Cowpea morphological characterization of 898 plants and seeds
Cowpea morphological characterization of 898 plants and seeds
Based on plant width and height 3 – 4 weeks after sowing
Days from planting to the notice of first flowering
From sowing to stage when 50% of plants have mature pods
Days from planting to first ripe pod
A measure of flowers size; the mean length of 10 freshly opened, randomly selected standard petals
Intensity of green colour
Presence/absence of V-mark on leaflets
Mean number of mature pods from 10 randomly selected plants
Recorded for stem, branches, petioles and peduncles in the 6th week after sowing
Of newly opened flowers
Recorded when peduncles have grown full length. Mean length of 10 peduncles, one from each of 10 randomly selected plants
Pattern of pigment distribution on full grown immature pods
Of mature pod
Of mature pod
Of mature pods
Mean of the 10 longest mature pods from 10 randomly selected plants
Terminal leaflet whose shape was recorded
Recorded for the terminal leaflet of a young, mature leaf in the 6th week after sowing
The widest dimension of the terminal leaflet whose shape was recorded
A visual estimate of seed compression, being indicative of spacing within the pod
List of accessions included in the dataset