Structure of European Secale Database

The data in the European Secale Database are presented in a format based on the multi-crop passport descriptor list as developed by IPGRI (1997). Besides the descriptors of this list, several additonal descriptors were used (indicated as 'non-standard descriptor').

Institute code (INSTCODE)

FAO Institute Code of the institute where the accession is maintained. Example: POL003

Accession Number (ACCENUMB)

This number serves as a unique identifier for accessions and is assigned when an accession is entered into the collection. Once assigned this number should never be reassigned to another accession in the collection. Even if an accession is lost, its assigned number should never be reused. Letters should be used before the number to identify the genebank or national system (e.g. IDG indicates an accession that comes from the genebank at Bari, Italy; CGN indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands; PI indicates an accession within the USA system)

Botanical name (BOTNAME)

(non-standard descriptor) Compiler adopted scientific names of accessions according to botanical classification currently used in the country, which maintains the collection. The botanical names were verified using Secale monographs (Hammer, Skolimowska, Knuepffer 1987; Kobylyanskyi at al. 1989) and obvious misspellings were corrected whenever possible. Accession name (ACCNAME) Either a registered or other formal designation given to the accession. First letter uppercase. Multiple names separated with semicolon.

Country of origin (ORICCTY)

Name of the country in which the sample was originally collected or derived. Use the ISO 3166 extended codes, (i.e. current and old 3 letter ISO 3166 country codes)

Year of inclusion into the collection (INYEAR)
Date on which the accession entered the collection as YYYYMMDD. Missing data (MM or DD) should be indicated with hyphens. Leading zeros are required. Example: 1968---- Example: 20020620
Life cycle (LIFECYCLE)
(non-standard descriptor)1-annual, 2-biennial, 9-perennial
Availability of material for exchange (AVA)

(non-standard descriptor) Y-free available, 2- limited until regeneration, 3-on donor's request, 4-special arrangements, 5-other (see notes), N-no exchange, L-limited

Ploidy level (PLOIDY)
(non-standard descriptor)
Donor country (DONORCTY)

(non-standard descriptor) Name of the country where donor institute is located. Use the ISO 3166 extended codes, (i.e. current and old 3 letter ISO 3166 country codes)

Donor institute code (DONORCODE)

FAO Institute Code for the donor institute.

Donor number (DONORNUMB)

Number assigned to an accession by the donor. Letters should be used before the number to identify the genebank or national system (e.g. IDG indicates an accession that comes from the genebank at Bari, Italy; CGN indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands; PI indicates an accession within the USA system)

Other number(s) associated with the accession (OTHERNUMB)

Any other identification number known to exist in other collections for this accession. Letters should be used before the number to identify the genebank or national system (e.g. IDG indicates an accession that comes from the genebank at Bari, Italy; CGN indicates an accession from the genebank at Wageningen, The Netherlands; PI indicates an accession within the USA system). Multiple numbers can be added and should be separated with a semicolon.

Status of sample (SAMPSTAT)

The coding scheme proposed can be used at 3 different levels of detail: either by using the general codes (in boldface) such as 100 - Wild, 200 - Weedy, 300 - Traditional cultivar/landrace, 400 - Breeding/research material or by using the more specific codes such as 110, 120 etc.

Growth habit (HABIT)
(non-standard descriptor) A-spring, H-winter, I-intermediate
Source of sample (COLLSRC)

The coding scheme proposed can be used at 2 different levels of detail: either by using the general codes (in boldface) such as 10 - Wild habitat, 20 - Farm or cultivated habitat, 30 - Market or shop, 40 - Institute, Experimental station, Research organization, Genebank, 50 - Seed company, 60 - Weedy, disturbed or ruderal habitat, 99 - Other (Elaborate in REMARKS field) or by using the more specific codes such as 11, 12 etc.

Breeding Institution (BREEDER)

FAO Institute Code of the institute that has bred the material.

Year of release of the variety/year of registration (REGYEAR)
(non-standard descriptor)
Pedigree (PEDIGREE)
Information about either pedigree or other description of ancestral information (i.e. parent variety in case of mutant or selection).
Collecting institute(s) (COLNAME)
(non-standard descriptor) Institute or person collecting the original sample.
Collector's number (COLLNUMB)

Original number assigned by the collector(s) of the sample, normally composed of the name or initials of the collector(s) followed by a number. This items is essential for identifying duplicates held in different collections. It should be unique and always accompany subsamples wherever they are sent.

Collecting date of original sample (COLLDATE)
Collecting date of the sample as YYYYMMDD. Missing data (MM or DD) should be indicated with hyphens. Leading zeros are required. Example: 1968---- Example: 20020620
Location of collecting site (COLLSITE)
Location information below the country level that describes where the accession was collected starting with the most detailed information.
Ecological characterization of the collection site (ECOLOGY)

(non-standard descriptor) Field containing data related to ecological description of sie e.g. "Depth of soil", "Drainage of collection site". Data items in the field were preceded by codes indicating what type of information it concerns.

Elevation of collecting site [m asl] (ELEVATION)
Elevation of collecting site expressed in meters above sea level. Negative values allowed.
Latitude of the collection site (LATITUDE)

Degrees and minutes followed by N (North) or S (South) (e.g. 1030S). Missing data (minutes) should be indicated with hyphen (e.g. 10-S).

Longitude of the collection site (LONGITUDE)

Degrees and minutes followed by E (East) or W (West) (e.g. 07625W). Missing data (minutes) should be indicated with hyphen (e.g. 076-W).

Comments (REMARKS)

(non-standard descriptor) Other important information about accession, which is not contained in the descriptors listed above. Data items in this field were preceded by codes indicating what type of information it concerns.