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ONION
Descriptors
Category: MORPHOLOGY
  1. 2.1.1 - Plant height (cm) (2.1.1) Measured from ground level to the end-leaf
  2. 2.1.2 - Plant vigor (2.1.2) Qualitative classification of plant vigor
  3. 2.2.1 - Leaf color (2.2.1) Qualitative classification about the green color of the leaf
  4. 2.2.2 - Leaf attitude (2.2.2) Qualitative classification about leaf attitude
  5. 2.2.3 - Number of leaves (2.2.3) Quantitative classification about number of total leaves for each onion plant
  6. 2.2.4 - Leaf length (cm) (2.2.4) Quantitative classification measured from leaf insertion to the end
  7. 2.2.5 - Leaf diameter (cm) (2.2.5) Quantitative classification measured with a packymeter
  8. 2.3.1 - Base diameter (cm) (2.3.1) Quantitative classification measured from ground level with a packymeter
  9. 2.3.2 - Base color (2.3.2) Qualitative classification of base color
  10. 2.4.1 - Double bulbs (2.4.1) Qualitative classification about the appearance of double bulbs
  11. 2.4.4 - Bulb shape (2.4.4) Qualitative classification about bulb shape
  12. 2.4.5 - Uniformity of shape bulbs (2.4.5) Qualitative classification about uniformity of shape bulbs
  13. 2.4.6 - Skin colour (2.4.6) Qualitative classification of skin colour (outer scales)
  14. 2.4.7 - Bulb flesh colour (2.4.7) Qualitative classification about bulb flesh colour (inner scales)
  15. 2.4.8 - Uniformity of bulb color (2.4.8) Qualitative classification about uniformity of bulb color
  16. 2.4.9 - Degree of scaling (2.4.9) Qualitative classification about degree of scaling
  17. ALB - Bulb height (cm) (ALB) Quantitative classification of bulb height
  18. DMB - Bulb diameter (cm) (DMB) Quantitative classification of bulb diameter
Category: PHENOLOGY
  1. 1.4 - Sowing date (1.4) Sowing date (YYYYMMDD)
  2. 1.5 - Emergency date (1.5) Emergency date (YYYYMMDD)
  3. 1.6 - Transplant date (1.6) Transplant date (YYYYMMDD)
  4. 1.7 - Harvest date (1.7) Harvest date of whole plants (YYYYMMDD)
  5. DI - Disease (DI) Disease (Arthropods, fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses, prokaryotes)
Category: PRODUCTION
  1. 2.4.2 - Bulb average weight (g) (2.4.2) Quantitative classification about bulb average weight
  2. 2.4.3 - Bulbs weight charaterized in the laboratory (Kg) (2.4.3) Quantitative classification of bulbs weight charaterized in the laboratory


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.