Height recorded from the base of the pseudostem to the emerging point of the peduncle. Girth measured at lower levels of the pseudostem around 20 cm above the collar.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | <4.1 | |
| 2 | 4.1 - 5.1 | |
| 3 | > 5.1 |
(Outermost sheaths)
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | |
| 2 | Brown/rusty brown | |
| 3 | Black | |
| 4 | Other |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suckers start with tubular leaves | |
| 2 | Suckers don't have tubular leaves |
Record the relative surface area coverage by blotches. Look at several plants if possible to get an overall idea. Observe at lowering time.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | No pigmentation | |
| 2 | Sparse blotching | (<20%) |
| 3 | Moderate blotching | (20%-50%) |
| 4 | Extensive pigmentation | (>50%) |
| 5 | Completely covered with blotches |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not twisted | |
| 2 | Twisted |
The bunch should still be on the plant.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very Lax | (one can easily place a hand horizontally between the hands of fruit) |
| 2 | Lax | (one can easily place one's hand BETWEEN the hands OF fruit) |
| 3 | Compact | (one can place one's finger, but NOT one's hand, between the hands of fruit) |
| 4 | Very compact | (one cannot place one's finger BETWEEN the hands OF fruit) |
Observe only that part of the rachis between the last hand of fruit and the male bud.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bare | |
| 2 | Neutral flowers on one to few hands only near the bunch | (rest of stalk is bare). |
| 3 | Male flowers/bracts above the male bud | (rest of stalk is bare) |
| 4 | Neutral/male flowers and presence of withered bracts on the entire stalk. | |
| 5 | Neutral/male flowers on the whole stalk without persis. bracts | (still firmly attached to rachis) |
| 6 | Small bunch from neutral/hermaphrodite flowers just above the male bud | (which gradually falls) |
| 7 | Some hermaphrodite flowers remaining in the centre of the rachis. | |
| 8 | Other |
Recorded only on the fruits arranged symmetrically around the stalk. Observe the general appearance.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curved towards stalk | |
| 2 | Parallel to the stalk | |
| 3 | Curved upward | (obliquely, at a 45° angle upward) |
| 4 | Perpendicular to the stalk | |
| 5 | Other |
Length measured as the internal arc of the fruit, without pedicel. Circumference measured around the middle of the fruit. Record on the inner fruit in the middle of the mid-hand of the bunch. If there is an even number of hands, there will be two middle hands. Count the middle hand that developed first.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | < 3.1 | |
| 2 | 3.1 - 4.0 | |
| 3 | > 4.0 |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pointed | |
| 2 | Lengthily pointed (like plantain) | |
| 3 | Blunt tipped (plateau at tip) | |
| 4 | Strongly bottle necked (wider under tip than number 2) | |
| 5 | Rounded |
Observe before cutting the bunch as relicts may fall off.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Without flower relicts | |
| 2 | Few flower relicts (<20% of the fruits with relicts) | |
| 3 | Persistent flower relicts (>20% of the fruits with relicts) | |
| 4 | Only base of the style persists |