Project on Minor Fruit Tree Species Conservation - RESGEN 29
DESCRIPTOR LIST FOR CAROB TREE (Ceratonia siliqua L.)
(For ex situ conservation)
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 - Collecting 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 holds 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 uncertain (specify in Collector’s notes - point 17)
13 - Virus disease status
1 = virus disease free
2 = virus disease present
3 = no tested
CHARACTERISATION
14 - Fruit use
1 = no use
2 = dessert
3 = seed production
4 = other
15 - Plant use
1 = no use
2 = fruit production
3 = only pollinator
4 = mother plant for seeds (rootstock)
5 = ornamental
6 = other
16 - Identification of material
1 = verified
2 = probable
3 = uncertain
17 - Sex
1 = male
2 = female
3 = hermaphrodite
18 - Number of leaflets
19 - Leaflet size (cm2)
1 = small
2 = medium
3 = big
20 - Leaf colour
1 = light green
2 = green
3 = dark green
21 - Inflorescence length (cm)
1 = short (< 8)
2 = medium (8-10)
3 = long (>10)
22 - Fruit shape
1 = straight
2 = curved
3 = twisting
23 - Fruit length
1 = short (< 14)
2 = medium (14-18)
3 = long (>18)
24 - Fruit width
1 = small
2 = medium
3 = big
25 - Fruit thickness
1 = thin
2 = medium
3 = thick
26 - Fruit colour
1 = black
2 = brown
3 = reddish
27 - Inflorescence colour (only male trees)
1 = green
2 = yellow
3 = red
28 - Seed yield (%)
1 = low (<9.5)
2 = medium (9.5-13)
3 = high (>13)
29 - Sugar content (%)
1 = low (<40)
2 = medium (40-50)
3 = high (>50)
30 - Gum content (% dry weight of endosperm)
1 = low (<48)
2 = medium (48-52)
3 = high (>52)
31 - Harvesting easiness
1 = low
2 = medium
3 = high
32 - Regularity of production
1 = low
2 = medium
3 = high
33 - Collector’s notes