Project on "Minor Fruit Tree Species Conservation" - RESGEN29

DESCRIPTOR LIST FOR SORB (Sorbus domestica)

(For ex situ conservation)

PASSPORT - Accession and collection 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 synonyms 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 - Institute number: the partner number from Technical Annex of Project. The same number reported in the Institution Database file;

8 - Country keeping the accession: two letters acronym of country in which the partner and the collection is located (se attached list);

9 - Collection site: if one Institution holds accessions in more than one environmentally different field, each field should have an identifier site number;

10 - Country of origin: when certainly known two letter abbreviation (according to attached list) for country of origin of the accession; if not sure, type "uncertain";

 

11 - Collection source

1 = wild

2 = abandoned farm land

3 = farm land

4 = nursery

5 = institute

6 = other (specify in Collector’s notes - point 26)

 

12 - 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 26)

 

13 - Virus disease status

1 = virus disease free

2 = virus diseases present

3 = not tested

 

CHARACTERISATION

14 - Fruit use

0 = no use

1 = dessert

2 = industry

3 = other (specify)

 

15 - Plant use

0 = no use

1 = fruit production

2 = fruit production and ornamental

3 = only ornamental

4 = other (specify)

 

16 - Tree vigour

1 = weak

2 = medium

3 = strong

 

17 - Tree habit

1 = rounded

2 = spreading

3 = erect

 

18 - Leaflet size

1 = big

2 = medium

3 = small

 

19 - Fruit size

1 = big

2 = medium

3 = small

 

20 - Fruit shape

1 = apple-flat

2 = apple-globose

3 = pyriform

4 = pear-conical

5 = pear-ovate

6 = ellipsoid

7 = other

 

21 - Skin colour

1 = green

2 = green-shaded of red

3 = yellow

4 = yellow-shaded of red

 

22 - Number of seeds

1 = low

2 = medium

3 = high

 

23 - Time of flowering

1 = early

2 = medium

3 = late

 

24 - Time of physiological ripening

1 = early

2 = medium

3 = late

 

25 - Fruit taste at bletting

1 = bad

2 = good

3 = very good

 

26 - Collector’s notes