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:
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