| COMMENT | Observed Taxon | The observed species of Gossypium in the plot. | hirsutum | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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 | A2 634 .02 SD | Not Available |
| COMMENT | Usability | Ease of cultivation and crop production. | 2 - Fails to mature or produce seed in a single summer growing season. Results from a combination of factors such as delayed maturity, photoperiodic (short day) flowering, hard seed coats, poor stand establishment (many collected G. barbadense GB, most G. hirsutum TEX landraces/racestocks or 'wild' cotton). | | COTTON.OVERVIEW | TEX 1277 .02 SD | Not Available |
| GROWTH | Plant Height | Plant height in meters as grown in Tecoman or Iguala Mexico | 2.4 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| GROWTH | Canopy Type | The foliage density on the plants. | 2 - open - leaves are spaced further than that seen for most cotton cultivars | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 SD | Not Available |
| GROWTH | Height (average) for the plot | Plot height to the nearest foot. | 8 - Plot height was estimated to the nearest foot. Plant height is over seven feet (2.13 meters) in height | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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 1277 CR22-0057yr2 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Pubescence | Hairiness of plant in general. | 2 - Few plant hairs | | 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 1277 CR22-0057yr2 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Glanding | Density of gossypol glands on the surface of the mature, but non cleft boll. | 1 - medium - typical density of gossypol glands observed on most G. hirsutum cultivars | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Pitting | Intensity of the pitting of the surface of the mature, but non cleft bolls. | 2 - lightly pitted - low degree of pitting, shallower pits and lower density than typically seen in G. barbadense and G. arboreum | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Boll Shape | Degree of roundness to the boll shape. | 1 - oval - oval shape to bolls. Widest point tends to the middle of the boll | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 SD | Not Available |
| 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 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Bract Nectaries | The presence of nectar glands on the base of the bracts on the outside or abaxial side. | 2 - reduced - nectar gland is small in size and low in frequency on the plant | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 SD | Not Available |
| 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 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 SD | Not Available |
| 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 1277 CR22-0057yr2 SD | Not Available |
| 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 1277 CR22-0057yr2 SD | Not Available |
| 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 1277 CR22-0057yr2 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Leaf Hair | Relative density of hairs on the leaf surfaces (expanded leaves at the fourth node). | 3 - moderate - leaf hairs are at a regular and commonly seen density for most cotton cultivars | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 SD | Not Available |
| PHENOLOGY | Maturity | Relative maturity of entries when earliest cotton had all bolls open. | 4 - No bolls open | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PHENOLOGY | Maturity | Maturity of the plot at the time of observation. | 2 - flowers have formed, but bolls are not yet forming | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 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. | 27 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | Productiveness | Relative productiveness. | 4 - Poor production | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | Seed Index | The weight of 100 seed in grams | 6.6 | | COTTON.GENERAL | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | Productivity | Relative assessment of boll load on a single plant. | 1 - less than a dozen bolls are observed per plant | | COTTON.CRCWN.FIELD.COSTA.RICA.GUANACASTE.LIBERIA | TEX 1277 CR22-0057yr2 SD | Not Available |