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

DESCRIPTOR LIST FOR MEDLAR (Mespilus germanica 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 = fresh consumption

2 = transformation

3 = other

 

18 - Plant use

0 = no use

1 = fruit production

2 = ornamental

3 = other

19 - Tree vigour

1 = weak

2 = medium

3 = strong

4 = very strong

20 - Tree habit

1 = rounded

2 = spreading

3 = erect

 

21 - Thorniness

1 = thorny

2 = not thorny

 

22 - Leaf size

1 = small

2 = medium

3 = large

 

23 - Leaf margin

1 = entire

2 = dentate from the middle of the blade

3 = other

 

24 - Fruit size

1 = small

2 = medium

3 = big

 

25 - Fruit shape

1 = round

2 = flat

3 = conical

 

26 - Disk size

1 = small

2 = medium

3 = large

 

27 - Calyx lobe size

1 = short

2 = medium

3 = large

 

28 - Number of seeds

1 = seedless

2 = low

3 = medium

4 = high

 

29 - Time of flowering

1 = early

2 = medium

3 = late

 

30 - Time of harvest

1 = early

2 = medium

3 = late

 

31 - Time of over-ripening (bletting)

1 = early

2 = medium

3 = late

 

32 - Fruit taste at over-ripening stage

1 = bad

2 = good

3 = very good

 

33 - Collector’s notes