Descriptor: MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP (MORPHOLOG)

Definition:

MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP BASED ON 1987 PRASADA RAO ET AL.

Crop:

MILLET-FOXTAIL

Category:

Morphological descriptors

Status:

Crop Germplasm Committee approved

Data Type:

Alpha/numeric descriptor

Maximum Length:

Comment:

K. E. Prasada Rao, J. M. J. de Wet, D. E. Brink and M. H. Mengesha. 1987. Infraspecific Variation and Systematics of Cultivated Setaria italica, Foxtail Millet (Poaceae). Economic Botany, Vol. 41: 108-116 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4254946

Responsible Site:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station (NC7)

Studies or environments

Distribution of Values for MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP (MORPHOLOG)

Code	Definition	Number of Accessions
FORAGE	For forage use	2
INDICA	intermediate, including plants with slender erect heads and numerous clums	28
MAXIMA	single-stemmed or few-stemmed with large heads	118
MOHARIA	many stems and small heads	47
OTHER	Not in other morphological groups, explain in note	19
WILD	Wild or weed	9