Descriptors for MAIZ:

Category: DISEASE

Stunting (ACHAP)
Susceptibility to stunting, where 1 totally free of the pathogen and 5 strongly affected
Fusarium spp (FUS)
Susceptibility to attack by Fusarium spp, where 1 totally free of the pathogen and 5 strongly affected
Striped fine (RAYF)
Susceptibility to attack by Striped fine, where 1 totally free of the pathogen and 5 strongly affected

Category: MORPHOLOGY

Top cob insertion height (ALTM)
Average of these 10 floors, in cm, height of insertion of the upper ear on the main stem taken from ground level to the node where the upper ear is born
Plant height (ALTP)
Average of 10 successive competitive plants, medidad height in centimeters from the ground level to the node where the upper leaf and panicle peduncle born.
Kernel width (ANGRN)
Average width thereof 10 grains, in mm, placed side by side
Cob tip width (ANHOM)
Average 10 floors thereof, the width of the ear leaf in cm at midpoint of the distance between the tip and the ligule
Cercospora zeae (CERZ)
Susceptibility to attack by Cercospora zeae, where 1 totally free of the pathogen and 5 strongly affected
Humidity content percentage (CHUM)
Humidity content percentage
Or cob cobs color (CMARL)
The most common color registration Tusa
Coverage of ear (CMAZ)
It was recorded coverage most frequent cob
Aleurone colour (COLA)
The most common color is registration aleurona
Endosperm colour (COLE)
The most common color registration endosperm
Kernel colour (COLG)
The color of the most common kernel record
Pericarp colour (COLP)
The most common color registration pericarp
Stem color (CTALL)
Evaluated the most frequent of these 10 floors
Curvularia sp (CURV)
Susceptibility to attack by Curvularia sp, where 1 totally free of the pathogen and 5 strongly affected
Disposition of Rows (DHIL)
It was recorded the most frequent disposition of rows
Husk or cob diameter (DMARL)
Marlo average diameter in mm, with a caliper, in the central part of the ear, after having shelled the cob
Diameter upper ear (DMAZ)
Average length, in mm, from a calibrator, at the midpoint of the length of the ear
Diameter of the rachis (DRAQ)
Mean diameter of the rachis, in mm, a gauge in the central part of the ear, after having broken the cob
Stem diameter (DTALL)
Average 10 floors thereof, in cm, using a gauge, the greater diameter of the main tall, at the midpoint of the first pop soil between knot
Kernel thickness (ESGRN)
Average grain thickness of 10 mm consecutivosm, caliper, in the middle of a normal line of the upper ear
Number days to female flowering (FFEM)
Number of days between planting and the time has begun emergency stigmas of female inflorescences in 50% of the plants in the plot.
Kernel shape (FGRAN)
It was recorded the most frequent form of kernel
Number days to male flowering (FMAS)
Number of days between planting and the time has started blooming of male flowers in 50% of the plants in the plot.
Shape of ear (FMAZ)
It was recorded the most frequent form of cob
Shape of upper surface of kernel (FSG)
The shape of the grain surface was recorded the most common
Grade adherence chala (GADCH)
Average adhesion value of the upper ear bracts of 10 plants studied. 1 main, which adheres well to the ear; 2 medium; 3 weak
Helminthosporium maydis (HELMM)
Susceptibility to attack by Helminthosporium maydis, where 1 totally free of the pathogen and 5 strongly affected
Helminthosporium turcicum (HELMT)
Susceptibility to attack by Helminthosporium turcicum, where 1 totally free of the pathogen and 5 strongly affected
Index tillering (IMAC)
It is the ratio of the total number of stems counted in the same 10 floors, divided by 10
Prolificacy index (IPROLF)
It is the ratio of the total number of ears produced by 10 plants divided by 10
Long leaf ear (LAHOM)
Average of these 10 floors, the length of the ear leaf, in cm, from the ligula to the tip of the blade
Long chala coverage (LCOCH)
Average of these 10 floors, in cm, of the difference between the length of the bracts and the corresponding upper ear. Distance between the tip of the upper ear and the apex of bracts that surround
Backbone length of the panicle (LECP)
Backbone length of the panicle
Length upper ear (LMAZ)
Average length, in cm, from the base to the apex of the upper ear
Kernel length (LOGRN)
Average grain length of 10 mm, chosen in the middle of the upper ear, placed in rows one below the other, after removal of the wand
Panicle length peduncle (LPPAN)
Average of these 10 floors, in cm, the distance between the upper node of the main stem and the lower or primary basal branching panicle
Length of panicle branched (LPRPAN)
Average of these 10 floors, in cm, of the central axis of the panicle, between the basal primary branches and branching higher
Apical branching panicle length (LRAPAN)
Average 10 floors thereof, in cm, of the length of the terminal spike
Number grains per row (NGHIL)
Mean number of kernels per row, counted in a normal line of the upper ear
Number sheets above upper ear (NHAMS)
Average of these 10 floors, the number of knots with leaves above the ear located on the main stem
Number rows of ear (NHIL)
Average number of kernel rows of the upper ear, counted in the center of the cob
Total number sheets per plant (NTHPLT)
Average of these 10 floors, the number of knots with few sheets on the main stem
Total number of panicle ramifications (NTRPAN)
Average of these 10 floors, in cm, the distance between the start of the branch of the panicle (insertion of its lower side branch) and the upper end of the main axis of the panicle
Position sheets (POSHO)
Evaluated the most frequent of these 10 floors, with scale: 1 semi-dunk; 2 Normal; semi-upright and 4 erect
Pubescence of leaf sheaths (PUVF)
Average of 10 plants, the escal usdanado no pubescence 1 to 5 maximum pubescence
Kernel texture (TEXG)
The texture of the most common kernel record
Kernel texture 2 (TEXG2)
The texture of the most common kernel record
Kernel type (TGR)
It was recorded the most frequent type of kernel

Category: PRODUCTION

100-grains weight (P100)
Weight of 100 grains
Ear grain weight g (PGMAZ)
Ear grain weight g
No ear grain weight g (PGR)
No ear grain weight g
Ear weight g (PMAZ)
Ear weight g