| COMMENT | Observed Taxon | The observed species of Gossypium in the plot. | hirsutum | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| COMMENT | Usability | Ease of cultivation and crop production. | 1 - Flowers and produces seed during a single US summer growing season ( G. hirsutum cultivars 'SA' sub-collection, most of asiatic diploid cotton G. herbaceum and G. arboreum, cultivated G. barbadense GB, some G. hirsutum 'TEX' sub-collection accessions). | | COTTON.OVERVIEW | TEX 228 .02 SD | Not Available |
| DISEASE | Coletotrichum Resistance | Resistance to Coletotrichum gossypii. (1 = Immune, 5 = Highly Susceptible) | 3.2 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| DISEASE | Verticillium Resistance | Resistance to Verticillium dahliae. (1.0 = Immune, 5.0 = Highly susceptible) | 4.5 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| GROWTH | Plant Height | Plant height in meters as grown in Tecoman or Iguala Mexico | 0.9 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| GROWTH | Canopy Type | The foliage density on the plants. | 1 - typical - foliage cover is typical of that seen in most cotton cultivars | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| GROWTH | Growth Habit | Growth pattern of stem and branches. | 1 - normal - stem growth is typical of that seen for most cotton cultivars | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| GROWTH | Height (average) for the plot | Plot height to the nearest foot. | 3 - Plot height was estimated to the nearest foot. Plant height ranges from two to three feet (0.61 to 0.91 meters) in height | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| GROWTH | Stand establishment | Stand establishment of the accession in the plot. | 6 - full stand, high germination rate, high seedling survival | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | TEX 228 V12-224 SD | Not Available |
| GROWTH | Stand establishment | Stand establishment of the accession in the plot. | 6 - full stand, high germination rate, high seedling survival | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| GROWTH | Plot uniformity | Indicates degree of uniformity of plants in field plot. | unif - appears uniform and each trait can be given a single score
| | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | TEX 228 V12-224 SD | Not Available |
| GROWTH | Plot uniformity | Indicates degree of uniformity of plants in field plot. | unif - appears uniform and each trait can be given a single score
| | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Arealometer A | Arealometer A is a measure of the external surface area of the fibers of a given volume of material, expressed in square mm per cubic mm of fibrous material. | 389 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Arealometer D | The difference between specific area determined at high pressure (AH) and standard pressure (Areo A). D is presumably a measure of flatness of the fiber ribbon. | 20 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Weight | Average weight in grams of a 10 boll sample | 3.3 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | E1 | The percentage elongation at break of the center 1/8 inch of the fiber bundle measured for T1 strength on the Stelometer. | 8.2 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Embryo Index | Weight in grams of embryos per 100 seeds. | 5.073 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Flower Score | Flowering score of TX Collection. (0.0 = no flowers during growing season, 1.0 = flowers 8 weeks later than Upland var. 5.0 = flowers as early as Upland variety). | 1.5 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Pubescence | Hairiness of plant in general. | 4 - Very hairy plant | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Seed Coat Index | Weight in grams of seed coats per 100 seeds. | 3.394 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Uhm | The length in inches of the half of the fibers by weight that contains the longer fibers. UHM approximates classer's staple and 2.5 percent span length. | 0.9 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Color | The degree of red coloration to the boll. | 1 - green - typical for most cotton cultivars | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Glanding | Density of gossypol glands on the surface of the mature, but non cleft boll. | 3 - heavy - more gossypol glands than is normally observed on most cotton cultivars. Often seen with G. barbadense | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Nectaries | The presence of nectar glands on the base of the boll or calyx. | 2 - reduced - nectar gland is small in size and low in frequency on the plant | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Pitting | Intensity of the pitting of the surface of the mature, but non cleft bolls. | 1 - smooth - no observable pitting of the surface of the boll | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Point | Degree of tapering of the boll tips. | 1 - moderately pointed - boll ends in a point, intermediate between clearly pointed and blunt | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Shape | Degree of roundness to the boll shape. | 2 - round - round shape to the bolls. Not necessarily perfectly round but length is close to width | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Size | Relative size of the bolls. | 1 - medium - typical size for most cotton cultivars (golf ball size) | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Bract Color | The degree of red coloration to the bracts. | 3 - sun red - partial red color of the bracts. Nearly always seen on G. hirsutum | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Bract Nectaries | The presence of nectar glands on the base of the bracts on the outside or abaxial side. | 1 - present - nectar gland seen at least once on the bract on the outside or abaxial side | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Bract Teeth Number | Relative number of bract teeth. | 1 - medium - around a dozen teeth on the bract | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Bract Teeth Size | Size of bract teeth relative to the bract. | 3 - large - bracts are indented to half of length of the bract. Common for G. hirsutum cultivars | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Bract Type | Type of bract according to shape or placement relative to the boll. | 1 - normal - typical bract that remains close to the boll and expands to partially wrap the boll | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Fruiting Type | Pattern of boll formation on branches. | 1 - normal - regular formation of bolls, with 1-2 per node | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Color | The degree of red coloration to the leaf color. | 1 - green - leaf is primarily green in color | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Glands | Density of gossypol glands in the leaves. | 3 - heavy - density of glands is greater than that normally seen in most cotton cultivars | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Hair | Relative density of hairs on the leaf surfaces (expanded leaves at the fourth node). | 4 - hairy - leaf hair density is greater than that normally seen on most cotton cultivars | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Nectary Number | Number of nectary glands on the undersides of the leaf. | 3 - 3 - nectar glands found on main vein and two other veins on undersides of leaves | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Shape | The general shape of the mature, expanded leaves (degree of lobing ). | 1 - normal - leaf shape typically seen in cotton cultivars | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Size | Size of the mature, expanded leaf surfaces, fourth node, or older. | 1 - medium - leaf size is typical for that in cultivars, and when compared to an opened hand it fills the palm area | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Lint Color | Color of mature fiber | 1 - white - most cotton cultivars of G. hirsutum and G. arboreum | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Locule Number | Number of locules per boll | 4 - four locules | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Petal Color | Flower petal color. | 1 - cream - most common color in cultivars of Gossypium hirsutum | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Petal Spot | Red coloration at interior base of flower petals. | 0 - none - base of petal is same color as rest of petal. | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Seed Fuzz | The relative density of seed fuzz on the seed surface after ginning | 4 - tufted - fuzz only on micropylar end | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Seed Fuzz Color | The color of the seed fuzz after ginning. | 5 - tan - tan colored seed fuzz | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Seed Type | The clustering of the seed in the boll. | 1 - free - seeds separate freely from each other in the ripe boll | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Stem Color | The degree of red coloration to the stems. | 2 - sun red - red coloration is regularly seen on the side of the stem most exposed to the sun | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Stem Glands | The relative density of gossypol glands on the stems. | 3 - heavy - density of glands is greater than that normally seen in most cotton cultivars | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Stem Hair | Stem hair density on the mature, expanded stem, fourth node, or older. | 4 - hairy - stem hair density is greater than that normally seen on most cotton cultivars. | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Stigma | The stigmatic column in relation to the antheridial cone. | 2 - protruding - stigma is beyond the antheridial cone. Typical in many G. barbadense accessions and wild accessions of other Gossypium species
| | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| PHENOLOGY | Maturity | Relative maturity of entries when earliest cotton had all bolls open. | 2 - 1/2 bolls open | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PHENOLOGY | Maturity | Maturity of the plot at the time of observation. | 3 - less than 1/2 open - bolls have already formed, but most are unopened | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |
| PRODUCTION | Lint percent | The weight of lint ginned from a sample of seed cotton expressed as a percentage of the weight of seed cotton. | 32 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | Lint Index | The weight of lint from 100 seed in grams | 4.1 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | Mean | The average length in inches of all fibers longer than 1/4 inch. | 0.8 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | Micronaire | The fineness of the sample taken from the ginned lint measured by the Micronaire and expressed in standard curvilinear micron aire units. | 5.35 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | Productiveness | Relative productiveness. | 3 - Fair production | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | Seed Index | The weight of 100 seed in grams | 8.8 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | T0 | The fiber strength of a bundle of fibers measured on a Stelometer with the jaws holding the fiber bundle tightly appressed. Measured in grams force per tex. | 43.3 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | T1 | The fiber strength of a bundle of fibers measured on a Stelometer with the jaws separated by a 1/8 inch spacer. Measured in grams force per tex. | 18.6 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | Productivity | Relative assessment of boll load on a single plant. | 2 - average count of bolls per plant range between 13 to 24 bolls per plant | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 228 CR18-1135 SD | |