Project on "Minor Fruit Tree Species Conservation" - RESGEN 29

DESCRIPTOR LIST FOR STRAWBERRY TREE (Arbutus unedo 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 35)

 

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 note- point 35)

 

CHARACTERISATION

17 - Prevailing stresses: information on associated biotic and abiotic stresses

 

18 - Plant population density

1 = low

2 = intermediate

3 = high

 

19 - Plant use

0 = no use

1 = fruit production

2 = forage

3 = industry

4 = medicinal

5 = ornamental

6 = other (specify in Collector's notes- point 35)

 

20 - Plant vigour

1 = weak

2 = medium

3 = strong

 

21 - Plant habit

1 = very upright

3 = medium

5 = very spreading

 

22 - Growth habit

1 = plant with single trunk

2 = plant much branched from base

3 = shrub

 

23 - Leaf size

1 = big

2 = medium

3 = small

 

24 - Leaf shape

1 = lanceolate

2 = ovate

3 = oblong

4 = elliptical

 

25 - Leaf apex

1 = acuminate

2 = acute

3 = obtuse

 

26 - Inflorescence abundance

1 = light

2 = intermediate

3 = heavy

 

27 - Number of flowers per inflorescence

 

28 - Petal colour

1 = white

2 = light pink

3 = pink

 

29 - Fruit size

1 = big

2 = medium

3 = small

 

30 - Fruit shape

1 = round

2 = flat

3 = elliptical

4 = heart shaped

 

31 - Number of seeds/fruit

1 = few

2 = intermediate

3 = many

 

32 - Time of flowering

1 = early

2 = medium

3 = late

 

33 - Time of harvest

1 = early

2 = medium

3 = late

 

34 - Fruit taste

1 = bad

3 = good

5 = very good

 

35 - Collector’s note