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. 2019 Jul 3;19:291. doi: 10.1186/s12870-019-1819-6

Table 2.

The list of morphological traits. Each trait with the scale or units with variation coefficient for quantitative traits or the unbiased genetic diversity coefficient for qualitative traits

No. Trait Measure Variationa
1 1000 grains weight g 0.16
2 Awn insertion mm 0.08
3 Days to heading Day 0.09
4 Length of awn mm 0.17
5 Length of flag leaf cm 0.18
6 Length of lemma mm 0.08
7 Length of lemma tip mm 0.20
8 Length of lower glume mm 0.08
9 Length of spikelets mm 0.09
10 Length of rachilla mm 0.08
11 Length of upper glume mm 0.08
12 Length of upper internode cm 0.13
13 Number of nodes in panicle No. 0.14
14 Number of spikelets per panicle No. 0.31
15 Number of tillers No. 0.27
16 Number of veins in lower glume No. 0.07
17 Plants height cm 0.16
18 Position of awn insertion mm 0.11
19 Ratio of length of glumes ratio 0.03
20 Ratio of length of lemma to length of lemma tip ratio 0.17
21 Ratio of length of lower glume to length of spikelet ratio 0.03
22 Width of flag leaf mm 0.21
23 Angle of flag leaf to culm Acute; Intermediate; Obtuse 0.30
24 Angle of second leaf to culm Acute; Intermediate; Obtuse 0.24
25 Erectness of spikelets Erect; Drooping 0.24
26 Hairiness of leaf blade Glabrous; Pubescent 0.10
27 Hairiness of leaf sheath Glabrous; Pubescent; Highly pubescent 0.13
28 Hairiness of lemma of lower flower Glabrous; Slightly pubescent; Pubescent 0.13
29 Hairiness of lemma of upper flower Glabrous; Slightly pubescent; Pubescent 0.07
30 Hairiness of rachilla Glabrous; Single hairs at upper end; Hairs at upper end; Pubescent 0.29
31 Intensity of flag leaf spirality Lack of rotation; week rotation (1/4 torsion); medium rotation (1/2 torsion); strong rotation (3/4 torsion); very strong rotation (1 torsion) 0.29
32 Leaf-blades twist Anticlockwise; Clockwise 0.05
33 Lemma colour White; Light-grey; Dark-grey; Black 0.18
34 Lemma tip type Biaristulate; Bisetulate-biaristulate 0.24
35 Rigidity of flag leaf Stiff; Deflected; Bent; Strongly bent 0.32
36 Rigidity of second leaf Stiff; Deflected; Bent; Strongly bent 0.19

aVariation – the variation coefficient for quantitative traits (1–22) or the unbiased genetic diversity coefficient for qualitative traits (23–36)