| COMMENT | Observed Taxon | The observed species of Gossypium in the plot. | hirsutum | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| 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 | SA 136 .02 SD | 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| GROWTH | Growth Habit | Growth pattern of stem and branches. | 1 - normal - stem growth is typical of that seen for most cotton cultivars | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| GROWTH | Stand establishment | Stand establishment of the accession in the plot. | 1 - 10% or less of the full stand | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| 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 | SA 136 V14-0021 SD | Not Available |
| GROWTH | Plot uniformity | Indicates degree of uniformity of plants in field plot. | seg - one or more traits are segregating and usually at least one trait can have multiple scores
one or more traits are segregating and usually at least one trait can have multiple scores
| | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | SA 136 V14-0021 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Weight | Average weight in grams of a 10 boll sample | 7.5 | | 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. | 7.1 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Color | Leaf color. | 1 - Green | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Hairs | Leaf hairs. | 3 - Moderate plant hairs | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Petal Color | Petal color. | 1 - Yellow | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Petal Spot | Type of petal spotting. For the Arizona Collections the codes are from 0 (spotless) to 22 (full spot). | 0 - None | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Pollen Color | Pollen color. | 1 - Yellow | | 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. | 0.88 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | UHM2 | UHM2 | 0.93 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Color | The degree of red coloration to the boll. | 1 - green - typical for most cotton cultivars | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Point | Degree of tapering of the boll tips. | 2 - pointed - boll is tapered to a tip. It can complement the cone boll shape or appear pinched out | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Size | Relative size of the bolls. | 1 - medium - typical size for most cotton cultivars (golf ball size) | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Color | The degree of red coloration to the leaf color. | 1 - green - leaf is primarily green in color | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Glands | Density of gossypol glands in the leaves. | 1 - medium - typically seen density of gossypol glands for most cotton cultivars. | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Hair | Relative density of hairs on the leaf surfaces (expanded leaves at the fourth node). | 2 - few - leaf hairs are at a low frequency | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Nectary Number | Number of nectary glands on the undersides of the leaf. | 1 - 1 - nectar glands only seen on the main vein of underside of leaves | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Shape | The general shape of the mature, expanded leaves (degree of lobing ). | 1 - normal - leaf shape typically seen in cotton cultivars | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Lint Color | Color of mature fiber | 9 - plot is segregating for this trait and a single score is not an accurate description or the variation is outside of the rating scale | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Seed Fuzz | The relative density of seed fuzz on the seed surface after ginning | 1 - medium - seed fuzz throughout surface | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Seed Type | The clustering of the seed in the boll. | 1 - free - seeds separate freely from each other in the ripe boll | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Stem Glands | The relative density of gossypol glands on the stems. | 1 - medium - typically seen density of gossypol glands for most cotton cultivars | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Stem Hair | Stem hair density on the mature, expanded stem, fourth node, or older. | 2 - few - stem hairs are at low frequency | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| PHENOLOGY | Maturity | Maturity of the plot at the time of observation. | 4 - more than 1/2 open - most bolls that have formed are opening | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| PHENOLOGY | Photoperiodic rating | Average plot flowering response approximately 3 weeks post Summer Solstice | 3 - bolls - bolls are developing on the plants | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | Lint percent | The weight of lint ginned from a sample of seed cotton expressed as a percentage of the weight of seed cotton. | 19.1 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | Mean | The average length in inches of all fibers longer than 1/4 inch. | 0.6 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | MEAN2 | MEAN2 | 0.64 | | 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. | 2.3 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | Seed Index | The weight of 100 seed in grams | 12.3 | | 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. | 32.4 | | 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. | 16.7 | | 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | SA 136 CS12-0505 SD | Not Available |