Project on Minor Fruit Tree Species Conservation - RESGEN 29

DESCRIPTOR LIST FOR MULBERRY (Morus spp. and other Moraceae.)

(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 20)

 

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 20)

 

FIRST CHARACTERISATION

17 - Fruit use

0 = no use

1 = dessert

2 = seed production

 

18 - Plant use

0 = no use

1 = fruit production

2 = fruit production and pollinator

3 = only pollinator

4 = mother plant for seeds (rootstock)

5 = ornamental

 

19 - Identification of material

1 = verified

2 = probable

3 = uncertain

 

20 - Collector’s notes

 

CHARACTERISATION

21 - Tree vigour

1 = very weak

3 = weak

5 = intermediate

7 = strong

9 = very strong

 

22 - Tree habit

3 = upright

5 = spreading

7 = drooping

23 - Tree productivity

3 = small

5 = medium

7 = high

 

24 - Internode

3 = short

5 = medium

7 = long

 

25 - Leaf blade size

3 = small

5 = medium

7 = large

 

26 - Leaf shape

1 = oval

2 = heart shaped

3 = palm shaped

4 = other

 

27 - Leaf dents

1 = regular

2 = acute

3 = straight

4 = other

 

28 - Leaf colour

1 = light green

2 = green

3 = dark green

4 = black

5 = other

 

29 - Fruit size

1 = very small

3 = small

5 = medium

7 = large

9 = very large

30 - Fruit colour

1 = yellowish white

2 = red

3 = dark red

4 = black

5 = other

 

31 - Fruit taste

1 = very acid

3 = acid

5 = sweet

7 = different

 

32 - Time of flowering

1 = early

3 = medium

5 = late

 

33 - Time of commercial harvest

1 = early

3 = medium

5 = late