Soybean Descriptors 3.1 Country of characterization and prelim evaluation NOT AVAILABLE 3.2 Site 3.2 (Research institute) 3.3 Name of person in charge of characterization NOT AVAILABLE 3.4.1 Day 3.4.1 NOT AVAILABLE 3.4.2 Month 3.4.2 NOT AVAILABLE 3.4.3 Year 3.4.3 NOT AVAILABLE 3.4 Sowing date 3.4 NOT AVAILABLE 3.5 Harvest date 3.5 NOT AVAILABLE 3.5.1 Day 3.5.1 NOT AVAILABLE 3.5.2 Month 3.5.2 NOT AVAILABLE 3.5.3 Year 3.5.3 NOT AVAILABLE 4.1 Vegetative 4.1 NOT AVAILABLE 4.1.1 Stem determination NOT AVAILABLE 3-Determinate 5-Semi-determinate 7-Indeterminate 4.1.2 Number of leaflets NOT AVAILABLE 3-3 5-4-6 7-7 or more 4.1.3 Leaflet shape Judged from the ratio of length/width of fully developed terminal leaflet on the middle part of main stem 3, (1/w 2.2. or more) = 'lanceolate'-Narrow 5, (1/w 1.9.2.1)-Intermediate 7, (1/w 1.8 or less) = 'Ovate'-Broad 4.1.4 Pubescence NOT AVAILABLE 0-Absent 1-Present 4.1.5 Pubescence density NOT AVAILABLE 3-Sparse 5-Semi-sparse 7-Normal 9-Dense 4.1.6 Pubescence colour NOT AVAILABLE 1-Grey 2-Light brown 3, ="tawny"-Brown 4.1.7 Pubescence type NOT AVAILABLE 1-Erect 2-Semi- appressed 3-Appressed 4-curly 5-Retrorse tip 4.2 Inflorescence 4.2 NOT AVAILABLE 4.2.1 Corolla colour NOT AVAILABLE 3-White 5-Purple throat 7-Purple 4.2.2 Mature pod colour NOT AVAILABLE 3-Tan 5-Brown 7-Black 4.3 Seed 4.3 NOT AVAILABLE 4.3.1 Seed coat colour NOT AVAILABLE 1-Yellow white 2-Yellow 3-Green 4-Buff 5-Reddish brown 6-Grey 7-Imperfect black (Black shading to buff) 8-Black 4.3.2 Seed coat pattern NOT AVAILABLE 1-Light hilum 2-Dark hilum 3-Saddle 4-Striped 4.3.3 Hilum colour NOT AVAILABLE 1-Yellow 2-Buff 3-Brown 4-Green 5-Grey 6-Imperfect black (= Black with buff outer ring) 7-Black 8-Others (Specify in the NOTES descriptor, 11) 4.3.4 Seed coat surface lustre NOT AVAILABLE 3-Shiny 5-Intermediate 7-Dull 9-Heavy bloom 4.3.5 Strophiole at the hilum NOT AVAILABLE 0-Absent 1-Present 4.3.6 !00 seed weight NOT AVAILABLE 4.3.7 Cotyledon colour NOT AVAILABLE 1-Yellow 2-Green 5.1 Country NOT AVAILABLE 5.2 Site 5.2 (Research institute) 5.3 Name of person in charge of evaluation NOT AVAILABLE 5.4 Sowing date5.4 NOT AVAILABLE 5.4.1 Day 5.4.1 NOT AVAILABLE 5.4.2 Month 5.4.2 NOT AVAILABLE 5.4.3 Year 5.4.3 NOT AVAILABLE 5.5 Harvest date 5.5 NOT AVAILABLE 5.5.1 Day 5.5.1 NOT AVAILABLE 5.5.2 Month 5.5.2 NOT AVAILABLE 5.5.3 Year 5.5.3 NOT AVAILABLE 5.6 Planting patterns NOT AVAILABLE 5.6.1 Row width NOT AVAILABLE 5.6.2 spacing between hill NOT AVAILABLE 5.6.3 Number of plants/metre of row NOT AVAILABLE 5.6.4 Number of plants/m2 NOT AVAILABLE 6.1 Vegetative 6.1 NOT AVAILABLE 6.1.1 Days to emergence Number of days from planting to 50% seedling emergence 6.1.2 Seedling vigour Assessed when the first trifoliolate leaf expanded 3-Poor 5-Medium 7-Vigorous 6.1.3 Hypocotyl colour Recorded at the time when the primary leaves are expanded 1-Green 2-Purple 6.1.4 Leaflet size recorded with length (cm) x width (cm) 3-small (70 cm2 or less) 5-Medium (71 to 149 cm2) 7-Large (150 cm2 and more) 6.1.5 Petiole presence NOT AVAILABLE 0-Absent 1-Present 6.1.6 Plant height at R! Actual measurement in cm as means of 20 randomly selected plants 6.1.7 Number of nodes on the main stem at Flowering NOT AVAILABLE 6.1.8 Number of nodes on the main stem at maturty (R8) Details to be worked out at each center. May be relativeto a standard check variety (Specify in the NOTES descriptor, 11) 6.1.9 Plant height at R8 Actual measurement in cm as mean of 20 randomly selected plants 6.1.10 Number of primary branches per plant at maturity Mean of 20 randomly selected plants 6.1.11 Lodging score Scored from leaning angle and lodging area 0-None 3-Slight 5-Moderate 7-Severe 9-Very severe 6.1.12 Nodulation with natural inoculation NOT AVAILABLE 0-None 3-Poor 7-Heavy 6.1.13 Maturity time NOT AVAILABLE 1-Earliest (US/Canadian groups 1/000,000) 3-I, II 5-III, IV 7-V, VI, VII 9-Latest (VIII, XI, X) 6.2 Inflorescence and fruit NOT AVAILABLE 6.2.1 Photoperiod sensitivity score NOT AVAILABLE 0-Insensitive 9-Most sensitive 6.2.2 Days to flowering Number of days from planting to 50% of plants with at least one open flower (growth stage R1) 6.2.3 Shattering score Estimated percent of pod splitting and seed shattering at a comparable timeafter maturity to be specified in the NOTES descriptors, 11. (refernce varieties can be included) 1-No shattering 2-Slight shattering 5-Medium shattering 7-Shattering 9-Highly shattering 6.3 Seed 6.3 NOT AVAILABLE 6.3.1 Grain yield yield (kg) per ha adjusted to 13% moisture 6.3.2 Seed quality Assesed by the degree of shrivelled, physiologically cracked, discoloured, injured seed and informity of seed size 3-Poor 5-Medium 7-Good 6.3.3 Number of seeds per pod Mean of 50 randomly selected pods 6.3.4 Hard seeds Actual percent 6.3.5 Total oil content Percent on dry seed weight basis 6.3.6 Fatty acid composition Percent dry seed weight basis 6.3.7 Protein content (6.25 x N) Percent on dry seed weight basis 6.3.8 Sulphur containing amino acids g/100 g protein 6.3.9 Proportion of 11S Globulin to 7s Globulin NOT AVAILABLE 6.3.10 Storability of seeds Actual percentage of good seed after six weeksstorage at 40 degrees celcius and 75% RH 6.3.6.1 Palmitic NOT AVAILABLE 6.3.6.2 Stearic NOT AVAILABLE 6.3.6.3 Oleic NOT AVAILABLE 6.3.6.4 Linoleic NOT AVAILABLE 6.3.6.5 Linolenic NOT AVAILABLE 6.3.8.1 Methionine NOT AVAILABLE 6.3.8.2 Cystine NOT AVAILABLE 6.3.8.3 Cystonine NOT AVAILABLE 7.1 Low temperature NOT AVAILABLE 7.2 High temperature NOT AVAILABLE 7.3 Drought NOT AVAILABLE 7.4 High soil moisture NOT AVAILABLE 7.5 Soil salinity NOT AVAILABLE 7.6 Soil acidity NOT AVAILABLE 10.1 Cytological characters NOT AVAILABLE 10.2 Identified genes NOT AVAILABLE 8.1 Pests NOT AVAILABLE 8.1.1 Bean fly, (Tyron) Ophiomyia phaseoli 8.1.2 Stem minor, (Zehnt) Melangromyza sojae 8.1.3 Root minor, (de maij) Ophiomyia centrosematis 8.1.4 Soya bean pod borer, (matsumura) Leguminivora glycinivorella 8.1.5 Tobacco budworm Heliothis virescens F. 8.1.6 Green sting bug Nezara viridula L. 8.1.7 Sting bugs, (Thunberg and others) Riptortus clavatus 8.1.8 Groundnut aphid, (Koch) Aphis craccivora 8.1.9 Soya bean aphid, (Rolt) Aulocorthus pelargonii 8.1.10 Spider mite, (Ehara L.) Tetranychus truncatus 8.1.11 Other spider mites NOT AVAILABLE 8.1.12 Mexican bean beetle, (Mulsant) Epilachna varivestis 8.1.13 Soya bean looper Pseudoplusia includens 8.1.14 Leaf hopper, jassid, (Harr.) Empoasca fabae 8.1.15 Other leaf hoppers NOT AVAILABLE 8.1.16 Soya bean podworm complex, (Walsingham and others) Matsumuraeses talcana 8.1.17 Soya bean pod gall midge, (sp.) Asphondylia 8.1.18 Velvet bean caterpillar), (Hub.) Anticarsia gemmatalis 8.1.19 White fly, (Genn.) Bemisia tabaci 8.1.20 Bean leaf beetle, (sp.) Cerotoma 8.1.21 Beet army worm, (Hub.) Spodoptera exigua 8.1.22 Soyabean cyst nematode, (Ichinohe) Heterodera glycines 8.1.23 Root - knot nematode, (Kofoid and Wood) Meloidogyne incognita 8.1.24 Other nematodes NOT AVAILABLE 8.2 Fungi NOT AVAILABLE 8.2.1 Purple seed stain, (T. Masu & Tomoyasu, Gardner) Cercospora kikuchi 8.2.2 Forg eye leaf spot, (Hara) C. sojina 8.2.3 Colletotrichum dematium (Pers. Ex Fr.) Grove var. NOT AVAILABLE 8.2.4 Target spot, (sp.) Cornespora 8.2.5 Sphaceloma scab, (Jenkins) Elsinoe glycines 8.2.6 Charcoal rot Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. 8.2.7 Downy mildew Peronospora manshurica (Aoum.) Syd. Ex Gaum. 8.2.8 Soyabean rust, (Sydow.) Phakopsora pachyrhizi 8.2.9 Brown stem rot, (All. & Chambert) Phialophora gregata W. Gams. 8.2.10 Phomopsis seed decay, (lehman and Diaporthe Phomopsis sojae 8.2.11 Phytophora root rot, (Drechs) Phytopthora megasperma 8.2.12 Rhizoctonia acrial foliage and web blight, (Kuehn) Rhizoctonia solani 8.3 Bacteria NOT AVAILABLE 8.3.1 Pseudomonas syringae pv. Glycinea (Coerper) Young NOT AVAILABLE 8.3.2 Bacterial pustule, (smith) Xanthomonas campestris pv. Phaseoli Dye. 8.4 Virus NOT AVAILABLE 8.4.1 Soyabean mosaic virus NOT AVAILABLE 8.4.2 Soyabean yellow mosaic virus NOT AVAILABLE 8.4.3 Soyabean dwarf mosaic virus NOT AVAILABLE 8.4.4 Soyabean stunt virus NOT AVAILABLE