Table 4 Explanation for trueness-to-type criteria as used in the German Fruit Genebank (GFG).

From: Microsatellite/SSR dataset: characterization of pear cultivars of the German Fruit Genebank

trueness-to-type GFG criteria

Explanation

0

Deceased

tree deceased during project duration

1

true-to-type

pomologically and molecularly assessed

2

true-to-type (group/mutant)

pomologically and molecularly assessed

3

not determined

no references available, cultivar name unknown

4

not assessed

not assessed (pomologically)

5

true-to-type with reservations

pomologically assessed, not assessed molecularly

molecularly assessed for at least 3 accessions and pomologically assessed for at least 2 accessions

pomologically assessed with reservation, molecularly assessed