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Category: FLWR-FRUIT
  1. 4.2.1 - Days to flowering (4.2.1) Days from sowing to 50% of plants in flower
  2. 4.2.10 - Pod length (4.2.10) Pod length (cm)
  3. 4.2.11 - Pod width (4.2.11) Pod width (cm)
  4. 4.2.3 - Flower ground colour (4.2.3) Ground colour of standard petal
  5. 4.2.5 - Wing petal colour (4.2.5) Wing petal colour
  6. 4.3.1 - Maximum number of ovules per pod (4.3.1) Maximum number of ovules per pod
  7. 4.3.2 - Number of seeds per pod (4.3.2) Number of seeds per pod
  8. 6.2.1 - Number of flowers per inflorescense (6.2.1) Mean number of flowers per raceme from 2 intermediate nodes on 5 representative plant
Category: GROWTH
  1. 4.1.1 - Growth habit (4.1.1) Growth habit
Category: MORPHOLOGY
  1. 4.1.2 - Stem prigmentation at flowering time (4.1.2) Stem prigmentation at flowering time
  2. 4.1.3 - Leaflet size (4.1.3) To be observed on fully expanded leaves at the intermediate flowering nodes
  3. 4.1.3.1 - Leaflet length (4.1.3.1) Leaflet length (cm)
  4. 4.1.3.2 - Leaflet width (4.1.3.2) Leaflet width (cm)
  5. 4.1.4 - Branching from basal nodes (4.1.4) To be observed on fully expanded leaves at the intermediate flowering nodes
  6. 4.1.5 - Branching from higher nodes (4.1.5) Branching from higher nodes
  7. 4.1.6 - Plant height (cm) (4.1.6) Plant height (cm)
  8. 4.1.7 - Stem colour at maturity (4.1.7) Stem colour at maturity
  9. 4.2.4 - Intensity of streaks (4.2.4) Streaks on standard petal (flag)
  10. 4.2.6 - Pod angle/attitude at maturity (4.2.6) On second or third pod-bearing node
  11. 4.2.7 - Pod shape (4.2.7) Pod shape
  12. 4.2.8 - Pod surface reflectance (4.2.8) To be observed while pods are still tender
  13. 4.2.9 - Pod colour at maturity (4.2.9) Pod colour at maturity
  14. 4.3.3 - 100 seed weight (4.3.3) 100 seed weight (g)
  15. 4.3.3.1 - Seed length (4.3.3.1) Seed length (cm)
  16. 4.3.3.2 - Seed width (4.3.3.2) Seed width (cm)
  17. 4.3.3.3 - Seed thickness (4.3.3.3) Seed thickness (cm)
  18. 4.3.4 - Ground colour of testa (seed coat) (4.3.4) Observed immediately after harvest (within month after harvest)
  19. 4.3.5 - Hilum colour (4.3.5) Hilum colour
  20. 4.3.6 - Seed shape (4.3.6) Seed shape
  21. 6.1.1 - Stipule spot pigmentation (6.1.1) Stipule spot pigmentation
  22. 6.1.2 - Leaflet shape (6.1.2) To be observed on middle leaflet of fully expanded leaf at the intermediate flowering nodes of the plant
  23. 6.1.3 - Number of leaflets per leaf (6.1.3) Number of leaflets per leaf
  24. 6.1.4 - Stem thickness (cm) (6.1.4) Mean stem thickness of single representative tiller from 10 representative plants. Measured as width of one side of stem at mid-height of plant at early podding stage
  25. 6.1.5 - Resistance to lodging (6.1.5) Resistance to lodging
  26. 6.2.2 - Height of lowest pod-bearing node at harvest (cm) (6.2.2) Mean of 5 plants
  27. 6.2.3 - Number of pods per node (6.2.3) Mean number of pods on the second pod-bearing node of 5 plants
  28. 6.2.4 - Pod distribution on the stem (6.2.4) Pod distribution on the stem
  29. 6.2.5 - Pod shattering (6.2.5) Pod shattering
  30. 6.3.6 - Seed yield per plant (6.3.6) Seed yield per plant (g)
Category: PHENOLOGY
  1. 4.2.2 - Days to maturity (4.2.2) Days from sowing until 90% of the pods have dried
  2. 5.4 - Sowing date (5.4) Sowing date
  3. 5.5 - Harvest date (5.5) Harvest date


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.