International Plant Genetic Resources Instit., (IPGRI). (1985). Descriptors for Setaria italica and S. pumila. Rome: Bioversity.
Code | Term | Description |
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1 | Erect | |
2 | Erect geniculate | |
3 | Decumbent | |
4 | Prostorate |
Measured from the ground level to the tip of inflorescence. in the case of decumbent, or prostorate plants, length of flowering culm from the rooted base
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Not pigmented Green
Pigmented
Deep purple
Number of tillers at the ground level or fom the basal nodes
Number of culm branches on the main stem
Code | Term | Description |
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1 | Green | |
2 | Yellow | |
3 | Pigmented | |
4 | Deep purple |
Measured from ligule to the tip
Measured at the widest point
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Essentially glabrous
Medium pubescent
Strongly pubescent
Measured from the internode to ligule
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Essentially glabrous
Medium pubescent
Strongly pubescent
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Very slight
Medium
Extensive
Degree to which the plant is still green at time the primary inflorescence on each culm (tillers) reach maturity
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Actively growing
Dead
Measured from node to the base of inflorescence
Measured from the exposed point of the peduncle from the leaf sheath up to the base of inflorescence
Measured from the lowest branch to the tip of the last branch
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Absent
Short
Long
Large and thick
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Very short
Short but obvious
Medium
Long
Carrying a spikelet
Measured at the middle of inflorescence, At late dough stage
Lobes are arranged on the primary axis from the loosely to the very compactly
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Loose
Medium
Compact
Spongy
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Loose
Medium
Compact
Spongy
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Oblong
Ovate
Elliptic
Obvoate
Code | Term | Description |
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N/A | Coding table was not provided. |
Counted as days from sowing (or first day of rain after planting) to 50% of plants in flower
Percentage of plants mature at harvest
Percentage of inflorescence mature on racemes at full maturity
Percentage of spikelets remaining on racemes at full maturity
Overall agronomic eliteness of the accession
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Very poor
Poor
Average
Good
Very good