CHARACTERIZATION AND PRELIMINARY EVALUATION

3. SITE DATA
4. PLANT DATA

3. SITE DATA

3.1 COUNTRY OF CHARACTERIZATION AND PRELIMINARY EVALUATION

3.2 SITE (RESEARCH INSTITUTE)

3.3 NAME OF PERSON(S) IN CHARGE OF CHARACTERIZATION

3.4 SOWING DATE

3.5 TRANSPLANTING DATE

3.6 FIRST HARVEST DATE

3.7 LAST HARVEST DATE

4. PLANT DATA

4.1 SEEDLING

Observe at the 5-leaf stage

4.1.1 Seedling leaf colour

1 White green
2 Yellow green
3 Light green
4 Green
5 Dark green
6 Purple green
7 Purple
8 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor. 11)

4.1.2 Seedling leaf margin serrations

See Fig. 1

0 No serration
1 Crenate
2 Dentate
3 Doubly dentate
4 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor, 11)

Fig. 1. Seedling leaf margin serrations

4.1.3 Intensity of seedling leaf margin serrations

3 Slight
5 Intermediate
7 High

4.1.4 Seedling pubescence

0 Glabrous
1 Very sparse (leaf margin only)
3 Sparse
5 Intermediate
7 Abundant

Observe immediately before harvest in non - flowering plant

4.2.1 Growth habit

Angle of outermost fully expanded leaf petioles with soil surface

4.2.2 Mature leaf shape

See Fig. 2

1 Orbicular
2 Obovate
3 Elliptic
4 Ovate
5 Pandurate
6 Lanceolate
7 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor, 11)

Fig. 2. Mature leaf shape

4.2.3 Mature leaf dissection

See Fig. 3

1 Entire
2 Auricular
3 Lyrate
4 Parted
5 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor. 11)

Fig. 3. Mature leaf dissection

4.2.4 Mature leaf colour

Outer non-wrapper leaves

1 Whitish green
2 Green
3 Purple green
4 Purple
5 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor. 11)

4.2.5 Intensity of mature leaf colour

3 Light
5 Intermediate
7 Dark

4.2.6 Petiole colour

Midrib colour in subspp. pekinensis and rapa

1 White
2 Greenish white
3 Pale green
4 Green
5 Purple green
6 Purple
7 Red
8 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor. 11)

4.2.7 Leaf pubescence

On the underside

0 Glabrous
3 Sparse
5 Intermediate
7 Abundant

4.2.8 Mature plant height

From soil level to the tallest point of a standing intact plant

4.3.1 Petal colour

4.3.2 Petal shape

See Fig. 4

1 Round
2 Elliptical
3 Thin elliptical
4 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor, 11)

Fig. 4. Petal shape

4.3.3 Silique colour

Mature, but not dried

1 Whitish green
2 Yellowish green
3 Light green
4 Green
5 Dark green
6 Purple green
7 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor, 11)

4.3.4 Beak shape

See Fig. 5

1 Stumpy
2 Intermediate
3 Slender
4 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor, 11)

Fig. 5. Beak shape

4.4 HEAD

Observe at harvest, head-forming types only

4.4.1 Heading habit

0 Non-heading
5 Semi-heading
7 Heading

4.4.2 Head shape

See Fig. 6

1 Round
2 Elliptical
3 Ovate
4 Obovate
5 Oblong
6 Cylindrical
7 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor. 11)

Fig. 6. Head shape

4.4.3 Head-forming leaf overlap at terminal region

See Fig. 7

1 Terminal leaves curled outwards
2 Erect
3 Curled inwards
4 Almost touching
5 Slight overlap
6 Intermediate
7 Considerable overlap

Fig. 7. Head-forming leaf overlap at terminal region

4.5 ROOT

4.5.1 Enlarged root

0 Absent
1 Enlarged
2 Marketable root

4.5.2 Skin colour pattern

1 Uniform
2 More than one colour

4.5.3 Base colour of skin

1 White
2 Cream
3 Green
4 Pink
5 Red
6 Purple
7 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor, 11)

4.5.4 Intensity of base colour of skin

3 Light
5 Intermediate
7 Dark

4.5.5 Secondary colour of skin

1 White
2 Yellow
3 Green
4 Pink
5 Red
6 Purple
7 Grey
8 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor, 11)

4.5.6 Intensity of secondary colour of skin

3 Light
5 Intermediate
7 Dark

4.5.7 Base colour of flesh

1 White
2 Greenish white
3 Pink
4 Purple
5 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor. 11)

4.5.8 Secondary colour of flesh

1 White
2 Greenish white
3 Pink
4 Purple
5 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor. 11)

4.5.9 Root shape

See Fig. 8

1 Oblate
2 Globular
3 Conical
4 Tapered
5 Cylindrical
6 Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor, 11)

Fig. 8. Root shape

4.5.10 Shape of crown

See Fig. 9

1 Straight
3 Convex
5 Plane
7 Concave

Fig. 9. Shape of crown