Research Article

Characterization of Morphological Diversity of Jute Mallow (Corchorus spp.)

Table 2

Qualitative and quantitative traits used in this study.

SNCharacterDescription

(1)Plant height (PH)Height of the plant measured at ground surface at 50% flowering (cm)
(2)Leaf length (LL)Leaf blade length excluding petiole length (cm)
(3)Leaf width (LW)Mature leaf width measured at widest point (cm)
(4)Leaf length-width ratio (LWR)The ratio of leaf length to leaf width
(5)Petiole length (PL)Length of leaf stalk (cm)
(6)Days to 50% flowering (50 FLR)Number of days from sowing to 50% flowering
(7)Number of primary branches (PB)Number of branches from main stem
(8)Number of secondary branches (SB)Number of branches from the secondary stem
(9)Plant canopy (PC)Plant width taken at widest point (cm)
(10)Flower diameter (FD)The width of an open flower (mm)
(11)Pedicel length (PEDL)The stalk of the flower (mm)
(12)Fruit length (FL)Length of mature fruit excluding the pedicel
(13)Days to first mature pods (DMP)Number of days from sowing to first mature pod
(14)Harvest index (HI)Ratio of total harvestable leaves to total weight of the plant
(15)Number of leaves (NL)Counted from individual plant during flowering
(16)Biomass yield (BY)Total weight of the plant above the ground surface (gm)
(17)Number of pods/plant (NPP)Counted from individual plant at maturity stage
(18)Weight of 1000 seeds (W1000S)Measured in weighing balance after counting
(19)Seeds per pod (SP)Counted from individual pod
(20)Cotyledon color (CC)(3) Light green, (5) green, (7) purplish green
(21)Stem color (ST)(3) Brown, (5) green, (7) red-purple
(22)Leaf color (LC)(1) Light green, (3) green, (5) dark green, (7) purple, (9) dark purple
(23)Leaf lobe (LL)(0)Absent, (1) present
(24)Setae (S)(1) Small, (2) large
(25)Leaf shape (LS)(1) Ovate, (3) elliptical, (5) cordate, (7) palmate
(26)Leaf base (LB)(1) Rounded, (3) sagittate, (5) acute
(27)Leaf apex (LA)(1) Acuminate, (3) caudate, (5) acute, (7) palmate
(28)Leaf margin (LM)(1) Coarsely serrate, (3) cleft, (5) double serrate, (7) finely serrate, (9) crenate
(29)Stem pattern (SP)(1) Erect, (2) semierect
(30)Stipule color (SC)(1) Green, (3) green stipule with dark red base, (5) light purple
(31)Petiole color (PETC)(1) Green, (3) green with dark red base, (5) purple
(32)Fruit shape (FS)(3) Globule, (5) long pod, (7) round pod
(33)Fruit color (FRC)(3) Pale brown, (5) brown, (7) brown