Fagopyrum esculentum

Descriptors
Category: BIOLOGY
  1. 063 Basic characters - Lodging (all plants together) (063 BASIC CHARACTERS - LODGING) Degree of lodging of plants assessed when seeds are mature
Category: MORPHOLOGY
  1. 001 Plant - Growth and branch shoot habit (001 PLANT - GROWTH AND BRANCH ) Angle of branch shoot, and highest tip of branch longer or shorter than main shoot. At flowering stage (Fig.1)
  2. 002 Plant - Height (cm) (002 PLANT - HEIGHT (CM)) Mean height measured from ground level to highest tip of shoots of at least 10 randomly chosen plants at physiological maturity
  3. 003 Plant - Branching (003 PLANT - BRANCHING) Average number of primary branches takes from 10 randomly chosen plants at physiological maturity
  4. 011 Stem - Colour (011 STEM - COLOUR) Recorded when 100% of plants have flowers, from middle part of main stem of 10 randomly chosen plants
  5. 017 Leaf - Colour (017 LEAF - COLOUR) Recorded when 100% of plants have flowers from leaves of the middle part of main stem
  6. 018 Leaf - Number (018 LEAF - NUMBER) Mean number of leaves on main stem of 10 randomly chosen plants counted when 75% of seeds turned brown
  7. 019 Leaf - Petiole colour (019 LEAF - PETIOLE COLOUR) Recorded on petioles from the middle part of main stem, at flowering stage
  8. 020 Leaf - Blade length (020 LEAF - BLADE LENGTH ) Average length of 5 randomly chosen representative leaves measured when 75% of seeds turned brown
  9. 021 Leaf - Blade width (021 LEAF - BLADE WIDTH ) Average length of 5 randomly chosen representative leaves from middle part of main stem at the widest part of leaf measured when 75% of seeds turned brown
  10. 022 Leaf - Blade shape (022 LEAF - BLADE SHAPE) Scored on leaves from the middle part of the main stem, when 75% of seeds turned brown (see Fig. 2)
  11. 031 Inflorescence - Flower colour (031 INFLORESCENCE - FLOWER COL) Recorded at active flowering stage.
  12. 032 Inflorescence - Colour of inflorescence stalk (032 INFLORESCENCE - COLOUR OF ) Recorded when 75% of seeds turned brown
  13. 033 Inflorescence - Number of flowers clusters per cyme (033 INFLORESCENCE - NUMBER OF ) Average number of flower clusters of two representative cymes each from five representative plants. Recorded when 75% of seeds turned brown.
  14. 034 Inflorescence - Compactness of inflorescence (034 INFLORESCENCE - COMPACTNES) Average of 10 randomly chosen plants (see Fig.3)
  15. 041 Seed - Colour (041 SEED - COLOUR) 041 Seed - Colour
  16. 042 Seed - Shape (042 SEED - SHAPE) According to the Fig.4
  17. 043 Seed - Surface (043 SEED - SURFACE) 043 Seed - Surface
  18. 044 Seed - Coat colour (044 SEED - COAT COLOUR) Degree of green of seed coat (seed stripped off pericarp)
  19. 045 Seed - Number of seeds per cyme (045 SEED - NUMBER OF SEEDS PER) Average number of seeds per two representative cymes each from five different plants. Recorded when 75% of seeds turned brown.
  20. 046 Seed - 1000-seed weight (g) (046 SEED - 1000-SEED WEIGHT (G) Weight of 1000 randomly chosen seeds, three replicates. At maturity stage.
  21. 047 Seed - Crude protein content (047 SEED - CRUDE PROTEIN CONTE) Crude protein content of representative seed sample content expressed as percentage of seed weight
Category: PHENOLOGY
  1. 061 Basic characters - Days to flowering (061 BASIC CHARACTERS - DAYS TO) Number of days from sowing to 50% of plants having fully open flowers
  2. 062 Basic characters - Days to maturity (062 BASIC CHARACTERS - DAYS TO) Actual number of days between sowing and physiological maturity (75% of seeds turned brown).