Recorded from the base of the pseudostem to the emerging point of the peduncle
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ≤2 | |
| 2 | 2.1 to 2.9 | |
| 3 | ≥3 |
Record the overall impression of colour of the exposed surface of the underlying pseudostem. main colour’ should cover more than 75% of the underlying pseudostem surface.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cream | |
| 2 | Yellow | |
| 3 | watery green | |
| 4 | Green yellow | |
| 5 | Light green | |
| 6 | Medium green | |
| 7 | Green | |
| 8 | Dark green | |
| 9 | whitish | |
| 10 | Orange red | |
| 11 | Red | |
| 12 | Pink-purple | |
| 13 | Purple- brown | |
| 14 | Red-purple | |
| 15 | Purple | |
| 16 | Blue |
Record the relative surface area coverage by blotches.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | No pigmentation | |
| 2 | Sparse blotching | <20% |
| 3 | Moderate blotching | 20%-50% |
| 4 | Extensive pigmentation | >50% |
scored on the upper leaf sheath
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahogany | orange-brown like in Pisang Mas |
| 2 | Brown | |
| 3 | Black-purple |
The third leaf (Leaf III) is counted from the last leaf produced before bunch emergence. Cut the petiole halfway between the pseudostem and the leaf blade and examine the cross section
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margins spreading | |
| 2 | Margins erect | |
| 3 | Margins curved inward | |
| 4 | Margins overlapping |
Margin is the part of the petiole that can be bent outwards/inwards
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winged | |
| 2 | Not winged |
Observation should be made at shooting on the neck, where the petiole and pseudostem meet. Margin is the part of the petiole that can be bent outwards/inwards
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clasping | |
| 2 | Not clasping |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cream | |
| 2 | Yellow | |
| 3 | Watery green | |
| 4 | Green yellow | |
| 5 | Light green | |
| 6 | Medium green | |
| 7 | Green | |
| 8 | Dark green | |
| 9 | Whitish | |
| 10 | Orange red | |
| 11 | Red | |
| 12 | Pink-purple | |
| 13 | Purple-brown | |
| 14 | Red-purple | |
| 15 | Purple | |
| 16 | Blue |
Observation should be made at shooting. Record on the last developed leaf at flowering stage.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | No contrast between margin and petiole | without a colour line along |
| 2 | Contrast between margin and petiole | with a contrasting colour line along |
Observation should be made before shooting, on a developed sucker or on another plant of the same accession.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green | |
| 2 | Red-purple | |
| 3 | Other | specify on answer sheet |
Angle between the axis of the bunch and the vertical
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanging vertically | |
| 2 | Slightly angled | |
| 3 | Hanging at a 45° angle | |
| 4 | Horizontal | |
| 5 | Erect |
Score on fully developed plant with no environmental stress
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cylindrical | all fruit are attached to a unique crown coiled around the stalk |
| 2 | Truncate (= cone shaped) | |
| 3 | Asymmetrical | |
| 4 | Spiral |
Observe only the part of the rachis between the last hand and the male bud
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falling vertically | |
| 2 | At an angle | |
| 3 | With a curve | |
| 4 | Horizontal or supra-horizontal | |
| 5 | Erect |
| 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 persistent bracts | still firmly attached to the rachis |
| 6 | Small bunch from neutral/hermaphrodite flowers just above the male bud | |
| 7 | Other | specify on answer sheet |
Measure the length (y) of male bud at harvest
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Short | y ≤ 20 cm |
| 2 | Medium | 20 cm < y < 30 cm |
| 3 | Long | ≥ 30 cm |
Calculate the ratio x/y
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | High shouldered | x/y ≤ 0.28 |
| 2 | Medium shouldered | 0.28 < x/y < 0.30 |
| 3 | Low shouldered | x/y ≥ 0.30 |
Refers to the first external unlifted bract. Flatten bracts to determine shape.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pointed | |
| 2 | Intermediate | |
| 3 | Obtuse |
Alignment of bracts at the apex of the male bud
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convolute | |
| 2 | Moderately imbricate | |
| 3 | Highly imbricate |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Present | |
| 2 | Absent |
Refers to the last lifted bract. Best to record as bract has lifted up to the horizontal.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Revolute | rolling |
| 2 | Not revolute | not rolling |
Refers to the first external unlifted bract
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cream | |
| 2 | Yellow | |
| 3 | Watery green | |
| 4 | Green yellow | |
| 5 | Light green | |
| 6 | Medium green | |
| 7 | Green | |
| 8 | Dark green | |
| 9 | Whitish | |
| 10 | Orange red | |
| 11 | Red | |
| 12 | Pink-purple | |
| 13 | Purple-brown | |
| 14 | Red-purple | |
| 15 | Purple | |
| 16 | Blue |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cream | |
| 2 | Yellow | |
| 3 | Watery green | |
| 4 | Green yellow | |
| 5 | Light green | |
| 6 | Medium green | |
| 7 | Green | |
| 8 | Dark green | |
| 9 | Whitish | |
| 10 | Orange red | |
| 11 | Red | |
| 12 | Pink-purple | |
| 13 | Purple-brown | |
| 14 | Red-purple | |
| 15 | Purple | |
| 16 | Blue |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | White | |
| 2 | Cream | |
| 3 | Ivory | |
| 4 | Yellow | |
| 5 | Bright yellow | |
| 6 | Orange | |
| 7 | Orange red | |
| 8 | Red | |
| 9 | Red-purple | |
| 10 | Pink/pink-purple | |
| 11 | Brown/Rusty-brown | |
| 12 | Beige-pink | |
| 13 | Silvery | |
| 14 | Light green | |
| 15 | Green | |
| 16 | Dark Green |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | White | |
| 2 | Cream | |
| 3 | Ivory | |
| 4 | Yellow | |
| 5 | Bright yellow | |
| 6 | Orange | |
| 7 | Orange red | |
| 8 | Red | |
| 9 | Red-purple | |
| 10 | Pink/pink-purple | |
| 11 | Brown/Rusty-brown | |
| 12 | Beige-pink | |
| 13 | Silvery | |
| 14 | Light green | |
| 15 | Green | |
| 16 | Dark Green |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | White | |
| 2 | Cream | |
| 3 | Ivory | |
| 4 | Yellow | |
| 5 | Bright yellow | |
| 6 | Orange | |
| 7 | Orange red | |
| 8 | Red | |
| 9 | Red-purple | |
| 10 | Pink/pink-purple | |
| 11 | Brown/Rusty-brown | |
| 12 | Beige-pink | |
| 13 | Silvery | |
| 14 | Light green | |
| 15 | Green | |
| 16 | Dark Green |
Count only fully developed fruit. If there is an even number of hands take the upper middle one
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ≤12 | |
| 2 | 13-16 | |
| 3 | ≥17 |
at maturity
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ≤15 cm | |
| 2 | 16-20 cm | |
| 3 | 21-25 cm | |
| 4 | 26-30 cm | |
| 5 | ≥31 cm |
Observe the inner fruit in the middle of the mid-hand of the bunch. In case of an asymmetric bunch that has straight and curved fruits, please indicate it in the note section and score only the fruit on the upper side of the bunch.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Straight | or slightly curved |
| 2 | Straight in the distal part | |
| 3 | Curved | sharp curve |
| 4 | Curved in slight 'S' shape | double curvature |
| 5 | Other |
| 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 |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Without flower relicts | <20% of the fruits with relicts |
| 2 | Persistent flower relicts | >20% of the fruits with relicts |
| 3 | Only base of the style persists |
Measure from the scar on the rachis until the beginning of the fruit. Record on the inner fruit in the middle of the mid-hand of the bunch
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ≤10 mm | |
| 2 | 11 to 20 mm | |
| 3 | ≥21 mm |
Before they join the rachis at the bract scar. Look up from bottom of bunch
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | No visible sign of fusion | |
| 2 | Partially fused | up to 50% of the length of the pedicel |
| 3 | Totally fused | more than 50% of the length of the pedicel |