplying leaf length and width | 6.35 | 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 | 23 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Seeds per Pod | The mean number of seeds produced from 100 pods | 2.93 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Crown Size | The width of the crown (cm) on 5 representative plants measured using electronic callipers | 7.32 | 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 | 994 | SA Regen 2003-04 Lucerne | | |
| PRODUCTION | Seed production per plant | Seed production per plant in grams | 2.5 | APG SA Regen Lucerne Historical.2000 | | |