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Category: MORPHOLOGY
  1. 1.1 - Foliage colour (1.1 ) The trait should be made on fully developed plants at beginning of flowering
  2. 1.2 - Foliage attitude (1.2 ) The angle formed by the leaves with an imaginary axis
  3. 1.4 - Number of leaves (1.4 ) Number of total leaves
  4. 1.5 - Leaf length (1.5) Record the length of longest leaf (cm)
  5. 1.6 - Leaf width (1.6) Record the maximum width of the longest leaf (cm)
  6. 4.1.1 - Bulb diameter (4.1.1 ) Bulb diameter measure with a stud (cm)
  7. 4.1.2 - Bulb height (4.1.2) Bulb height measure with a stud (cm)
  8. 4.11 - Number of cloves (4.11) Number of cloves per mature bulbs
  9. 4.2 - Shape of mature dry bulbs (4.2) Visual observation of shape of mature dry bulbs
  10. 4.5 - Bulb skin colour (4.5) Outer skin colour of compound bulb
  11. 5.1 - Weight of cloves (5.1) Average weight of 10 cloves (gr)
  12. 5.4 - Colour of flesh (5.4) Colour of flesh on cloves of mature dry bulbs
  13. 5.5 - Clove height (5.5) Average of two cloves of mature dry bulbs (mm)
  14. 5.6 - Clove width (5.6) Average of two cloves of mature dry bulbs (mm)


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.