Project on
"Minor Fruit Tree Species Conservation" - RESGEN 29DESCRIPTOR LIST FOR MEDLAR (Mespilus germanica L.)
(For in situ conservation)
PASSPORT - Accession data
1 - European Minor Fruit Tree Species Database (EMFTSD) number: unique numerical identifier for an accession;
2 - Species: to be repeated for each accession (botanical name);
3 - Accession designation: name of the accession (cultivar, breeder’s designation, donor’s designation);
4 - Accession synonym: a synonym to the accession designation. For each species with synonyms, a common accession designation should be identified for each partner and then synonym(s) should be quoted here;
5 - Donor name: name of institution or individual responsible for donating the germplasm;
6 - Acquisition date: the date on which the accession entered the collection in the form of DDMMYYYY;
7 - Collection institute number: the partner number from Technical Annex of Project. The same number reported in the Institution Database file;
8 - Country of collection: two letter abbreviation (see attached list for country of origin of the accession);
9 - Province-State: name of the administrative subdivision of the country in which the sample was collected;
10 - Location of collection site: distance in kilometres from nearest town or village;
11 - Latitude of collection site: degrees by N (North);
12 - Longitude of collection site: degrees by E (East) and W (West)(e.g. 10W);
13 - Altitude of collection site: elevation above sea level;
14 - Country keeping the accession;
15 - Collection source
1 = wild
2 = abandoned (marginal) farm land
3 = farm land
4 = nursery
5 = institute
6 = other (specify in Collector’s notes - point 30)
16 - Status of sample
1 = wild
2 = breeder’s line
3 = primitive cultivar (landrace)
4 = advanced cultivar (bred)
5 = other or uncertain (specify in Collector’s notes - point 30)
CHARACTERISATION
17 - Fruit use
0 = no use
1 = fresh consumption
2 = transformation
3 = other
18 - Plant use
0 = no use
1 = fruit production
2 = ornamental
3 = other
19 - Tree vigour
1 = weak
2 = medium
3 = strong
4 = very strong
20 - Tree habit
1 = rounded
2 = spreading
3 = erect
21 - Thorniness
1 = thorny
2 = not thorny
22 - Leaf size
1 = small
2 = medium
3 = large
23 - Leaf margin
1 = entire
2 = dentate from the middle of the blade
3 = other
24 - Fruit size
1 = small
2 = medium
3 = big
25 - Fruit shape
1 = round
2 = flat
3 = conical
26 - Disk size
1 = small
2 = medium
3 = large
27 - Calyx lobe size
1 = short
2 = medium
3 = large
28 - Number of seeds
1 = seedless
2 = low
3 = medium
4 = high
29 - Time of flowering
1 = early
2 = medium
3 = late
30 - Time of harvest
1 = early
2 = medium
3 = late
31 - Time of over-ripening (bletting)
1 = early
2 = medium
3 = late
32 - Fruit taste at over-ripening stage
1 = bad
2 = good
3 = very good
33 - Collector’s notes