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Category: FLWR-FRUIT
  1. 4.6.7 - Marginal band colour of standard in just opened flower (4.6.7) Marginal band colour of standard in just opened flower
  2. 4.7.2 - Pod length (4.7.2) Pod length (cm)
  3. 4.7.3 - Pod width (4.7.3) Pod width (cm)
  4. 4.7.8 - Maximum number of ovules per pod (4.7.8) Maximum number of ovules per pod
  5. 4.7.9 - Number of seeds per pod (4.7.9) Number of seeds per pod
  6. 6.2 - Days to first flowering (6.2) Number of days from emergence to 50% of plants with first flower
Category: MORPHOLOGY
  1. 4.9.1 - Cotyledon colour (4.9.1) Cotyledon colour
  2. 5.3 - 100 seed weight (5.3) 100 seed weight (g)
  3. 6.5 - Plant height (6.5) Average of 10 plants at end of flowering, in centimetres
  4. 6.6 - Height of first pod (6.6) Average of 10 plants. Height in centimetres from ground level to lowest end of first ripe pod
  5. 6.8 - Seed yield per plant (6.8) Seed yield per plant (g)
Category: PHENOLOGY
  1. 5.2 - Days to total ripening (5.2) Number of days from emergence to 50% of plants totally ripe
  2. 6.1 - Days to emergence (6.1) Number of days from sowing to 50% emergence


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.