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Category: DISEASE
  1. 8.1.1 - Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) (8.1.1) Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say)
Category: FLWR-FRUIT
  1. 4.2.1 - Size of bracteole (4.2.1) Freshly opened flowers
  2. 4.2.2 - Shape of bracteole (4.2.2) Shape of bracteole
  3. 4.2.3 - Colour of standard (4.2.3) Opened flower
  4. 4.2.4 - Shape of stigma (4.2.4) Shape of stigma
  5. 4.2.5 - Pod pattern (4.2.5) Presence of pattern on fully expanded immature pod
  6. 4.2.6 - Colour of pod pattern (4.2.6) Colour of pod pattern
  7. 4.2.7 - Pod length (4.2.7) In cm, average of 20 randomly chosen mature pods. If pods are curved, measure the longest straight line from base to tip of pods
  8. 6.2.10 - Colour of flower keel (6.2.10) Colour of flower keel
  9. 6.2.11 - Hairiness of standard (6.2.11) Hairiness of standard
  10. 6.2.12 - Colour of flower standard (6.2.12) Colour of flower standard
  11. 6.2.13 - Wing opening (6.2.13) Freshly opened flowers
  12. 6.2.14 - Pod pubescence (6.2.14) Pod pubescence
  13. 6.2.15 - Pod curvature (6.2.15) Of fully expanded immature pod
  14. 6.2.16.V - Pod beak length (6.2.16.V) In millimeters, pod beak length
  15. 6.2.17 - Pod beak position (6.2.17) Pod beak position
  16. 6.2.19 - Pod background colour (6.2.19) On mature pod
  17. 6.2.20 - Pod suture string (6.2.20) Pod suture string
  18. 6.2.22 - Pod constriction between seeds (6.2.22) Pod constriction between seeds
  19. 6.2.23 - Number of locules per pod (6.2.23) Ovule attachment, average of 20 randomly chosen full sized pods
  20. 6.2.24 - Pod dehiscence (6.2.24) At maturity
  21. 6.2.8 - Calyx/bracteole colour (6.2.8) Freshly opened flower
  22. 6.2.9 - Hairiness of bracteole (6.2.9) Hairiness of bracteole
  23. PW - Pod width (PW) in millimeters
Category: MORPHOLOGY
  1. 4.1.3 - Leaflet length (4.1.3) Measured on the terminal leaflet of third trifoliolate leaf-from pulvinus to leaf tip (in millimetres)
  2. 4.1.4 - Leaflet shape (4.1.4) Measured on the terminal leaflet of third trifoliolate leaf according to the ratio of length (l) to width (w)
  3. 4.3.1 - Seed coat pattern (4.3.1) Seed coat pattern
  4. 4.3.2 - Type of seed coat pattern (4.3.2) Type of seed coat pattern
  5. 4.3.3 - Background colour of seed coat (4.3.3) Background colour of seed coat
  6. 4.3.4 - Colour of seed coat pattern (4.3.4) "If bicoloured pattern, enter lighter colour; darker colour should be entered under 6.3.1."
  7. 4.3.5 - Seed shape-ratio length/width (4.3.5) In cm, Seed shape-ratio length/width
  8. 4.3.6 - Seed shape-ratio length/thickess (4.3.6) Seed shape-ratio length/thickess
  9. 4.3.7 - Seed shape-outline (4.3.7) Seed shape-outline
  10. 4.3.8 - Hilum shape (4.3.8) Hilum shape
  11. 6.2.1 - Flower bud size (6.2.1) In millimeters, Just before opening
  12. 6.2.2 - Flower bud shape (6.2.2) Just before opening
  13. 6.3.1 - Darker colour of seed coat pattern (6.3.1) Enter lighter colour under 4.3.4
  14. 6.3.2 - Brilliance of seed (6.3.2) Brilliance of seed
  15. 6.3.3 - Apparent seed veining (6.3.3) Apparent seed veining
  16. 6.3.4 - Seed length (6.3.4) In mm, average of 20 randomly chosen seeds
  17. 6.3.5 - Seed width (6.3.5) In mm, average of 20 randomly chosen seeds
  18. 6.3.6 - Seed thickness (6.3.6) In mm, average of 20 randomly chosen seeds
  19. 6.3.8 - Splitting of seed testa (6.3.8) Splitting of seed testa
  20. L/W - Leaflet shape (L/W) In millimetres, measured on the terminal leaflet of third trifoliolate leaf according to the ratio of length (l) to width (w)
  21. LW - Leaflet width (LW) In millimetres, measured on the wider size terminal leaflet of third trifoliate leaf
Category: PHENOLOGY
  1. 5.4 - Sowing date (5.4) Sowing date [YYYYMMDD]
  2. 5.5 - First harvest (5.5) First harvest date [YYYYMMDD]
  3. 5.6 - Last harvest (5.6) Last harvest date [YYYYMMDD]
  4. 6.1.13 - Days to maturity (6.1.13) Number of days from emergence until 90% of pods are mature
  5. 6.2.3 - Days to flowering (6.2.3) From emergence to stage when 50% of plants have begun to flower
Category: PRODUCTION
  1. 6.3.11 - Seed weight (6.3.11) Weight of 100 seeds in grams at moisture content 12-14%
  2. TWPF - Total weight per field in grams (TWPF) Total weight per field in grams


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.