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Descriptor:
Secondary Cooked Root Color (ROOTCOLOR2)
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Definition:
The secondary visual color of cross-sectional samples of the cooked root. In many lines the color is not uniform across the root. The secondary color represents the second most distributed color in the cross section.
Crop:
SWEETPOTATO
Category:
Morphological descriptors
Status:
Crop Germplasm Committee approved
Data Type:
Alpha/numeric descriptor
Maximum Length:
3
Responsible Site:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9) (
S9
)
Studies or environments
SWEETPOTATO.UGA.1998
234 Accessions
Distribution of Values for
Secondary Cooked Root Color (ROOTCOLOR2)
Code
Definition
Number of Accessions
BR
Brown
13
C
Cream
40
GO
Gold
51
GR
Green
8
GY
Grey
29
O
Orange
9
P
Purple
8
T
Tan
5
W
White
7
Y
Yellow
64