Descriptors
Category: GROWTH

1. FY1_Early_July_Winter (FY1_Early_July_Winter) Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)
2. FY2_ Late July_Winter (FY2_ Late July_Winter) Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)
3. FY3_Mid-August_Winter (FY3_Mid-August_Winter) Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)
4. FY4_Early_September_Spring (FY4_Early_September_Spring) Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)
5. FY5_Late_September_Spring (FY5_Late_September_Spring) Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)
6. FY6_Mid-October_Spring (FY6_Mid-October_Spring) Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)
7. FY7_Early November_Spring (FY7_Early November_Spring) Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)
8. Growth Habit (Growth Habit) Visual assessment of habit (form) taken at flowering, (Jemalong Semi-erect)
9. Harvest Seed Weight (Harvest Seed Weight) Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams
10. Internode length (Internode length) Internode length assessed between the 4th and 5th internode from base
11. Plant Height at Flowering (Plant Height at Flowering) Canopy height of plants at 90% flowering measured with a ruler, in cm
12. Primary Branching (Primary Branching) Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching
13. Seedling Vigour (Seedling Vigour) Seedling vigour (at 2-3 trifoliate leaf stage). Subjective assessment relative to principle check cv at 100 units
14. Spring Vigour (Spring Vigour) Spring vigour (20 weeks). Subjective assessment relative to principle check cv at 100 units
15. Winter Vigour (Winter Vigour) Winter vigour (10 weeks). Subjective assessment relative to principle check cv at 100 units

Category: MORPHOLOGY

1. 100 Seed Weight (100 Seed Weight) 100 Seed Weight
2. Dehiscence (Dehiscence) Pod dehiscence at maturity
3. Floret Colour (Floret Colour) Floret colour using Royal Horticuluture Society (RHS) colour charts
4. Fruit Number (Fruit Number) Count of the number of pods per perduncle
5. Leaf Hairs (Leaf Hairs) Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)
6. Leaflet Mark Colour (Leaflet Mark Colour) Leaflet market colour at pre-flowering stage
7. Leaflet Mark Position (Leaflet Mark Position) Leaflet marker position at pre-flowering stage
8. Leaflet Mark Shape (Leaflet Mark Shape) Leaflet marker shape at pre-flowering stage
9. Peduncle : Petiole (Peduncle : Petiole) Subjective assessment of the ratio of peduncle to petiole length
10. Shattering (Shattering) Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting
11. Spines (Spines) Subjective assessment 1. relative to standard cv Jemalong at 10 units considering the interaction of spine length with angle of insertion to the pod whorl as it affects the level of vegetable fault in wool clips.
12. Threshability (Threshability) The ease of which seed is able to be threshed from pod by machine

Category: OTHER

1. Wet down date (Wet down date) Date seeds were first wetted for germination (in laboratory)Date seeds were first wetted for germination (in laboratory)

Category: PHENOLOGY

1. 10% First Flower Date (10% First Flower Date) Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a flower
2. 10% Pod Maturity Date (10% Pod Maturity Date) Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a mature pod
3. Days to First Flower (Days to First Flower) Days from wetting up to start of flowering phase
4. Plant Maturity (Plant Maturity) plant maturity - annuals only. Number of days from wet down to the time when 90% of the plants have senescened