Medicago annual descriptors
Growth habit
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prostrate | |
| 2 | Semi-prostrate | |
| 3 | Erect | |
| 4 | Bush |
Frost damage
Legend:
Very low
Low
Intermediate
High
Very high
Frost damage 2nd score
Legend:
Very low
Low
Intermediate
High
Very high
Vigour
Legend:
Very poor
Poor
Intermediate
Vigorous
Very Vigorous
Days to first flowering
Days to podding
Days to 50% flowering
Plant height
Days to maturity
Petiole length
Peduncle lenght
Primary branch length
Internode length
Longest branch length
Nodes to first flower
Flowers per inflorescence
Pods per inflorescence
Leaflet shape
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuneate | |
| 2 | Lanceolate | |
| 3 | Obcordate | |
| 4 | Oblanceolate | |
| 5 | Obovate | |
| 6 | Orbicular | |
| 7 | Oval | |
| 8 | Ovate |
Leaf area
Canopy width
Spine hardness
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Absent | |
| 1 | Smooth | |
| 2 | Hard |
Spine hook
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Absent | |
| 1 | Hooked | |
| 2 | Not hooked |
Pod width
Pod height
Spine lenght
Weight of 100 pods
Number of seeds per 100 pods
Seed weight per 100 pods
1000 seed weight
Biological yield of plot
Pod yield
Straw weight
Biological yield
Flower color
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| R | Red | |
| W | White | |
| Y | Yellow | |
| B | Blue | |
| P | Puple | |
| V | Violet |
Number of pods per ha
Straw yield per ha
Harvest index
Seed weight per plot
100 seed weight
Leaf pubescence
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Absent | |
| 1 | Present |
Presence of pubescence
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper surface of leaf | |
| 2 | Lower surface of leaf | |
| 3 | Both upper and lower surfaces of leaf | |
| 4 | Only on leaf margin | |
| 99 | Other |
Stipule shape
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hastate | |
| 2 | Semi Hastate | |
| 3 | Semi Sagitate | |
| 4 | Sagitate | |
| 5 | Entire |
Leaflet margin
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entire | |
| 2 | Toothed | |
| 3 | Serrate | |
| 4 | Incised | |
| 5 | Lobed | |
| 99 | Others |
Leaflet marker shape
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nil (plain leaflet) | |
| 2 | Blotch | |
| 3 | Dot | |
| 4 | Fleck | |
| 5 | Fleck crescent | |
| 6 | Brocken crescent | |
| 7 | Crescent | |
| 8 | Ellipse | |
| 9 | Heterozygous |
Leaflet marker color
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BL | Black | |
| BR | Brown | |
| CN | Cinnamon | |
| PG | Pale green | |
| P | Pink | |
| PR | Purple | |
| R | Red | |
| Y | Yellow |
Pod shape
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Circinnate | |
| 2 | Cup-shaped | |
| 3 | Discoid | |
| 4 | Lentiform | |
| 5 | Oval | |
| 6 | Ovoid | |
| 7 | Spherical | |
| 8 | Cylinder |
Pod spininess
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spineless | |
| 2 | Toothed | |
| 3 | Short spine | |
| 4 | Long spine |
Seed color
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellow | |
| 2 | Brown | |
| 3 | Purple | |
| 4 | Green | |
| 5 | Black |
Seed shape
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| R | Reniform | |
| SR | Sub-reniform | |
| D | Deltoid | |
| V | Verrucose |
Seed Yield
Weight of biomass
Number of seeds emerged
Seed Number