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Category: FLWR-FRUIT
  1. 24 - Time of flowering (24) Number of days from sowing to 50% of plants have the 1st flower
  2. 25 - Only varieties with stem fasciation absent: Plant - maximum number of flowers per node (25) Maximum number of flowers per node
  3. 26 - Flower - color of wing (26) Color of wing: Only varieties with plant anthocyanin coloration present
  4. 27 - Flower - color of standard (27) Color of standard: Only varieties with plant anthocyanin coloration absent
  5. 28 - Flower: width of standard (28) Width of standard
  6. 34 - Peduncle: length from stem to first pod (34) Length from stem to first pod
  7. 37 - Pod: length (37) Length of pod
  8. 38 - Pod: width (38) Width of pod
  9. 46 - Pod: number of ovules (46) Number of ovules
Category: MORPHOLOGY
  1. 1 - Plant: anthocyanin coloration (1) Anthocyanin coloration of plant
  2. 11 - Leaflet: length (11) Length of leaflets
  3. 12 - Leaflet: width (12) Width of leaflets
  4. 15 - Stipule: length (15) Length of stipule
  5. 16 - Stipule: width (16) Width of stipule
  6. 2 - Stem: anthocyanin coloration of axil (2) Anthocyanin coloration of axil
  7. 3 - Stem: fasciation (3) Fasciation of stem
  8. 4 - Stem: length (4) Length of stem
  9. 52 - Seed: color of cotyledon (52) Color of cotyledon
  10. 57 - Seed: weight per plant (57) Weight of seed
  11. 59 - Seed: weight of 100 seeds (59) Weight of seed
  12. 8 - Leaf: leaflets (8) Leaflets
  13. 9 - Leaf: maximum number of leaflets (9) Maximum number of leaflets
Category: PHENOLOGY
  1. 58 - Time of maturity (58) Number of days from sowing to 90% of plants mature pods


Banco Nacional de Germoplasma Vegetal Policy

The “Banco Português de Germoplasma Vegetal” (BPGV) conserves living seed and plant samples of mainly Portuguese crops and their wild relatives.

BPGV ensures that the genetic resources that support our food supply are both secure in the medium and long term for future generations and available for use by farmers, plant breeders, and researchers.

These collections are important to ensure that crop plants, which may contain genes to resist disease, provide enhanced nutrition, or survive in changing or harsh environments do not become endangered or extinct over time.

The BPGV located in Braga, Portugal maintains clonal and seed collections of the most important crops, such as cereals, grain legumes, vegetables, medicinal and aromatic plants, forage, pasture and fruit species.

The BPGV is maintained as a global public good under the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA).

BPGV is the custodian of one of the largest germplasm collections, with more than 10,000 accessions maintained as seeds and living plants, and recently started a cryopreservation programme.