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. Harvest Seed Weight (Harvest Seed Weight) Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams
3. Internode length (Internode length) Internode length assessed between the 4th and 5th internode from base
4. Plant Height at Flowering (Plant Height at Flowering) Canopy height of plants at 90% flowering measured with a ruler, in cm
5. Primary Branching (Primary Branching) Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching
6. Twining capacity (Twining capacity) Dominant twining capacity
7. Vigour (Vigour) Vigour

Category: MORPHOLOGY

1. 1000 Seed Weight (1000 Seed Weight) Weight of 1000 seeds in grams
2. Dehiscence (Dehiscence) Pod dehiscence at maturity
3. Dominant leaf shape (Dominant leaf shape) Dominant leaf shape of fully expanded leaves (at 1st flower)
4. Flower colour - dominant (Flower colour - dominant) Dominant flower colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
5. Flower colour - secondary (Flower colour - secondary) Secondary flower colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
6. FLOWERING (FLOWERING) earliness to flowering
7. Fruit Number (Fruit Number) Count of the number of pods per perduncle
8. GRAZED_HABIT (GRAZED_HABIT) growth habit of plants under moderate to heavy grazing
9. Height (Height) Height
10. Inflorescence colour, dominant (Inflorescence colour, dominant) dominant inflorescence colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after first flower) Colour code using Royal Horticultural Society charts
11. Inflorescence colour,secondary (Inflorescence colour,secondary) secondary inflorescence colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after first flower) Colour code using Royal Horticultural Society charts
12. Leaf colour (dominant) (Leaf colour (dominant)) Dominant leaf colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
13. Leaf hairs (Leaf hairs) Leaf surface hairiness 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
14. Leaflet Mark Colour (Leaflet Mark Colour) Leaflet market colour at pre-flowering stage
15. Leaflet Mark Position (Leaflet Mark Position) Leaflet marker position at pre-flowering stage
16. Mature seed colour - dominant (Mature seed colour - dominant) Dominant seed colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
17. Mature seed colour - secondary (Mature seed colour - secondary) Secondary seed colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
18. Mature seed colour - tertiary (Mature seed colour - tertiary) Tertiary seed colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
19. Mature seed colour pattern (Mature seed colour pattern) Dominant flower colour pattern 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
20. PEAK_FLOWERING (PEAK_FLOWERING) months when peak flowering occurred
21. Peduncle : Petiole (Peduncle : Petiole) Subjective assessment of the ratio of peduncle to petiole length
22. PERENNIALITY (PERENNIALITY) plant perenniality
23. PLANT_DIMENSIONS (PLANT_DIMENSIONS) height (cm) and diameter (cm) of typical plant
24. Pod colour - primary (Pod colour - primary) Dominant colour of mature pods 4-6 nodes from branch tip
25. Pod colour - secondary (Pod colour - secondary) Secondary colour of mature pods 4-6 nodes from branch tip
26. Pod hairs (Pod hairs) Pod surface hairiness 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
27. Shattering (Shattering) Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting
28. SPREAD_METHOD (SPREAD_METHOD) method by which accession spreads
29. Stem colour - dominant (Stem colour - dominant) Dominant stem colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
30. Stem colour - secondary (Stem colour - secondary) Secondary stem colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
31. Stem hairs (Stem hairs) Stem surface hairiness 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
32. 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)

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. Diseases (Diseases) Identification of diseases not otherwise rated (group or scientific name if known)
5. Maximum canopy height (Maximum canopy height) Maximum canopy (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
6. Maximum flower height (Maximum flower height) Maximum flower (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
7. Minimum canopy height (Minimum canopy height) Minimum canopy (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
8. Minimum flower height (Minimum flower height) Minimum flower (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
9. Seed production (subsidiary) (Seed production (subsidiary)) Estimate of seed production relative to the subsidiary comparator (where present)

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_LOAM (ADAPTATION_TO_LOAM) rating for adaptation to loamy soil soil from 1 (very poor) to 8 (well adapted)
3. ADAPTATION_TO_SAND (ADAPTATION_TO_SAND) rating for adaptation to sandy soil from 1 (very poor) to 8 (well adapted)
4. COMPETITIVENESS (COMPETITIVENESS) rating for plant competitiveness from 1 (poor) to 8 (highly competitive)
5. ESTABLISHMENT (ESTABLISHMENT) establishment rating from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
6. ESTABLISHMENT_VARIATION (ESTABLISHMENT_VARIATION) variation in establishment ratings at different locations from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
7. Flowering and seed set (Flowering and seed set) Estimate of seed production capacity
8. GRAZING_TOLERANCE (GRAZING_TOLERANCE) rating on tolerance to grazing from 1 (low tolerance) to 8 (high tolerance to severe & repeated grazing)
9. LEAFINESS (LEAFINESS) rating for above-ground leafiness from 1 (no leaf) to 8 (extremely leafy)
10. 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)
11. PALATABILITY_DRY (PALATABILITY_DRY) rating of palatability of plants when hayed off or dormant from 1 (very low) to 8 (very palatable)
12. PALATABILITY_GREEN (PALATABILITY_GREEN) rating on palatability of plants when green and actively growing from 1 (very low) to 8 (very palatable)
13. PASTURE_POTENTIAL (PASTURE_POTENTIAL) rating for pasture potential 1 (no potential because seedlings died or serious weed) to 8 (high potential on broad scale)
14. PERSISTENCE (PERSISTENCE) persistence rating from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
15. RATE_OF_SPREAD (RATE_OF_SPREAD) assessment how accessions spreads from 1 (negligible) to 8 (like bad weed)
16. Seed Count (Seed Count) Seed Count
17. Seed Yield (Seed Yield) Seed Yield
18. SEED_PRODUCTION (SEED_PRODUCTION) rating for seed production from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
19. Summer Biomass Yield Rating (Summer Biomass Yield Rating) Visual rating of biomass production, where October to April = summer and May - September = winter
20. TOXICITY (TOXICITY) rating of toxicity to animals from 1 (no problems) to 8 (highly toxic at all times to mammals)
21. Trait Agronomic Value (Trait Agronomic Value) Subjective rating (one to five ) based on the overall appearance of an accessions agronomic potential
22. Trait Agronomic Value Comment (Trait Agronomic Value Comment) Comment for trait agronomic value
23. 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 8 (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)