Descriptors
Category: COMMENT

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

Category: GROWTH

1. Growth habit (Growth habit) Dominant growth habit
2. Twining capacity (Twining capacity) Dominant twining capacity

Category: MORPHOLOGY

1. Dominant leaf shape (Dominant leaf shape) Dominant leaf shape of fully expanded leaves (at 1st flower)
2. Flower colour - dominant (Flower colour - dominant) Dominant flower colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
3. Flower colour - secondary (Flower colour - secondary) Secondary flower colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
4. FLOWERING (FLOWERING) earliness to flowering
5. GRAZED_HABIT (GRAZED_HABIT) growth habit of plants under moderate to heavy grazing
6. Leaf colour (dominant) (Leaf colour (dominant)) Dominant leaf colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
7. Leaf colour (secondary) (Leaf colour (secondary)) Secondary leaf colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
8. Leaf hairs (Leaf hairs) Leaf surface hairiness 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
9. Mature seed colour - dominant (Mature seed colour - dominant) Dominant seed colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
10. Mature seed colour pattern (Mature seed colour pattern) Dominant flower colour pattern 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
11. PEAK_FLOWERING (PEAK_FLOWERING) months when peak flowering occurred
12. PERENNIALITY (PERENNIALITY) plant perenniality
13. PLANT_DIMENSIONS (PLANT_DIMENSIONS) height (cm) and diameter (cm) of typical plant
14. Pod colour - primary (Pod colour - primary) Dominant colour of mature pods 4-6 nodes from branch tip
15. Pod colour - secondary (Pod colour - secondary) Secondary colour of mature pods 4-6 nodes from branch tip
16. Pod hairs (Pod hairs) Pod surface hairiness 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
17. SPREAD_METHOD (SPREAD_METHOD) method by which accession spreads
18. Stem colour - dominant (Stem colour - dominant) Dominant stem colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
19. Stem colour - secondary (Stem colour - secondary) Secondary stem colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
20. Stem hairs (Stem hairs) Stem surface hairiness 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)

Category: OTHER

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

Category: PHENOLOGY

1. Days to First Flower (Days to First Flower) Days from wetting up to start of flowering phase
2. Diseases (Diseases) Identification of diseases not otherwise rated (group or scientific name if known)
3. Leafiness rating, PGroup Comp (Leafiness rating, PGroup Comp) Estimate of leaf vs non-leaf material compared to comparator for pasture group (30-50 days after 1st flower)
4. Maximum canopy height (Maximum canopy height) Maximum canopy (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
5. Maximum flower height (Maximum flower height) Maximum flower (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
6. Minimum canopy height (Minimum canopy height) Minimum canopy (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
7. Minimum flower height (Minimum flower height) Minimum flower (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
8. Seed production (subsidiary) (Seed production (subsidiary)) Estimate of seed production relative to the subsidiary comparator (where present)

Category: PRODUCTION

1. 1000 Seed Weight (1000 Seed Weight) Weight of 1000 seeds in grams
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 8 (highly competitive)
4. ESTABLISHMENT (ESTABLISHMENT) establishment rating from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
5. ESTABLISHMENT_VARIATION (ESTABLISHMENT_VARIATION) variation in establishment ratings at different locations from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
6. Flowering and seed set (Flowering and seed set) Estimate of seed production capacity
7. GRAZING_TOLERANCE (GRAZING_TOLERANCE) rating on tolerance to grazing from 1 (low tolerance) to 8 (high tolerance to severe & repeated grazing)
8. LEAFINESS (LEAFINESS) rating for above-ground leafiness from 1 (no leaf) to 8 (extremely leafy)
9. 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)
10. PALATABILITY_DRY (PALATABILITY_DRY) rating of palatability of plants when hayed off or dormant from 1 (very low) to 8 (very palatable)
11. PALATABILITY_GREEN (PALATABILITY_GREEN) rating on palatability of plants when green and actively growing from 1 (very low) to 8 (very palatable)
12. PASTURE_POTENTIAL (PASTURE_POTENTIAL) rating for pasture potential 1 (no potential because seedlings died or serious weed) to 8 (high potential on broad scale)
13. PERSISTENCE (PERSISTENCE) persistence rating from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
14. RATE_OF_SPREAD (RATE_OF_SPREAD) assessment how accessions spreads from 1 (negligible) to 8 (like bad weed)
15. SEED_PRODUCTION (SEED_PRODUCTION) rating for seed production from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
16. TOXICITY (TOXICITY) rating of toxicity to animals from 1 (no problems) to 8 (highly toxic at all times to mammals)
17. Trait Agronomic Value (Trait Agronomic Value) Subjective rating (one to five ) based on the overall appearance of an accessions agronomic potential
18. Trait Agronomic Value Comment (Trait Agronomic Value Comment) Comment for trait agronomic value

Category: STRESS

1. DROUGHT_TOLERANCE (DROUGHT_TOLERANCE) rating of drought tolerance from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
2. FROST_TOLERANCE (FROST_TOLERANCE) rating of plant frost tolerance from 1 (killed by light frost) to 8 (not killed by repeated serve radiation frosts)