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RYE
Descriptors
Category: DISEASE
  1. 26 - Susceptibility to brown rust (Puccinia recondita), (%) (26) See the Flag leaf and second leaf from top
  2. 27 - Susceptibility to stem rust (Puccinia graminis), (%) (27) See the stem the plant
Category: GROWTH
  1. 3 - Growth habit of young plant (3) The angle formed by the outer leaves and tillers with an imaginary middle axis
  2. 7 - Plant: height (cm) (7) Measured from the ground to the top of spike, excluding awns.
  3. 8 - Stem: length of the upper internode (cm) (8) Measured length of the upper internode
  4. 9 - Leaf: second upper length (cm) (9) Measured length of the second upper leaf
Category: MORPHOLOGY
  1. 10 - Spike: length of awns (mm) (10) Measure from insertion to end
  2. 11 - Spike: density (11) Number of spikelets per 10 cm length of spike
  3. 12 - Spike: length (excluding awns), (cm) (12) Measure from base to end of spike
  4. 13 - Spike: position (13) The spike position at full ripeness
  5. 14 - Grain: shape (14) Visual observation
  6. 4 - Coleoptile: anthocyanin coloration (4) The trait should be assessed in plant devel.stage 09-11 (Decimal code for the growth stages of cereals by Zadoks)
  7. 44 - Growth class (44) Growing season
  8. 45 - Life cycle (45) Life cycle
  9. 46 - Plant - tuft shape (46) Growth habit at tillering
  10. 48 - Plant - colour (48) In the beginning of shooting
  11. 48A - Plant - colour (48A) In the beginning of shooting - RHS
  12. 49 - Plant – height (cm) (49) From the ground to of spike,excluding awns
  13. 52 - Stem - thickness of the second lower internode (mm) (52) Measure with a stud
  14. 53 - Stem - number of nodes (53) Number of nodes
  15. 54 - Stem - node shape (54) Visual observation
  16. 55 - Leaf – color (55) Obsevation in the period of heading
  17. 55A - Leaf – color (55A) Obsevation in the period of heading - RHS
  18. 56 - Leaf – flag position (56) Observation in the beginning of heading
  19. 58 - Leaf – ligule presence (58) Visual observation
  20. 59 - Leaf – waxy bloom (59) Leaf – waxy bloom
  21. 6 - Stem: density of hairiness of neck (6) The trait should be assessed in stage of anthesis
  22. 60 - Spike – colour (60) Obervation during heading
  23. 61 - Spike – position (61) Observation at full ripeness
  24. 62 - Spike- length (62) without awns (cm)
  25. 63 - Spike – density (63) Number of spikelets (10 cm)
  26. 64 - Spike – awns length (64) awns length (mm)
  27. 65 - Glume- colour (65) Observation at full ripeness
  28. 66 - Caryopsis – shape (66) Caryopsis – shape
  29. 67 - Caryopsis – colour (67) Caryopsis – colour
  30. 68A - Vegetation period (flowering) (68A) Vegetation period (flowering)
  31. 69A - Vegetation period – heading to ripening (Matutity) (69A) Vegetation period – heading to ripening (Matutity)
  32. 72 - Frosthardiness – resistance (72) Observation in % of survive
  33. 73 - Lodging – resistance (73) Lodging – resistance
  34. 78 - Ear sprouting – resistance (78) Ear sprouting – resistance
  35. 86 - Thousand Kernel weight (gr) (86) Thousand Kernel weight (gr)
  36. 87 - Number of productive tillers (87) Number of productive tillers
  37. 88 - Spike – number of grains (88) Spike – number of grains
  38. 89 - Spike – number of spikelets (89) Spike – number of spikelets
Category: OTHER
  1. 1 - Seasonality (1) Growing season
  2. 2 - Ploidy (2) Number of chromosomes
  3. 29 - Notes (29) 29 - Notes
  4. SD - Sowing date (SD) Sowing date aaaammdd
Category: PHENOLOGY
  1. 5 - Time of ear emergence (5) Number of days from sowing to heading when 50 % of plants have started heading.
Category: PRODUCTION
  1. 19 - 1000 grain weight (g) (19) 1000 grain weight
  2. WPF - Weight per field (WPF) Weight per field in grams
Category: STRESS
  1. 16 - Winter hardiness (16) The plants survive To winter
  2. 17 - Resistance to lodging (%) (17) Plants that resist to lodging
  3. 18 - Resistance to pre-harvest sprouting (%) (18) percent of germinated grain from total harvested number of grains calculated.


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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.