Oat

Descriptors
Category: CHEMICAL

1. Fat content (FAT_CONT) 3 (low) - 7 (high)
2. Nitrogen content (N_CONT) 1 (very low content) - 9 (very high content)

Category: DISEASE

1. Cereal eelworm, H. avenae pathotype Ha11 (EEL11_RES) 1 (very resistant) - 9 (very susceptible)

Category: GROWTH

1. Plant: length (UPOV_TG/20/11_PLA_HEI) 1 (very short) - 9 (very long)

Category: MORPHOLOGY

1. Hull content (HULL_CONT) 1 (very low) - 9 (very high)
2. Lodging (LODGING) 1 (completely standing) - 9 (completely lodged)
3. Color of palea / pericarp (PAL_COL) 1 (white) - 2 (yellow) - 3 (grey) - 4 (red) - 5 (black)
4. Attachement of palea (PALEAE) 1 ( naked) - 5 (attached)
5. Type of panicle (PANICLE_TYPE) 1 (unilateral) - 5 (intermediate), 9 (equilateral or open)
6. Resistance to shattering (SHATT_RES) 1 (very resistant) - 9 (very susceptible)
7. Breaking of straw (STR_BREAK) 1 (very resistant) - 9 (very susceptible)
8. Primary grain: frequency of awns (UPOV_TG/20/11_AWNS_FREQ) 1 (absent or low ) - 5 (high)
9. Panicle: length (UPOV_TG/20/11_PANICLE_LEN) 1 (very short) - 9 (very long)

Category: PHENOLOGY

1. Emergence of ear (EAR_EMERG) 1 (very early heading) - 9 (very late heading)
2. Growing time to harvest (TIME_HARV) 1 (very short time from sowing to harvest) - 9 (very long time from sowing to harvest)
3. Seasonal type (UPOV_TG/20/11_SEASONAL_TYPE) 1 (winter type) - 2 (alternative type) - 3 (spring type)

Category: PRODUCTION

1. 1000 grain weight (GRAIN_WEI) 1 (very low grain weight) - 9 (very high grain weight)
2. Relative straw yield (REL_STRAW) 1 (very low straw yield) - 9 (very high straw yield)
3. Relative grain yield (REL_YIELD) 1 (very low yield) - 9 (very high yield)
4. Volume weight (VOL_WEIGH) 1 (very low grain weight) - 9 (very high grain weight)