Sorghum Descriptors

3.1
Country

NOT AVAILABLE


3.2
Site

 (Research institute)


3.2.1
Latitude

NOT AVAILABLE


3.2.2
Longitude

NOT AVAILABLE


3.2.3
Elevation [m]

NOT AVAILABLE


3.2.4
Name of farm or institute

NOT AVAILABLE


3.3
Evaluators name and address

NOT AVAILABLE


3.4
Sowing date

(in the format DDMMYYYY)


3.5
Harvest date

(in the format DDMMYYYY)


3.6
Evaluation environment

Environment in which charaterization/preliminary evaluation was carried out


3.7
Percentage seed germination[%]

NOT AVAILABLE


3.8
Percentage field Establishment[%]

NOT AVAILABLE


3.9
Number of days to 50% germination

NOT AVAILABLE


3.10
Sowing site in field

Give block,strip and/or row/plot numbers as applicable


3.11
Field Spacing

NOT AVAILABLE


3.11.1
Distance between plants in a row [cm]

NOT AVAILABLE


3.11.2
Distance between rows [cm]

NOT AVAILABLE


3.12
Soil texture

NOT AVAILABLE

1-Highly organic
2-Clay
3-Clay silt
4-Silt
5-Silt sand
6-Sandy
7-Sandy Loam
8-Loam
9-Gravelly

3.13
Soil pH

Actual value of the soil in the root zone around the accession


3.14
Soil taxonomic classification

As detailed a classification as possible should be given this may be taken from a soil survey map. State name (e.g. Alfisols, Spodosols, Fluvisols, etc)


3.15
Watering

1 Irrigated, 2 Rainfed, 3 Both/alternate


3.16
Fertilizer

(Specify name and dose)


3.17
Plant protection

(Specify pesticide use and dose of each)


3.18
Climate

(During growing season)


3.18.1
Temperature range [c]

NOT AVAILABLE


3.18.2
Heat unit during crop season

NOT AVAILABLE


3.18.3
Rainfall range [mm]

NOT AVAILABLE


3.18.4
Sunshine hours

NOT AVAILABLE


3.19
Notes

Any other site-specific information


4.1
Vegetative

NOT AVAILABLE


4.1.1
Plant height [cm]

Of main stalk at 50% flowering. Mean of 10 randomly selected plants.


4.1.2
Plant color

At harvest. Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) colour codes are given in the parentheses beside descriptor states

1-pigmented (grey-brown group 199A; brown group 200D; 200C; 200C; 200B; 200A)
2-Tan (greyed-yellow group 161B)

4.1.3
Stalk juiciness

NOT AVAILABLE

0-Not juicy (dry)
1-Juicy

4.1.4
Juice flavour

NOT AVAILABLE

1-Sweet
2-Insipid

4.1.5
Leaf midrib colour

Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) colour codes are given in the parentheses beside descriptor states

1-White (colourless, white group 155B)
2-dull green (greyed-green group 191C)
3-Yellow (yellow group 7A, 7B)
4-Brown (greyed-orange group 165C)
5-Purple (greyed-purple group 183D, 183C,183B,183A)
6-Other (specify in the notes descriptor, 4.4)

4.1.6
Waxy bloom

NOT AVAILABLE

3-slightly present
5-Medium
7-Mostly bloomy
9-Completely bloomy

4.2
Inflorescence and fruit

NOT AVAILABLE


4.2.1
Days to flowering

From emergence to when 50% of plants have started flowering


4.2.2
Inflorescence compactness and shape

NOT AVAILABLE

1-Very lax panicle (typical of wild sorghums)
10-compact oval
11-Half broom corn
12-Broom corn
13-Other (Specify in the Notes descriptor, 4.4)
2-Very loose erect primary branches
3-Very loose erect drooping primary branches
4-Loose erect primary branches
5-Loose drooping primary branches
6-semi-loose erect primary branches
7-semi-loose drooping primary branches
8-semi-compact elliptic
9-compact elliptic

4.2.3
Glume colour

At maturity. Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) colour codes are given in the parentheses beside descriptor states


4.2.4
Grain covering

amount of grain covered by glumes. At maturity

1-25% grain covered
3-50% grain covered
5-75% garin covered
7-Grain fully covered
9-Glumes longer than grain

4.2.5
Awns

At maturity

0-Absent
1-Present

4.2.6
shattering

NOT AVAILABLE

1-Very low
3-Low
5-Intermediate
7-High
9-Very high

4.3
Seed

NOT AVAILABLE


4.3.1
Grain colour

Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) colour codes are given in the parentheses beside descriptor states

1-White (white group 155D, 155C, 155B, 155A)
2-Yellow (yellow group 6D, 6C, 6B, 6A)
3-Red (orange-red group 33C, 33B, 33A, 165B, 165A)
4-Brown (greyed orange group 164B, 164A, 165B, 165A)
5-Buff (greyed-orange group 166B)
6-Other (Specify in the Notes descriptor, 4.4)

4.3.2
Grain lustre

NOT AVAILABLE

0-absent
1-Present

4.3.3
100-seed weight [g]

At 12% moisture content


4.3.4
Grain number per panicle

Average of five panicles in the plot


4.3.5
Grain sub-coat

NOT AVAILABLE

0-Absent
1-Present

4.3.6
Grain plumpness

NOT AVAILABLE

3-Dimple
7-Plump

4.3.7
Grain form

NOT AVAILABLE

1-single
2-twin

4.3.8
Endorsperm texture

NOT AVAILABLE

1-completely corneous
3-Mostly corneous
5-Intermediate
7-Mostly starchy
9-completely starchy

4.3.9
Endorsperm colour

Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) colour codes are given in the parentheses beside descriptor states

1-White (white group 155B)
2-Yellow (greyed-yellow group 162A)

4.3.10
Endosperm type

NOT AVAILABLE

1-Normal
2-Waxy
3-Sugary

4.4
Notes

Any additional information, especially in the category of 'other' under various descriptors above, may be specified here


5.1
Country

NOT AVAILABLE


5.2
Site 2

 (Research institute)


5.1.1
Longitude

NOT AVAILABLE


5.1.2
Elevation [m]

NOT AVAILABLE


5.1.3
Name of farm or institute

NOT AVAILABLE


5.1.4
Latitude

NOT AVAILABLE


5.3
Evaluators name and address

NOT AVAILABLE


5.4
Sowing date 5.4

(in the format DDMMYYYY)


5.5
Harvest date 5.5

(in the format DDMMYYYY)


5.6
Evaluation environment

Environment in which charaterization/preliminary evaluation was carried out


5.7
Percentage seed germination 5.7[%]

NOT AVAILABLE


5.8
Percentage field Establishment 5.8[%]

NOT AVAILABLE


5.9
Number of days to 50% germination

NOT AVAILABLE


5.10
Sowing site in field

Give block,strip and/or row/plot numbers as applicable


5.11
Field Spacing 5.11

NOT AVAILABLE


5.11.1
Distance between plants in a row [cm]

NOT AVAILABLE


5.11.2
Distance between rows [cm]

NOT AVAILABLE


5.12
Soil texture 5.12

NOT AVAILABLE


5.13
Soil pH

Actual value of the soil in the root zone around the accession


5.14
Soil taxonomic classification 5.14

As detailed a classification as possible should be given this may be taken from a soil survey map. State name (e.g. Alfisols, Spodosols, Fluvisols, etc)


5.15
Watering 5.15

1 Irrigated, 2 Rainfed, 3 Both/alternate


5.16
Fertilizer

(Specify name and dose)


5.17
Plant protection

(Specify pesticide use and dose of each)


5.18
Climate

(During growing season)


5.18.1
Temperature range [c]

NOT AVAILABLE


5.18.2
Heat unit during crop season

NOT AVAILABLE


5.18.3
Rainfall range [mm]

NOT AVAILABLE


5.18.4
Sunshine hours

NOT AVAILABLE


5.19
Notes

Any other site-specific information


6.1
Vegetative

NOT AVAILABLE


6.1.1
Seedling vigour

Observed 15 days after emergence

3-Low
5-Intermediate
7-High

6.1.2
Lodging susceptibility

NOT AVAILABLE

3-Low
5-Intermediate
7-High

6.1.3
Senescence

Death of leaves and stalk at grain maturity

1-Very slighly senescent
3-Slightly senescent
5-intermediate (about half of leaves dead)
7-Mostly senescent
9-completely senescent (leaves and stalk dead)

6.1.4
Overall plant aspect

Overall agronomic desirability of the accession and observed visually

3-Poor
5-Medium
7-Good

6.2
Inflorescence and fruit

NOT AVAILABLE


6.2.1
Photosensitivity

Recorded on the basis of rainy season 9long days0:post rainy season 9short days) ratios of plant height (4.1.1) and days of flowering (4.2.1)

3-Low
5-Intermediate
7-High

6.2.2
Number of flowering stems per plant

From 10 randomly selected plants. Main stem considered as one


6.2.3
synchrony of flowering

NOT AVAILABLE

0-No (Not synchronous)
1-Yes (main stem and tillers at same time)

6.2.4
Inflorescence exsertion

NOT AVAILABLE

1-Slightly exserted (<2 cm but ligule of flag leaf definitively below inflorescence base)
2-Exserted (2-10 cm between ligule and inflorescence base)
3-Well-exserted(>10 cm betweenligule and inflorescence base)
4-Penducle recurved (inflorescence below ligule and clearly exposed splitting the leaf sheath)

6.2.5
Inflorescence length [cm]

From base of inflorescence (head) to tip. Mean of five randomly selected plants


6.2.6
Inflorescence width [cm]

in natural position at the widest part. Mean of five randomly selected plants.


6.2.7
Restoration response

The reaction of the F1 plant when dusted with the pollen of the accession, (Milo source)

1-Non-restorer
2-Partial restorer
3-Restorer

6.2.8
Male sterile cytoplasm system

NOT AVAILABLE

1-Milo
2-Texas
3-Maldandi

6.3
Seed

NOT AVAILABLE


6.3.1
Grain hardness [kg]

Weight required to crack the grain


6.3.2
Threshability [%]

NOT AVAILABLE

1-Very difficult (<50%)
3-Difficult (60-69%)
5-Intermediate (80-84%)
7-Good (90-94%)
9-Excellent (99-100%)

6.3.3
Grain weathering susceptibility

NOT AVAILABLE

3-Low (Good resistance)
5-Medium
7-High (Poor resistance)

6.3.4
Protein content

(Absolute amount)

3-low (<7.0 - 10.0)
7-High (>15.0 - 21.7)

6.3.5
Lysine content

(Absolute amount)

3-Low (1.5 - 1.75)
7-High (3.0 - 3.65)

6.3.6
Tannin in grain

NOT AVAILABLE

1-Testa brown (greyediorange group 165B, 165A)
2-Testa and pericarp brown (greyed-orange group 165B, 165A)

7.1
Reaction to low temperature

NOT AVAILABLE


7.1.1
Seedling susceptibility

Measured as reduction in seed germination at low temperatures (10c to 15c)


7.1.2
Reproductive susceptibility

Measured as reduction in seed set at low temperatures (10c to 15c)


7.2
Reaction to high temperature

NOT AVAILABLE


7.3
Reaction to drought

NOT AVAILABLE


7.4
Reaction to high soil moisture

NOT AVAILABLE


7.5
reaction to salinity

NOT AVAILABLE


7.6
Reaction to acidity

NOT AVAILABLE


8.1
Pests

NOT AVAILABLE


8.1.1
Sorghum shoot fly

Atherigona soccata rond.


8.1.2
Spotted stem borer

Chilo partellus Swin.


8.1.3
Maize stalk borer

Busseola fusca Fuller.


8.1.4
Sesamia spp.

NOT AVAILABLE


8.1.5
Sugarcane borer, (Fabr.)

Diatrae saccharalis


8.1.6
Sorghum midge, (Coq.)

Contarinia sorghicola


8.1.7
Earhead bug, (Leth.)

Calocoris angustatus


8.1.8
African bollworm, (Hub.)

Helicoverpa armigera


8.1.9
Armyworms

Spodoptera spp.


8.1.10
Oriental armyworms

mythimna separata Wlk.


8.1.11
Greenbug, (Rond.)

Schizaphis graminum


8.1.12
Corn leaf aphid, (Fitch)

Rhopalosiphum maidis


8.1.13
Sugarcane aphid, (Zehnt.)

melanaphis sacchari


8.1.14
Chinch bug,  (Say)

Blissus leucopterus leucopterus


8.1.15
White grubs

Phyllophaga spp. Schizonycha spp.


8.1.16
Sorghum web worm

Celema sorghiella Riley


8.1.17
Web worm

Sphacelia sorghi


8.1.18
Sorghum mite

Oligonychus indicus Hirst


8.1.19
Banks grass mite, (Banks)

Oligonychus pratensis


8.1.20
Grasshoppers

NOT AVAILABLE


8.1.21
Locusts

NOT AVAILABLE


8.1.22
Birds

NOT AVAILABLE


8.2
Fungi

NOT AVAILABLE


8.2.1
Rough leaf spot

Ascochyta sorghi Sacc.


8.2.2
Grey leaf spot

Cercospora sorghi Ell. & Ev.


8.2.3
Anthracnose

Colletotrichum graminicola (Ces.) Wilson


8.2.4
Grain moulds

Curvularia lunata (Wakk.) Boed


8.2.5
Leaf blight

Exserohilum turcicum (Pass.) Leo & Suggs


8.2.6
Target leaf spot

Bipolaris sorghicola


8.2.7
Oval leaf Spot

Ramulispora sorghicola Harris


8.2.8
Tar spot

Phyllachora sacchari Henn


8.2.9
Zonate leaf spot

Gloeocercospora sorghi


8.2.10
Charcoal rot, (Tassi)

Macrophomina phaseolina Goid


8.2.11
Downey mildew

Peronosclerospora sorghi (West. & Upp)C.G. Shaw


8.2.12
Blach dot grain mould, (Tassi)

Phoma insidiosa


8.2.13
Rust, (Cooke)

Puccinia purpurea


8.2.14
Sooty stripe

Ramulispora sorghi (Ell & Ev.) Olive & Lefeb


8.2.15
Ergot, (McRae)

Sphacelia sorghi


8.2.16
Loose

sphacelotheca cruenta (Kuhn) Potter


8.2.17
Head smut

Sphacelotheca reiliana (kuhn) Clinton


8.2.18
Grain smut

Sphacelotheca sorghi (Link) Clinton


8.2.19
Long smut

Tolyposporium ehrenbergii (kuhn) Pat.


8.3
Bacteria

NOT AVAILABLE


8.3.1
Bacteria leaf stripe

Pseudomonas andropogoni (E.F.Sm.) Stapp.


8.3.2
Bacterial leaf spot

Pseudomonas syringae pv. Syringae van (Hall)


8.3.3
Bacterial leaf streak

Xanthomonas campestris pv. Holcicola (elliot) Dye


8.4
Virus

NOT AVAILABLE


8.4.1
Maize dwarf mosaic virus [MDMV]

NOT AVAILABLE


8.4.2
sugarcane mosaic virus [SCMV]

NOT AVAILABLE


8.4.3
Johnsongrass mosaic virus

NOT AVAILABLE


8.4.4
Maize stripe virus  [MStV]

NOT AVAILABLE


8.4.5
Maize mosaic virus  [MMV]

NOT AVAILABLE


8.5
Plants

NOT AVAILABLE


8.5.1
Witchweed

Striga asiatica (L.) O. Kuntze Striga densiflora


8.6
Notes

Specify here any additional information