Table 3.

Occurrence and morphological characteristics of the varieties cultivated in the Pre-Rif region

Variety	Status	Sample size	Zones a	Categorization of the variety
Guemh	traditional	4	ZN3	Tall DW-type with impurities for stature
Guemh beldi	traditional	8	ZN1, ZN2, ZN3	No assignment. Great heterogeneity among populations
Guemh khel	traditional	1	ZN3	Short DW-type with impurities for stature
Guemh lhmer	traditional	9	ZN1, ZN2	No assignment. Great heterogeneity among populations
Karim	modern	11	ZN1, ZN2, ZN3	Short DW type with impurities for spike morphology and stature. One outlier (mainly tall mixture DW_DC_CA)
Krifla beda	traditional	3	ZN4	Tall DW-type including mixtures with DC.
Krifla kehla	traditional	7	ZN3, ZN4	Tall DW-type including impurities for stature
Lehjaoui	traditional	1	ZN1	Tall mixture DW_DC
Le'khel	traditional	4	ZN1, ZN3	DW-type, with great heterogeneity among populations for stature
Massa	modern	1	ZN3	Short DW-type with impurities for stature
Mezrouba	traditional	3	ZN3	DW-type including mixtures of statures
Pedro	modern	1	ZN3	Short DW type with impurities for stature
Technique	traditional	2	ZN1, ZN2	Short DW type including mixtures of statures
Twinssia	traditional	1	ZN3	DW type, mixture of statures
Twinssia kehla	traditional	2	ZN3	No assignment. Tall and heterogeneity among populations for spike morphology
Zeriâa	traditional	4	ZN3	DW type, including mixtures with DC, and great heterogeneity among populations for stature
Zeriâa kehla	traditional	1	ZN1	Tall DW-type
Zeriâa twila	traditional	1	ZN2	Mixture of statures and DW_DC

Sample size: number of sampled populations.

^a zones where populations of the variety have been sampled. In bold when the sample size was more than one in the zone.