Tropical Legume Herbaceous
Descriptors
Category: COMMENT
- NOTES (NOTES)
notes on diseases, pests, asset or weaknesses of accession
Category: GROWTH
- Growth habit (Growth habit)
Dominant growth habit
- Harvest Seed Weight (Harvest Seed Weight)
Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams
- Internode length (Internode length)
Internode length assessed between the 4th and 5th internode from base
- Plant Height at Flowering (Plant Height at Flowering)
Canopy height of plants at 90% flowering measured with a ruler, in cm
- Primary Branching (Primary Branching)
Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching
- Twining capacity (Twining capacity)
Dominant twining capacity
Category: MORPHOLOGY
- 1000 Seed Weight (1000 Seed Weight)
Weight of 1000 seeds in grams
- Dehiscence (Dehiscence)
Pod dehiscence at maturity
- Dominant leaf shape (Dominant leaf shape)
Dominant leaf shape of fully expanded leaves (at 1st flower)
- Flower colour - dominant (Flower colour - dominant)
Dominant flower colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
- Flower colour - secondary (Flower colour - secondary)
Secondary flower colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
- FLOWERING (FLOWERING)
earliness to flowering
- Fruit Number (Fruit Number)
Count of the number of pods per perduncle
- GRAZED_HABIT (GRAZED_HABIT)
growth habit of plants under moderate to heavy grazing
- 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
- 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
- Leaf colour (dominant) (Leaf colour (dominant))
Dominant leaf colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
- Leaf hairs (Leaf hairs)
Leaf surface hairiness 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
- Leaflet Mark Colour (Leaflet Mark Colour)
Leaflet market colour at pre-flowering stage
- Leaflet Mark Position (Leaflet Mark Position)
Leaflet marker position at pre-flowering stage
- Mature seed colour - dominant (Mature seed colour - dominant)
Dominant seed colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
- Mature seed colour - secondary (Mature seed colour - secondary)
Secondary seed colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
- Mature seed colour - tertiary (Mature seed colour - tertiary)
Tertiary seed colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
- Mature seed colour pattern (Mature seed colour pattern)
Dominant flower colour pattern 4-6 nodes from branch tip (10-20 days after 1st flower)
- PEAK_FLOWERING (PEAK_FLOWERING)
months when peak flowering occurred
- Peduncle : Petiole (Peduncle : Petiole)
Subjective assessment of the ratio of peduncle to petiole length
- PERENNIALITY (PERENNIALITY)
plant perenniality
- PLANT_DIMENSIONS (PLANT_DIMENSIONS)
height (cm) and diameter (cm) of typical plant
- Pod colour - primary (Pod colour - primary)
Dominant colour of mature pods 4-6 nodes from branch tip
- Pod colour - secondary (Pod colour - secondary)
Secondary colour of mature pods 4-6 nodes from branch tip
- Pod hairs (Pod hairs)
Pod surface hairiness 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
- Shattering (Shattering)
Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting
- SPREAD_METHOD (SPREAD_METHOD)
method by which accession spreads
- Stem colour - dominant (Stem colour - dominant)
Dominant stem colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
- Stem colour - secondary (Stem colour - secondary)
Secondary stem colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
- Stem hairs (Stem hairs)
Stem surface hairiness 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
- Threshability (Threshability)
The ease of which seed is able to be threshed from pod by machine
Category: OTHER
- wet down date (wet down date)
Date seeds were first wetted for germination (in laboratory)
Category: PHENOLOGY
- 10% First Flower Date (10% First Flower Date)
Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a flower
- 10% Pod Maturity Date (10% Pod Maturity Date)
Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a mature pod
- Days to First Flower (Days to First Flower)
Days from wetting up to start of flowering phase
- Diseases (Diseases)
Identification of diseases not otherwise rated (group or scientific name if known)
- Maximum canopy height (Maximum canopy height)
Maximum canopy (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
- Maximum flower height (Maximum flower height)
Maximum flower (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
- Minimum canopy height (Minimum canopy height)
Minimum canopy (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
- Minimum flower height (Minimum flower height)
Minimum flower (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
- Seed production (subsidiary) (Seed production (subsidiary))
Estimate of seed production relative to the subsidiary comparator (where present)
Category: PRODUCTION
- ADAPTATION_TO_CLAY (ADAPTATION_TO_CLAY)
rating for adaptation to clay soils from 1 (very poor) to 8 (well adapted)
- ADAPTATION_TO_LOAM (ADAPTATION_TO_LOAM)
rating for adaptation to loamy soil soil from 1 (very poor) to 8 (well adapted)
- ADAPTATION_TO_SAND (ADAPTATION_TO_SAND)
rating for adaptation to sandy soil from 1 (very poor) to 8 (well adapted)
- COMPETITIVENESS (COMPETITIVENESS)
rating for plant competitiveness from 1 (poor) to 8 (highly competitive)
- ESTABLISHMENT (ESTABLISHMENT)
establishment rating from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
- ESTABLISHMENT_VARIATION (ESTABLISHMENT_VARIATION)
variation in establishment ratings at different locations from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
- Flowering and seed set (Flowering and seed set)
Estimate of seed production capacity
- GRAZING_TOLERANCE (GRAZING_TOLERANCE)
rating on tolerance to grazing from 1 (low tolerance) to 8 (high tolerance to severe & repeated grazing)
- LEAFINESS (LEAFINESS)
rating for above-ground leafiness from 1 (no leaf) to 8 (extremely leafy)
- 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)
- PALATABILITY_DRY (PALATABILITY_DRY)
rating of palatability of plants when hayed off or dormant from 1 (very low) to 8 (very palatable)
- PALATABILITY_GREEN (PALATABILITY_GREEN)
rating on palatability of plants when green and actively growing from 1 (very low) to 8 (very palatable)
- PASTURE_POTENTIAL (PASTURE_POTENTIAL)
rating for pasture potential 1 (no potential because seedlings died or serious weed) to 8 (high potential on broad scale)
- PERSISTENCE (PERSISTENCE)
persistence rating from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
- RATE_OF_SPREAD (RATE_OF_SPREAD)
assessment how accessions spreads from 1 (negligible) to 8 (like bad weed)
- SEED_PRODUCTION (SEED_PRODUCTION)
rating for seed production from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
- TOXICITY (TOXICITY)
rating of toxicity to animals from 1 (no problems) to 8 (highly toxic at all times to mammals)
- Trait Agronomic Value (Trait Agronomic Value)
Subjective rating (one to five ) based on the overall appearance of an accessions agronomic potential
- Trait Agronomic Value Comment (Trait Agronomic Value Comment)
Comment for trait agronomic value
Category: STRESS
- DROUGHT_TOLERANCE (DROUGHT_TOLERANCE)
rating of drought tolerance from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)
- FIRE_RESISTANCE (FIRE_RESISTANCE)
rating for fire resistance from 1 (plants always killed) to 8 (plants never killed)
- FROST_TOLERANCE (FROST_TOLERANCE)
rating of plant frost tolerance from 1 (killed by light frost) to 8 (not killed by repeated serve radiation frosts)
- WATERLOGGING_TOLERANCE (WATERLOGGING_TOLERANCE)
tolerance to waterlogging from 1 (poor tolerance to any waterlogging) to 8 (tolerant of deep sily water)