Table 2.
Characters, frequency and percent coverage of qualitative morphological traits in the tested 149 ex situ conserved Ethiopian barley accessions and one local check
| Character or variable | Trait | Score | No of accessions (freq.) | % accessions possessing a phenotype | Trait | Phenological traits | Score | No of accessions (freq.) | % accessions possessing a phenotype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kernel row number (KRN) | Two rowed, large/small sterile lateral florets | 1 | 29 | 19.3 | Awn colour (AC) | White | 1 | 53 | 35.3 |
| Two rowed, deficient | 2 | 14 | 9.3 | Yellow | 2 | 31 | 20.7 | ||
| Irregular, variable lateral florates | 3 | 30 | 20.0 | Brown | 3 | 24 | 16.0 | ||
| Six rowed, awnless | 4 | 40 | 26.7 | Reddish | 4 | 19 | 12.7 | ||
| Six rowed, long awns | 5 | 37 | 24.7 | Black | 5 | 23 | 15.3 | ||
| Long Kernel covering (KC) | Naked grain | 1 | 30 | 20.0 | Spike density (SD) | Lax | 1 | 27 | 18.0 |
| Semi-covered grain | 2 | 22 | 14.7 | Intermediate | 2 | 67 | 44.7 | ||
| Covered grain | 3 | 98 | 65.3 | Dense | 3 | 56 | 37.3 | ||
| Lemma/Kernel color (LC) | Yellow | 1 | 71 | 47.3 | Length of rachila hair (LRH) | Short | 1 | 59 | 39.3 |
| Tan/red | 2 | 19 | 12.7 | long | 2 | 91 | 60.7 | ||
| Purple | 3 | 22 | 14.7 | Stem Pigmentation (SP) | Green | 1 | 87 | 58.0 | |
| Black/grey | 4 | 38 | 25.3 | Purple (basal only) | 2 | 33 | 22.0 | ||
| Lemma awn barb (LAB) | Smooth | 1 | 52 | 34.7 | Purple (half or more) | 3 | 30 | 20.0 | |
| Intermediate (small barbs) | 2 | 48 | 32.0 | Glumes colour (GLC) | White | 1 | 70 | 46.7 | |
| Rough | 3 | 50 | 33.3 | Yellow | 2 | 36 | 24.0 | ||
| Lemma type (LT) | No lemma teeth | 1 | 38 | 25.3 | Brown | 3 | 24 | 16.0 | |
| Lemma teeth | 2 | 57 | 38.0 | Balck | 4 | 20 | 13.3 | ||
| Lemma hair | 3 | 55 | 36.7 | ||||||
| Growth habit (GH) | Prostrate | 1 | 21 | 14.0 | |||||
| Intermediate | 2 | 32 | 21.3 | ||||||
| Erect | 3 | 97 | 64.7 | ||||||