CROPNAME Name of crops
ACCENUMB VIR's original catalog number, unique for each crop
GENUS Genus name for taxon. Initial uppercase letter required.
SPECIES Specific epithet portion of the scientific name in lowercase letters. Following abbreviation is allowed: 'sp.'
SUBTAXA Subtaxa can be used to store any additional taxonomic identifier. Following abbreviations are allowed: ‘subsp.’ (for subspecies); ‘convar.’ (for convariety); ‘var.’ (for variety); ‘f.’ (for form).
HYBRIDES An offspring of two or several plants of different varieties, species, or genera.
PLOIDY Degree of repetition of the basic number of chromosomes.
ACCENAME Cultivar Name, in English or in Transliteration
ORICTY Country of Origin
DONCTY Country of Donor
ENTRYDATE Data of Entering in Katalog of the VIR [YYYY]
LIFFOM Form of Life
SAMPSTAT Status of Sample


AN Annual
BI Biennual
PE Perennial
AP Perennial Root
SP Spring
WI Winter
HW Half Winter
IM Intermediate

WL Wild (1)
WE Weedy (2)
LR Landrace (3)
BR Breader Resource (4)
AC Advanced Cultivare (5)
UN Unknown (6 or 0)
OT Other (7 or 99)
PR Primitive (8)
LI Line (9)