| COMMENT | Observed Taxon | The observed species of Gossypium in the plot. | arboreum | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 SD | Not Available |
| COMMENT | Observed Taxon | The observed species of Gossypium in the plot. | arboreum | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 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 | A2 129 .02 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 | A2 129 CS09-0607 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.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| GROWTH | Height (average) for the plot | Plot height to the nearest foot. | 5 - Plot height was estimated to the nearest foot. Plant height ranges from four to five feet (1.22 to 1.52 meters) in height | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| GROWTH | Stand establishment | Stand establishment of the accession in the plot. | 4 - three fourths of a full stand | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| GROWTH | Stand establishment | Stand establishment of the accession in the plot. | 6 - full stand, high germination rate, high seedling survival | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 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 | A2 129 V11-0225 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Color | The degree of red coloration to the boll. | 1 - green - typical for most cotton cultivars | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 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.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Nectaries | The presence of nectar glands on the base of the boll or calyx. | 1 - present - nectar gland seen at least once on the base of the boll. | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Nectaries | The presence of nectar glands on the base of the boll or calyx. | 1 - present - nectar gland seen at least once on the base of the boll. | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Pitting | Intensity of the pitting of the surface of the mature, but non cleft bolls. | 4 - very pitted - intense pitting of boll surface in density and depth. Seen on some G. barbadense and G. arboreum | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 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.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 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.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Bract Color | The degree of red coloration to the bracts. | 1 - green - green colored bracts | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 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.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Bract Nectaries | The presence of nectar glands on the base of the bracts on the outside or abaxial side. | 0 - absent - no nectar glands seen on base of bracts on the outside or abaxial side | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Bract Nectaries | The presence of nectar glands on the base of the bracts on the outside or abaxial side. | 0 - absent - no nectar glands seen on base of bracts on the outside or abaxial side | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Bract Teeth Size | Size of bract teeth relative to the bract. | 2 - small - teeth make little indentation into bract length. Found often on G. arboreum | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 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 | A2 129 CS09-0607 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.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| 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 | A2 129 CS09-0607 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Color | The degree of red coloration to the leaf color. | 1 - green - leaf is primarily green in color | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Glands | Density of gossypol glands in the leaves. | 1 - medium - typically seen density of gossypol glands for most cotton cultivars. | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 SD | Not Available |
| 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 SD | Not Available |
| 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.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| 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 | A2 129 CS09-0607 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Nectary Number | Number of nectary glands on the undersides of the leaf. | 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.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Shape | The general shape of the mature, expanded leaves (degree of lobing ). | 2 - okra - leaf shape is more dissected than that normally seen | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Shape | The general shape of the mature, expanded leaves (degree of lobing ). | 2 - okra - leaf shape is more dissected than that normally seen | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Lint Color | Color of mature fiber | 1 - white - most cotton cultivars of G. hirsutum and G. arboreum | | COTTON.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Lint Color | Color of mature fiber | 1 - white - most cotton cultivars of G. hirsutum and G. arboreum | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Petal Color | Flower petal color. | 5 - white - in a few G. arboreum accessions, typical for some species e.g. G. costulatum, G. exiguum | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Petal Spot | Red coloration at interior base of flower petals. | 3 - heavy - red coloration creates solid band across petals and extends halfway up the petal. | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Pollen color | Pollen color. | 1 - yellow - seen in some of the older cultivars of G. hirsutum | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 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.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Stem Color | The degree of red coloration to the stems. | 3 - dark red - red coloration permeates the stem | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| 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.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 SD | Not Available |
| 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.CSF&B.FIELD.TEXAS.COLLEGE.STATION | A2 129 CS09-0607 SD | Not Available |
| 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.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Stigma | The stigmatic column in relation to the antheridial cone. | 1 - normal - stigma clears the antheridial cone. Typical for most G. hirsutum cultivars
| | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| 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 | A2 129 CS09-0607 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.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| 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 | A2 129 CS09-0607 SD | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | Productivity | Relative assessment of boll load on a single plant. | 3 - average count of bolls per plant range between 25 and 36 per plant | | COTTON.MXCWN.FIELD.MEXICO.COLIMA.TECOMAN | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| PRODUCTION | Seed Index | The mass of 100 fuzzy seeds, in grams. | 6.99 | | COTTON.OVERVIEW | A2 129 2003 SD | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | Germination Percent One Week | Germination percentage after one week of sowing with selected method and media | 0 | | GERM.GHTRAYCELLS.DIRECTSOW.PEATMIX | A2 129 V11-0225 SD | |
| PRODUCTION | Germination Percent One Week | Germination percentage after one week of sowing with selected method and media | 80 | | GERM.GHTRAYCELLS.DIRECTSOW.PEATMIX | A2 129 2003 SD | Not Available |