Project on Minor Fruit Tree Species Conservation - RESGEN 29

DESCRIPTOR LIST FOR SORB (Sorbus domestica 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 = dessert

2 = industry

3 = other (specify)

 

18 - Plant use

0 = no use

1 = fruit production

2 = fruit production and ornamental

3 = only ornamental

4 = other (specify)

 

19 - Tree vigour

1 = weak

2 = medium

3 = strong

 

20 - Tree habit

1 = rounded

2 = spreading

3 = erect

 

21 - Leaflet size

1 = big

2 = medium

3 = small

 

22 - Fruit size

1 = big

2 = medium

3 = small

 

23 - Fruit shape

1 = apple-flat

2 = apple-globose

3 = pyriform

4 = pear-conical

5 = pear-ovate

6 = ellipsoid

7 = other

 

 

24 - Skin colour

1 = green

2 = green-shaded of red

3 = yellow

4 = yellow-shaded of red

 

25 - Number of seeds

1 = low

2 = medium

3 = high

 

26 - Time of flowering

1 = early

2 = medium

3 = late

 

27 - Time of physiological ripening

1 = early

2 = medium

3 = late

 

28 - Fruit taste at bletting

1 = bad

2 = good

3 = very good

 

29 - Collector’s notes