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 taken at flowering, (Jemalong Semi-erect)
9. Harvest Seed Weight (Harvest Seed Weight) Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams
10. Plant Height at Flowering (Plant Height at Flowering) Canopy height of plants at 90% flowering measured with a ruler, in cm
11. Primary Branching (Primary Branching) Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching
12. Seedling Vigour (Seedling Vigour) Seedling vigour (at 2-3 trifoliate leaf stage). Subjective assessment relative to principle check cv Dalkeith at 100 units
13. Spring Vigour (Spring Vigour) Spring vigour (20 weeks). Subjective assessment relative to principle check cv Dalkeith at 100 units
14. Winter Vigour (Winter Vigour) Winter vigour (10 weeks). Subjective assessment relative to principle check
15. Winter Vigour Perth (Winter Vigour Perth) Winter vigour (10 weeks). Subjective assessment relative to principle check cv Dalkeith at 100 units at Perth

Category: MORPHOLOGY

1. 100 Seed Weight (100 Seed Weight) 100 Seed Weight
2. 1000 Seed Weight (1000 Seed Weight) Weight of 1000 seeds in grams
3. Aphid Damage (Aphid Damage) Aphid Damage
4. Aphid X Tested (Aphid X Tested) Aphid X Tested
5. Arms Color (Arms Color) Arms Color
6. Band Color (Band Color) Band Color
7. Biochanin Content (Biochanin Content) Biochanin Content
8. Burr Burial (Burr Burial) The strength of burr burial, visual assessment of the capacity of the peduncle to press down into the soil
9. Burr Distribution (Burr Distribution) Distribution of burr burial relative to the plants crown
10. Burr Production (Burr Production) Visual assessment of the amount of burr production
11. Burr Size (Burr Size) Burr Size
12. Calyx Pigmentation (Calyx Pigmentation) Calyx tube pigmentation have a characteristic pigmentation pattern, which remains relatively constant through most of flowering
13. Calyx Pigmentation Color (Calyx Pigmentation Color) The colour of Calyx tube pigmentation
14. Cotyledon Flecks (Cotyledon Flecks) The presence and strength of leaf flecks on cotyledons
15. Crescent Color (Crescent Color) Crescent Color
16. Dehiscence (Dehiscence) Pod dehiscence at maturity
17. Dormancy No Yrs (Dormancy No Yrs) The number of years (seasons) that the accessions has been assessed for seed dormancy
18. Floret Colour (Floret Colour) Floret colour using Royal Horticuluture Society (RHS) colour charts
19. Florety Number (Florety Number) Average number of flowers per flowering stem? Values from 0 to 6.2 on 3100 accessions
20. Flowering Time Perth (Flowering Time Perth) Number of days from wetting-up to when 50% of plants have one open flower
21. Flowering Time Perth No Yrs (Flowering Time Perth No Yrs) The number of times an accession has been evaluated for Days to Flower
22. Flush Color (Flush Color) Flush Color
23. Flush Patteern (Flush Patteern) Flush Patteern
24. Formononetin Content (Formononetin Content) Formononetin content (%). Data should be confirmed at multiple environments and years. Formononetin content 0.00% should be treated suspiciously, except for Uniwager and hybrids.
25. Fruit Number (Fruit Number) Count of the number of pods per perduncle
26. Genistein Content (Genistein Content) Genistein content (%)
27. Growth Habit Early (Growth Habit Early) Growth habit assessed early in the growing season
28. Growth Habit Late (Growth Habit Late) Growth habit assessed late in the growing season
29. Hair Attachment Lower Side (Hair Attachment Lower Side) The attachment angle of hair on the lower side of the leaf
30. Hair Attachment Peduncle (Hair Attachment Peduncle) The attachment angle of hair on the peduncle
31. Hair Attachment Petiole (Hair Attachment Petiole) The attachment angle of hair on the petiole
32. Hair Attachment Stem (Hair Attachment Stem) The attachment angle of hair on the stem
33. Hair Attachment Unifoliate (Hair Attachment Unifoliate) The attachment angle of hair on the unifoliate (spade) leaf
34. Hair Attachment Upper Side (Hair Attachment Upper Side) The attachment angle of hair on the upper side of the leaf
35. Hard Seed Ageing 2 Months (Hard Seed Ageing 2 Months) Percentage of hard seeds following two months of ageing
36. Hard Seed Ageing 4 Months (Hard Seed Ageing 4 Months) Percentage of hard seeds following four months of ageing
37. Hard Seed Analysed No Years (Hard Seed Analysed No Years) The number of years (seasons) that the accessions has been analysed for hardseededness
38. Hard Seed Initial (Hard Seed Initial) Initial percentage (%) of hard seed, following harvest
39. Hypocotyl Pigmentation (Hypocotyl Pigmentation) The strength of pigmentation on they hypocotyl
40. Internode Length (Internode Length) Relative length of internodes
41. Isoflavone Analysis No Years (Isoflavone Analysis No Years) The number of years (seasons) that the accessions has been analysed for Isoflavones: Formononetin, Genistein and Biochanin A). Isoflavone expression is sensitive to environmental conditions and consequently should be measured over several seasons and env
42. Leaf Color (Leaf Color) Leaf Color
43. Leaf Flecking (Leaf Flecking) Tendency to produce dark purple or black anthocyanin flecks on their upper leaf
44. Leaf Flush (Leaf Flush) Existance of leaf flush pattern in cultivars
45. Leaf Flush Pattern (Leaf Flush Pattern) Purple or brown anthocyanin pigmentation pattern tends to surround the central leaf mark or extend outwards from midrib
46. Leaf Hairiness Lower (Leaf Hairiness Lower) The relative hairiness of the lower side of leaves
47. Leaf Hairiness Upper (Leaf Hairiness Upper) The relative hairiness of the upper side of leaves
48. Leaf Hairs (Leaf Hairs) Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)
49. Leaf Mark Arms (Leaf Mark Arms) Leaf mark extending from the edge of or underneath the crescent to the margin
50. Leaf Mark Band (Leaf Mark Band) A pale green strip extending from margin to margin
51. Leaf Mark Crescent (Leaf Mark Crescent) A pale green triangle in the leaf center
52. Leaf Size Early (Leaf Size Early) A visual assessment of leaf size on early plant growth
53. Leaflet Breadth (Leaflet Breadth) Leaflet Breadth
54. Leaflet Indent (Leaflet Indent) Presence and prominence of leaflet indent
55. Leaflet Mark Colour (Leaflet Mark Colour) Leaflet market colour at pre-flowering stage
56. Leaflet Mark Position (Leaflet Mark Position) Leaflet marker position at pre-flowering stage
57. Leaflet Mark Shape (Leaflet Mark Shape) Leaflet marker shape at pre-flowering stage
58. Leaflet Roundness (Leaflet Roundness) Roundness or shape of leaves
59. Lifeform (Lifeform) The life form of the accession
60. Lifespan (Lifespan) The lifespan of the accession
61. Peduncle : Petiole (Peduncle : Petiole) Subjective assessment of the ratio of peduncle to petiole length
62. Peduncles Hairiness (Peduncles Hairiness) Relative hairiness of peduncles
63. Peduncles Length (Peduncles Length) Relative length of peduncles
64. Peduncles Thickness (Peduncles Thickness) Relative thickness of peduncles
65. Petioles Hairiness (Petioles Hairiness) Relative hairiness of petioles
66. Petioles Length Early (Petioles Length Early) Relative length of petioles, assessed visually on vegeative growth pre-flowering
67. Petioles Thickness (Petioles Thickness) Relative thickness of petioles
68. Plant Course (Plant Course) General appearance of the plant, characterised at the plot level for fine or thick stems
69. Plant Soarse (Plant Soarse) Relative density of plant architecture, branches, leaves, peduncles
70. Purity (Purity) Assessment of line purity, indicating the homogeneity or heterogeneity of the population
71. Relative Days to Flower (Relative Days to Flower) Days from wetting up to first flower relative to principle check cv Dalkeith
72. Seed and Burr Production Years (Seed and Burr Production Years) The number of years (seasons) that the accessions has been assessed for seed and burr production characters
73. Seed Colour (Seed Colour) Colour of the seed coat
74. Seed Dormancy (Seed Dormancy) Relative assessment of seed dormancy
75. Seed Weight Percentage Burr Wt (Seed Weight Percentage Burr Wt) Probably, seed weight as a percentage of burr weight (needs confirmation). Values from 0 to 90, extremes unlikely to be correct.
76. Seeds Burr (Seeds Burr) Avereage number of seeds per burr, measured from 100 burrs.
77. Seeds per gram (Seeds per gram) Number of Seeds per gram
78. Shattering (Shattering) Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting
79. Standard Pigmentation (Standard Pigmentation) Pigmentation of the standard flower petal
80. Stem Hair (Stem Hair) Relative hairiness of the stem
81. Stem Pigmentation (Stem Pigmentation) Stem Pigmentation
82. Stem Pigmentation Color (Stem Pigmentation Color) Stem Pigmentation Color
83. Stem Thickness (Stem Thickness) Relative stem thickness
84. Stipule Pigmentation (Stipule Pigmentation) Stipule pigmentation is usually fully expressed in a dense vigorous sward by early to mid-flowering
85. Threshability (Threshability) The ease of which seed is able to be threshed from pod by machine
86. Unifoliate Crescent (Unifoliate Crescent) Absence, presence and size of a crescent leaf marker on the unifoliate leaf
87. Unifoliate Leaf Hairiness (Unifoliate Leaf Hairiness) Relative hairiness of the unifoliate (spade) leaf
88. Weight of Seed (Weight of Seed) Probably mean seed weight (mg), extreme values < 3 and > 15 mg unlikely to be correct.
89. Winter Vigour Denman (Winter Vigour Denman) Winter vigour (growth rate) measured at Denman, Western Australia

Category: OTHER

1. Comments (Comments) Captures all comments assisted with the activity
2. SubterraneanClover-Core (SubterraneanClover-Core) Subterranean Clover Core Collection
3. Wet down date (Wet down date) Wet down date

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

Category: PRODUCTION

1. Flowering and seed set (Flowering and seed set) Estimate of seed production capacity