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LAVANDER
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Category: FLWR-FRUIT
  1. 10.1 - Flowering Stem: Length (Coded) (10.1) Including Spike. Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  2. 10.2 - Flowering Stem: Length (Metric - mm) (10.2) Including Spike. Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  3. 10.3 - Flowering Stem: Length (Metric - mm) (10.3) Excluding Spike. Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  4. 14 - Flowering Stem: Intensity of Pubescence (14) Stoechas and Pterostoechas only. Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  5. 18 - Spike: Maximum Width (18) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  6. 19.2 - Spike: Total Length (Including First Whorl) (Metric - mm) (19.2) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  7. 21 - Spike: Number of Whorls (21) Excluding first Whorl. Lavandula section only. Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  8. 23.1 - Spike: Shape (23.1) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  9. 23.2 - Spike: Shape of Fertile Bracts (23.2) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  10. 24 - Spike: Number of Flowers (24) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  11. 25 - Spike: Number of Flowers on Apical Whorl (25) Lavandula section only. Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  12. 26 - Spike: Width of Fertile Bracts (26) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  13. 27 - Spike: Main Color of Fertile Bracts (27) Stoechas and Pterostoechas only. Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  14. 30 - Spike: Presence of Infertile Bracts (30) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  15. 31 - Spike: Number of Infertile Bracts (31) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  16. 31.1 - Spike: Number of Infertile Bracts (numeric) (31.1) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  17. 32 - Spikes: Length of Infertile Bracts (32) Stoechas only. Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  18. 33 - Spikes: Width of Infertile Bracts (33) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  19. 34 - Spike: Shape of Infertile Bracts (34) Stoechas only. Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  20. 35 - Spike: Main Color of Infertile Bracts (35) Stoechas only. Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  21. 36 - Spike: Undulation of Margin of Infertile Bracts (36) Stoechas only. Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  22. 38.2 - Flower: Type of Pubescence of Calyx (38.2) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  23. 39.1 - Flower: Corolla Color (39.1) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  24. 41 - Flower: Time of Beggining of Flowering (YYYYMMDD) (41) 41 - Flower: Time of Beggining of Flowering (YYYYMMDD)
  25. 5 - Plant: Attitude of Outer Flowering Stems (5) At full Flowering. Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
Category: GROWTH
  1. 1 - Plant: Growth Habit (1) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  2. 2 - Plant: Size (2) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
Category: MORPHOLOGY
  1. 3 - Plant: Intensity of Green Color of Foliage (3) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  2. 4 - Plant: Intensity of Grey Tinge of Foliage (4) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  3. 6 - Plant: Density (6) At full Flowering. Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  4. 7 - Leaf: Length (7) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  5. 8 - Leaf: Width (8) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  6. 9.1 - Leaf: Incision of Margin (9.1) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  7. 9.2 - Leaf: Type of Margin (9.2) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  8. 9.3 - Leaf: Shape of Blade (9.3) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  9. 9.4 - Leaf: Shape of Tip (9.4) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible
  10. 9.5 - Leaf: Pubescence (9.5) Average from 20 Plants per Accession if Possible


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.