Descriptors
Category: COMMENT

1. NOTES (NOTES) notes on diseases, pests, asset or weaknesses of accession

Category: GROWTH

1. Vigour (Vigour) A measure of the plant's overall health, strength, and growth rate, especially during early development.

Category: MORPHOLOGY

1. FLOWERING (FLOWERING) earliness to flowering
2. GRAZED_HABIT (GRAZED_HABIT) growth habit of plants under moderate to heavy grazing
3. Height (Height) The vertical length of the plant from the base to the top, measured at maturity or a specified growth stage. cm
4. PEAK_FLOWERING (PEAK_FLOWERING) months when peak flowering occurred
5. PERENNIALITY (PERENNIALITY) plant perenniality
6. PLANT_DIMENSIONS (PLANT_DIMENSIONS) height (cm) and diameter (cm) of typical plant
7. SPREAD_METHOD (SPREAD_METHOD) method by which accession spreads

Category: PRODUCTION

1. ADAPTATION_TO_CLAY (ADAPTATION_TO_CLAY) rating for adaptation to clay soils from 1 (very poor) to 8 (well adapted)
2. ADAPTATION_TO_SAND (ADAPTATION_TO_SAND) rating for adaptation to sandy soil from 1 (very poor) to 8 (well adapted)
3. COMPETITIVENESS (COMPETITIVENESS) rating for plant competitiveness from 1 (poor) to 10 (highly competitive)
4. ESTABLISHMENT (ESTABLISHMENT) establishment rating from 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent) or plants/m^2
5. ESTABLISHMENT_VARIATION (ESTABLISHMENT_VARIATION) variation in establishment ratings at different locations from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
6. GRAZING_TOLERANCE (GRAZING_TOLERANCE) rating on tolerance to grazing from 1 (low tolerance) to 8 (high tolerance to severe & repeated grazing)
7. LEAFINESS (LEAFINESS) rating for above-ground leafiness from 1 (no leaf) to 10 (extremely leafy)
8. OUT_OF_SEASON_GREEN (OUT_OF_SEASON_GREEN) rating for out-of-season greeness during non-growing period of species (normally winter for tropical forages)
9. PALATABILITY_DRY (PALATABILITY_DRY) rating of palatability of plants when hayed off or dormant from 1 (very low) to 8 (very palatable)
10. PALATABILITY_GREEN (PALATABILITY_GREEN) rating on palatability of plants when green and actively growing from 1 (very low) to 8 (very palatable)
11. PASTURE_POTENTIAL (PASTURE_POTENTIAL) rating for pasture potential 1 (no potential because seedlings died or serious weed) to 8 (high potential on broad scale)
12. PERSISTENCE (PERSISTENCE) persistence rating from 1 (poor) to10 (excellent)
13. RATE_OF_SPREAD (RATE_OF_SPREAD) assessment how accessions spreads from 1 (negligible) to 10 (like bad weed)
14. Seed Count (Seed Count) Seed Count seeds/m2
15. Seed Yield (Seed Yield ) A numeric score or value estimating the seed production of a plant or plot under specific conditions. kg/ha
16. SEED_PRODUCTION (SEED_PRODUCTION) rating for seed production from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
17. Summer Biomass Yield Rating (Summer Biomass Yield Rating) Visual rating of biomass production, where October to April = summer and May - September = winter
18. TOXICITY (TOXICITY) rating of toxicity to animals from 1 (no problems) to 8 (highly toxic at all times to mammals)
19. Winter Biomass Yield Rating (Winter Biomass Yield Rating) Visual rating of biomass production, where October to April = summer and May - September = winter

Category: STRESS

1. DROUGHT_TOLERANCE (DROUGHT_TOLERANCE) rating of drought tolerance from 1 (poor) to 10(excellent)
2. FIRE_RESISTANCE (FIRE_RESISTANCE) rating for fire resistance from 1 (plants always killed) to 8 (plants never killed)
3. FROST_TOLERANCE (FROST_TOLERANCE) rating of plant frost tolerance from 1 (killed by light frost) to 8 (not killed by repeated serve radiation frosts)
4. WATERLOGGING_TOLERANCE (WATERLOGGING_TOLERANCE) tolerance to waterlogging from 1 (poor tolerance to any waterlogging) to 8 (tolerant of deep sily water)