Project on Minor Tree Species Conservation - RESGEN29
DESCRIPTOR LIST FOR QUINCE (Cydonia oblonga Miller)
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 (see attached list);
9 - Collection site: If one Institution hold 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 17)
12 - Status of sample
1 = wild
2 = breeder's line
3 = primitive cultivar (landrace)
4 = advanced cultivar (bred)
5 = other or uncertain
13 - Virus disease status
1 = virus disease free
2 = virus disease present
3 = not tested
FIRST CHARACTERISATION
14 - Fruit use
0 = no use
1 = fresh consumption
2 = industrial use
3 = other
15 - Plant use
0 = no use
1 = fruit production
2 = ornamental
3 = rootstock
16 - Identification of material
1 = verified
2 = probable
3 = uncertain
17 - Collector's notes
FURTHER CHARACTERISATION AND EVALUATION
18 - Tree vigour
1 = weak
2 = medium
3 = strong
19 - Plant habit
1 = erect
2 = semi-erect
3 = spreading
20 - Length internodes of dormant one year old shoot
1 = short
2 = medium
3 = long
21 - Colour of dormant one year old shoot
1 = grey-brown
2 = greenish brown
3 = reddish brown
4 = brown
5 = dark brown
22 - Size of leaf blade
1 = small
2 = medium
3 = large
23 - Shape of leaf blade
1 = elliptic
2 = obovate
3 = ovate
4 = rounded
24 - Colour of upper side of leaf blade
1 = light green
2 = medium green
3 = dark green
25 - Pubescence of lower side of leaf blade
1 = weak
2 = medium
3 = strong
26 - Diameter of crown of the flower (when fully opened)
1 = small
2 = medium
3 = large
27 - Colour of flower
1 = white
2 = pink
28 - Shape of petal
1 = circular
2 = quadrangular
3 = rectangular
4 = elliptic
29 - Spacing between petals
1 = free
2 = touching
3 = overlapping
30 - Position of stigma compared to anthers
1 = below
2 = same level
3 = above
31 - Size fruit
1 = very small
2 = small
3 = medium
4 = large
5 = very large
32 - General shape of fruit
1 = globose
2 = ovate
3 = pyriform
4 = waisted
5 = irregular
6 = oblong
33 - Position of maximum diameter on fruit
1 = in lower third
2 = around the middle
34 - Dimension of pistil cavity of the fruit
1 = weak
2 = medium
3 = strong
35 - Colour of fruit
1 = orange yellow
2 = greenish yellow
36 - Time of leaf bud burst
1 = early
2 = medium
3 = late
37 - Time of flowering
1 = early
2 = medium
3 = late
38 - Time of fruit ripening
1 = early
2 = medium
3 = late
39 - Time of leaf fall
1 = early
2 = medium
3 = late
40 - Entity of production
1 = Low
2 = medium
3 = high
41 - Constancy of production
1 = low
2 = medium
3 = high
42 - Fruit taste at physiological harvest
1 = bad
2 = good
3 = very good
43 - Fruit taste at commercial harvest
1 = bad
2 = good
3 = very good