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Brachiaria Urochloa
Descriptors
Category: GROWTH
  1. Growth habit (Growth habit) Dominant growth habit
  2. Mode of spread (Mode of spread) Dominant mode of spread (at 1st flower)
Category: MORPHOLOGY
  1. 1000 Seed Weight (1000 Seed Weight) Weight of 1000 seeds in grams
  2. Culm colour (dominant) (Culm colour (dominant)) Dominant culm colour (10-20 days after 1st flower)
  3. Culm colour (secondary) (Culm colour (secondary)) Secondary culm colour (10-20 days after 1st flower)
  4. Leaf colour (dominant) (Leaf colour (dominant)) Dominant leaf colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
  5. Leaf colour (secondary) (Leaf colour (secondary)) Secondary leaf colour 4-6 nodes from branch tip (at 1st flower)
  6. Leaf hairs (Leaf hairs) Leaf surface hairiness, fully expanded leaves (at 1st flower)
  7. Leaf sheath hairs (Leaf sheath hairs) Leaf sheath surface hairiness, fully expanded leaves (at 1st flower)
  8. Maximum leaf length (Maximum leaf length) Maximum leaf size of fully expanded leaves (at first flower)
Category: OTHER
  1. wet down date (wet down date) Date seeds were first wetted for germination (in laboratory)
Category: PHENOLOGY
  1. Days to First Flower (Days to First Flower) Days from wetting up to start of flowering phase
  2. Diseases (Diseases) Identification of diseases not otherwise rated (group or scientific name if known)
  3. First Flower, Second Comp (First Flower, Second Comp) Date of first inflorescence compared to secondary comparator (cultivar od same species)
  4. Leafiness rating - principal (Leafiness rating - principal) Estimate of leaf vs non-leaf material compared to principal (30-50 days after 1st flower)
  5. Leafiness rating - subsidiary (Leafiness rating - subsidiary) Estimate of leaf vs non-leaf material compared to subsidiary (30-50 days after 1str flower)
  6. Maximum canopy height (Maximum canopy height) Maximum canopy (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
  7. Maximum seeedhead height (Maximum seeedhead height) Maximum flower (foliage) height (cm) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
  8. Minimum canopy height (Minimum canopy height) Minimum canopy (foliage) height (cm) (without support) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
  9. Minimum seedhead height (Minimum seedhead height) Minimum flower (foliage) height (cm) (30-50 days after 1st flower)
  10. Seed production (subsidiary) (Seed production (subsidiary)) Estimate of seed production relative to the subsidiary comparator (where present)
Category: PRODUCTION
  1. Flowering and seed set (Flowering and seed set) Estimate of seed production capacity
  2. Trait Agronomic Value (Trait Agronomic Value) Subjective rating (one to five ) based on the overall appearance of an accessions agronomic potential
  3. Trait Agronomic Value Comment (Trait Agronomic Value Comment) Comment for trait agronomic value



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