GRIN-Global

COWPEA

Descriptors
Category: FLWR-FRUIT

4.2.1 - Days to flowering (4.2.1) From sowing to stage when 50% of plants have begun to flower. Recorded for plants with the same sowing date, at the same location, each year
4.2.2 - Raceme position (4.2.2) Recorder when peduncles have reached full length
4.2.3 - Days to first mature pods (4.2.3) From sowing to stage when 50% of plants have mature pods
4.2.4 - Pod attachment to peduncle (4.2.4) Recorded when pods are full grown
4.2.5 - Immature pod pigmentation (4.2.5) Pattern of pigment distribution on full grown immature pods
4.2.6 - Pod curvature (4.2.6) Of mature pods
4.2.7 - Pod length [cm] (4.2.7) "Mean of the 10 longest mature pods from 10 randomly selected plants; [cm]"
4.2.8 - Number of locules per pod (4.2.8) Mean number of the 10 pods measured for length in 4.2.7
6.2.1 - Flowering pigment pattern (6.2.1) Of newly opened flowers
6.2.10 - Pod width [cm] (6.2.10) Mean width of the 10 pods measured for length [cm]
6.2.11 - Pod wall thickness (6.2.11) Pod wall thickness
6.2.11.V - Pod thickness (6.2.11.V) Mean width of the 10 pods measured for thickness [cm]
6.2.12 - Pod colour (6.2.12) Of mature pod
6.2.2 - Flower colour (6.2.2) Flower colour
6.2.3 - Standard length [mm] (6.2.3) "A measure of flowers size; the mean length of 10 freshly opened, randomly selected standard petals[mm]"
6.2.4 - Calyx lobe length [mm] (6.2.4) Calyx lobe length [mm]
6.2.5 - Duration of flowering (6.2.5) Days from first flowers to stage when 50% of plants have finished flowering
6.2.7 - Peduncle length [mm] (6.2.7) Recorded when peduncles have grown full length. Mean length of 10 peduncles, one from each of 10 randomly selected plants [mm]
6.2.8 - Number of pods per peduncle (6.2.8) Recorded under total insect control. Mean of 10 randomly selected peduncles
6.2.9 - Number of pods per plant (6.2.9) Mean number of mature pods from 10 randomly selected plants

Category: GROWTH

4.1.1 - Growth habit (4.1.1) Evaluated in the 6th week after sowing
4.1.2 - Gowth pattern (4.1.2) Gowth pattern

Category: MORPHOLOGY

4.1.4 - Plant pigmentation (4.1.4) Recorded for stem, branches, petioles and peduncles in the 6th week after sowing
4.1.5 - Terminal leaflet shape (4.1.5) Recorded for the terminal leaflet of a young, mature leaf in the 6th week after sowing
4.1.6 - Plant hairiness (4.1.6) Of stems, leaves and pods
4.3.1 - Seed Shape (4.3.1) Seed Shape
4.3.2 - Testa texture (4.3.2) Testa texture
4.3.3 - Eye pattern (4.3.3) "The shape of the pigment pattern which surrounds the hilum. The ‘front’ of the hilum is the non-micropylar end. Diagrams illustrating the following descriptor states are available from the Genetic Resources Unit at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA); Ibadan, Nigeria (where a large number of sub–divisions of each state are in use)"
4.3.4 - Eye colour (4.3.4) Eye colour
4.3.5 - Seed weight [gram] (4.3.5) Weight of 100 seeds moisture content 12% [gram]
6.1.10 - Number of nodes on main stem (6.1.10) Recorded 3 - 4 weeks after sowing. Mean of 10 randomly selected plants
6.1.4 - Terminal leaflet length [mm] (6.1.4) Terminal leaflet whose shape was recorded in 4.1.5 [mm]
6.1.5 - Terminal leaflet width [mm] (6.1.5) The widest dimension of the terminal leaflet whose shape was recorded in 4.1.5 [mm]
6.1.9 - Number of main branches (6.1.9) "The branches whose origin is in the leaf axils on the main stem; recorded in the 8th week after sowing. Mean of 10 randomly selected plants"
6.3.1 - Seed length (6.3.1) Mean of 10 mature seeds excluding those from the extremities of pods [mm]
6.3.2 - Seed width (6.3.2) Mean width from hilum to keel of the 10 seeds measured for length in 6.3.1 [mm]
6.3.3 - Seed thickness (6.3.3) Seed thickness [mm]
6.3.5 - Splitting of testa (6.3.5) Splitting of testa
6.3.6 - Attachment of testa (6.3.6) Attachment of testa

Category: PHENOLOGY

5.4 - Sowing date (5.4) Sowing date [YYYYMMDD]
5.5 - First harvest (5.5) First harvest date [YYYYMMDD]

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