Table 2.
Frequency distribution (%) for the discontinuously variable descriptors measured on the bread wheat accessions under study. The reported data are the average values from two locations (SAL and LO) and two growing seasons (2011-12 and 2012-13).
| Descriptor | Code | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Growth habit, juvenile | GH | 1. Erect 2. Semi-erect 3. Prostrate |
62.0 | 31.0 | 6.9 | |
| Spike shape | SS | 1. Fusiform 2. Clavate 3. Oblong |
26.5 | 9.6 | 63.8 | |
| Spike density* | SD | 1. Very lax (<16) 2. Lax (16-25) 3. Intermediate (26-30) 4. Dense (31-40) |
18.5 | 70.3 | 10.4 | 0.8 |
| Awnedness | AW | 1. None or <10 mm long awns 2. 10-40 mm long awns 3. Awns longer than 40 mm 4. Awns longer than spike |
41.6 | 4.2 | 48.2 | 5.9 |
| Glume colour | GC | 1. Red to brown 2. White/amber |
25.5 | 74.5 | ||
| Seed colour | SeC | 1. Red to brown 2. White/amber |
83.4 | 16.6 | ||
| Kernel hardness | Ha | 1. Soft 2. Medium 3. Hard |
50.4 | 40.7 | 8.9 | |
| *n° spikelets per 10 cm length of spike | ||||||