Experiment: 1
Institute: IITA
Date of planting: 2014/08/22
Date of data collection: 2015/09/17
Observable |
Attribute |
Value |
anther |
Anther colour |
cream |
bract |
Bract behaviour before falling |
revolute (rolling) |
bract |
Colour of bract internal face |
yellow or green |
bract |
Colour of bract external face |
green |
bract apex |
Bract imbrication at apex of male bud |
moderately imbricate |
bract apex |
Bract apex shape |
pointed |
cigar leaf |
Pigmentation of outer surface of cigar leaf on sucker |
green |
flower |
6.6.24 - Dominant colour of male flower |
cream |
fruit |
Remains of flower relicts at fruit apex |
base of the style prominent |
fruit |
Number of fruits on mid-hand of the bunch |
less than or equal to 12 |
fruit |
Fruit shape of curve |
straight (or slightly curved) |
fruit |
Fruit length |
26-30 cm |
fruit |
Fruit apex point |
blunt-tipped (plateau at tip) |
fruit pedicel |
Fruit pedicel length |
equal to or more than 21 mm |
fruit pedicel |
6.7.11 - Fusion of pedicels |
no visible sign of fusion |
inflorescence bud |
Male bud length |
12-8 |
inflorescence bud |
Male bud shape |
like a top |
infructescence |
Bunch position |
hanging vertically |
infructescence |
Bunch shape |
asymmetrical |
infructescence |
Number of hands measured |
4 |
infructescence axis |
Male rachis position |
falling vertically |
infructescence axis |
Male rachis appearance |
other |
petiole canal |
Margin behaviour on petiole canal of third leaf |
straight with erect margins |
petiole margin |
Colour line along edge of petiole margin |
contrast between margin and petiole (with a contrasting colour line along) |
petiole margin |
Petiole margin colour |
green |
petiole margin |
Petiole margins winged |
winged and clasping the pseudostem |
petiole proximal end |
Blotches relative area at petiole base |
small blotches |
plant sap |
6.2.7 - Sap colour |
whitish |
pseudostem |
Main underlying colour of pseudostem |
light green |
pseudostem |
Pseudostem height |
2.1-2.9 m |
tepal |
Lobe colour of tip of compound tepal |
yellow |
tepal |
Compound tepal main colour |
cream |
Experiment: 2
Institute: IITA
Date of planting: 2014/08/22
Date of data collection: 2015/12/11
Observable |
Attribute |
Value |
anther |
Anther colour |
cream |
bract |
Colour of bract internal face |
yellow or green |
bract |
Colour of bract external face |
green |
bract |
Bract behaviour before falling |
revolute (rolling) |
bract apex |
Bract apex shape |
pointed |
bract apex |
Bract imbrication at apex of male bud |
moderately imbricate |
cigar leaf |
Pigmentation of outer surface of cigar leaf on sucker |
green |
flower |
6.6.24 - Dominant colour of male flower |
cream |
fruit |
Number of fruits on mid-hand of the bunch |
less than or equal to 12 |
fruit |
Fruit length |
26-30 cm |
fruit |
Fruit shape of curve |
straight (or slightly curved) |
fruit |
Remains of flower relicts at fruit apex |
base of the style prominent |
fruit |
Fruit apex point |
blunt-tipped (plateau at tip) |
fruit pedicel |
6.7.11 - Fusion of pedicels |
no visible sign of fusion |
fruit pedicel |
Fruit pedicel length |
equal to or more than 21 mm |
inflorescence bud |
Male bud shape |
like a top |
inflorescence bud |
Male bud length |
14-13 |
infructescence |
Number of hands measured |
6 |
infructescence |
Bunch shape |
asymmetrical |
infructescence |
Bunch position |
hanging vertically |
infructescence axis |
Male rachis appearance |
other |
infructescence axis |
Male rachis position |
falling vertically |
petiole canal |
Margin behaviour on petiole canal of third leaf |
straight with erect margins |
petiole margin |
Colour line along edge of petiole margin |
no contrast between margin and petiole (without a colour line along) |
petiole margin |
Petiole margins winged |
winged and clasping the pseudostem |
petiole margin |
Petiole margin colour |
green |
petiole proximal end |
Blotches relative area at petiole base |
small blotches |
plant sap |
6.2.7 - Sap colour |
whitish |
pseudostem |
Main underlying colour of pseudostem |
light green |
pseudostem |
Pseudostem height |
2.1-2.9 m |
tepal |
Lobe colour of tip of compound tepal |
yellow |
tepal |
Compound tepal main colour |
cream |