MUSA

Descriptors
Category: DISEASE
  1. SIGATOKA_DSI_AT FLOWERING (SGTKADSIFLW) Sigatoka disease severity index at flowering according to: Craenen, K., 1998. Technical manual on black Sigatoka disease of banana and plantain. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). Ibadan, Nigeria. 60 pp.
  2. SIGATOKA_DSI_AT HARVEST (SGTKADSIHRV) Sigatoka disease severity index at harvest according to: Craenen, K., 1998. Technical manual on black Sigatoka disease of banana and plantain. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). Ibadan, Nigeria. 60 pp.
Category: GROWTH
  1. Bunch Mean Fruit Weight (BNCHMFTWT) Bunch mean fruit weight in grams.
  2. Bunch Weight (BNCHWT) Net bunch weight in kilograms (excluding rachis).
  3. Fruits per Bunch (FRTPRBNCH) Average number of fruits per bunch.
  4. Fruits in First Hand Mean Wt. (FTFRSTHDMW) Mean weight of fruits in first hand, measured in g.
  5. Fruits in First Hand Number (FTFRSTHDNO) Number of fruits in first hand.
  6. Fruits in Last Hand Diameter (FTLASTHDD) Diameter of fruits in last hand, measured in mm.
  7. Fruits in Last Hand Length (FTLASTHDL) Length of fruits in last hand, measured in cm.
  8. Fruits in Last Hand Mean Wt. (FTLASTHDMW) Mean weight of fruits in last hand, measured in g.
  9. Fruits in Last Hand Number (FTLASTHDNO) Number of fruits in last hand.
  10. Fruits in Third Hand Diameter (FTTHRDHDD) Diameter of fruits in third hand, measured in mm.
  11. Fruits in Third Hand Length (FTTHRDHDL) Length of fruits in third hand listed in cm.
  12. Fruits in Third Hand Mean Wt. (FTTHRDHDMW) Mean weight of fruits in third hand, measured in g
  13. Fruits in Third Hand Number (FTTHRDHDNO) Number of fruits in third hand.
  14. Hands per Bunch (HNDSPRBNCH) Average number of hands per bunch.
  15. Functional Lvs. at Emergence (LVSBEMERG) Functional leaves at bunch-emergence.
  16. Functional Lvs. at Harvest (LVSHARVEST) Functional leaves at harvest.
  17. Plant Pseudostem Diameter (PSTEMDIA) Diameter of the plant's pseudostem.
  18. Plant Pseudostem Height (PSTEMHT) Height of the plant's pseudostem.
  19. PROPAGATING SUCKERS AT FLOWER (SUCKERSFLW) Propagating suckers at bunch emergence / flowering.
  20. Propagating Suckers at Harvest (SUCKERSHRV) Propagating suckers at harvest.
  21. THIRD_HAND_MEAN_WEIGHT (THRDHDMW) Mean weight of third hand, measured in kg.
Category: MORPHOLOGY
  1. 6.6.13 Anther colour (ANTHER-COLOUR) Anther colour
  2. 6.6.11 Anther exsertion (ANTHER-EXSERTION) Anther exsertion
  3. 6.3.2 Blotches colour (BLOTCHES-COLOUR) Blotches colour
  4. 6.3.1 Blotches at petiole base (BLOTCHES-PETI-BASE) Blotches at petiole base
  5. 6.5.2 Bract apex shape (BRACT-APEX-SHAPE) Bract apex shape
  6. 6.5.1 Bract base shape (BRACT-BASE-SHAPE) Bract base shape
  7. 6.5.12 Bract behav. bef. fall. (BRACT-BEHAV-BEF-FALL) Bract behaviour before falling
  8. 6.5.6 Colour on the bract apex (BRACT-COLOUR-APEX) Colour on the bract apex
  9. 6.5.9 Fading of bract base col (BRACT-COLOUR-BASE) Fading of colour on bract base
  10. 6.5.4 Bract ext. face colour (BRACT-COLOUR-EXT-FACE) Colour of the bract external face
  11. 6.5.5 Bract int. face colour (BRACT-COLOUR-INT-FACE) Colour of the bract internal face
  12. 6.5.7 Colour stripes on bract (BRACT-COLOUR-STRIPES) Colour stripes on bract
  13. 6.5.14 Grooves on the bract (BRACT-GROOVES) Presence of grooves on the bract
  14. 6.5.3 Bract imbrication (BRACT-IMBRICATION) Bract imbrication
  15. 6.5.10 Final Bract Shape Value (BRACT-SHAPE-FINAL) Final Bract Shape Value
  16. 6.5.13 Wax on the bract (BRACT-WAX) Wax on the bract
  17. 6.4.8 Bunch appearance (BUNCH-APPEARANCE) Bunch appearance
  18. 6.4.6 Bunch position (BUNCH-POSITION) Bunch position
  19. 6.4.7 Bunch shape (BUNCH-SHAPE) Bunch shape
  20. 7.9 Bunch Weight (BUNCH-WEIGHT) Bunch Weight (kg)
  21. 6.6.2 Comp. tepal basic colour (COMP-TEPAL-COLOUR) Compound tepal basic colour
  22. 6.6.4 Lobe colour comp. tepal (COMP-TEPAL-COLOUR-LOBE) Lobe colour of compound tepal
  23. 6.6.5 Lobe devel of comp tepal (COMP-TEPAL-DEVELOP-LOBE) Lobe development of compound tepal
  24. 6.6.3 Comp. tepal pigmentation (COMP-TEPAL-PIGMENT) Compound tepal pigmentation
  25. 6.1.2 Dwarfism (DWARFISM) Dwarfism
  26. 7.13 Ext. mid. fruit diameter (EXT-MID-FRUIT-DIAMETER) Diameter of exterior middle fruit (cm)
  27. 7.12 Ext. mid. fruit length (EXT-MID-FRUIT-LENGTH) Length of the exterior middle fruit (cm)
  28. 6.6.12 Filament colour (FILAMENT-COLOUR) Filament colour
  29. 6.7.21 Flesh texture (FLESH-TEXTURE) Flesh texture
  30. 6.7.7 Flower relict remains (FLOWER-APEX-REMAIN) Remains of flower relicts at fruit apex
  31. 6.6.25 Irregular flowers (FLOWER-IRREGULAR) Irregular flowers
  32. 6.6.9 Free tepal apex devel. (FREE-TEPAL-APEX-DEVELOP) Free tepal apex development
  33. 6.6.10 Free tepal apex shape (FREE-TEPAL-APEX-SHAPE) Free tepal apex shape
  34. 6.6.8 Free tepal appearance (FREE-TEPAL-APPEAR) Free tepal appearance
  35. 6.6.6 Free tepal colour (FREE-TEPAL-COLOUR) Free tepal colour
  36. 6.6.7 Free tepal shape (FREE-TEPAL-SHAPE) Free tepal shape
  37. 6.7.6 Fruit apex (FRUIT-APEX) Fruit apex
  38. 6.7.20 Fruits fall from hand (FRUIT-FALL-HAND) Fruits fall from handds
  39. 6.7.8 Fruit pedicel length (FRUIT-PEDICEL-LENGTH) Fruit pedicel lenght (mm)
  40. 6.7.9 Fruit pedicel width (mm) (FRUIT-PEDICEL-WIDHT) Fruit pedicel width (mm)
  41. 6.7.15 Fruit peel adherence (FRUIT-PEEL-ADHERENCE) Adherence of the fruit peel
  42. 6.7.16 Cracks in fruit peel (FRUIT-PEEL-CRACK) Cracks in fruit peel
  43. 6.7.12 Immature fruit peel col (FRUIT-PEEL-IMMATURE-COLOUR) Immature fruit peel colour
  44. 6.7.13 Mature fruit peel col. (FRUIT-PEEL-MATURE-COLOUR) Mature fruit peel colour
  45. 6.7.14 Fruit peel thickness (FRUIT-PEEL-THICKNESS) Fruit peel thickness (mm)
  46. 6.7.1 Fruit position (FRUIT-POSITION) Fruit position
  47. 6.4.10 Fruit Positioning (FRUIT-POSITIONING) Fruit positioning
  48. 6.7.17 Pulp in fruit (FRUIT-PULP) Pulp in fruit
  49. 6.7.4 Fruit shape (FRUIT-SHAPE) Fruit shape
  50. 6.7.5 Fruit transverse section (FRUIT-TRANSVERSE-SEC) Transverse section of fruit
  51. 7.10-11 Hands-Fruits (HANDS-FRUIT) Hands-Fruits
  52. 7.10 Number of Hands (HANDS-NUMBER) Number of Hands
  53. 6.7.3 Int. mid. fruit length (INT-MID-FRUIT-LENGTH) Length of the interior middle fruit (cm)
  54. 6.3.15 Leaf lower surf appear (LEAF-APPEAR-LOW-SURF) Appearance of leaf lower surface
  55. 6.3.13 Leaf upper surf appear (LEAF-APPEAR-UP-SURF) Appearance of leaf upper surface
  56. 6.3.17 Insert. point of blades (LEAF-BLADE-INSERT-PETI) Insertion point of leaf blades on petiole
  57. 6.3.9 Leaf blade length (cm) (LEAF-BLADE-LENGTH) Leaf blade length (cm)
  58. 6.3.18 Leaf blade base shape (LEAF-BLADE-SHAPE-BASE) Shape of leaf blade base
  59. 6.3.10 Leaf blade width (cm) (LEAF-BLADE-WIDTH) Leaf blade width (cm)
  60. 6.3.22 Colour of cigar leaf (LEAF-CIG-DOR-COLOUR-SURF) Colour of cigar leaf dorsal surface
  61. 6.3.14 Leaf lower surf. colour (LEAF-COLOUR-LOW-SURF) Colour of leaf lower surface
  62. 6.3.12 Leaf upper surf. colour (LEAF-COLOUR-UP-SURF) Colour of leaf upper surface
  63. 6.3.19 Leaf corrugation (LEAF-CORRUGATION) Leaf corrugation
  64. 6.1.1 Leaf habit (LEAF-HABIT) Leaf habit
  65. 6.3.20 Midrib dorsal surf col (LEAF-MIDRIB-DOR-COLOUR) Colour of midrib dorsal surface
  66. 6.3.21 Midrib ventral surf col (LEAF-MIDRIB-VEN-COLOUR) Colour of midrib ventral surface
  67. 6.3.10.1 Leaf Ratio (LEAF-RATIO) Leaf Ratio
  68. 6.2.8 Wax on leaf sheaths (LEAF-SHEATHS-WAX) Wax on leaf sheaths
  69. 6.3.16 Wax on leaves (LEAF-WAX) Wax of leaves
  70. 6.5.11 Male bract lifting (MALE-BRACT-LIFTING) Male bract lifting
  71. 6.4.15 Male bud shape (MALE-BUD-SHAPE) Male bud shape
  72. 6.4.16 Male bud size at harv. (MALE-BUD-SIZE-HARV) Male bud size at harvest
  73. 6.4.14 Male bud type (MALE-BUD-TYPE) Male bud type
  74. 6.6.1 Male flower behaviour (MALE-FLOWER-BEHAV) Male flower behaviour
  75. 6.6.24 Male flower dom. colour (MALE-FLOWER-COLOUR) Dominant colour of male flower
  76. 6.7.2 Fruits on Mid Hand (MID-HAND-FRUITNO) Fruits on Mid Hand
  77. 6.6.22 Ovary basic colour (OVARY-BASIC-COLOUR) Ovary basic colour
  78. 6.6.23 Ovary pigmentation (OVARY-PIGMENT) Ovary pigmentation
  79. 6.6.21 Ovary shape (OVARY-SHAPE) Ovary shape
  80. 6.7.11 Fusion of pedicels (PEDICEL-FUSION) Fusion of pedicels
  81. 6.7.10 Pedicel surface (PEDICEL-SURF) Fruit pedicel surface
  82. 6.4.4 PEDUNCULE COLOUR (PEDUNCLE-COLOUR) Penduncle colour
  83. 6.4.2 EMPTY NODES ON PEDUNCULE (PEDUNCLE-EMPTY-NODES) Empty nodes on peduncle
  84. 6.4.5 PEDUNCULE HAIRINESS (PEDUNCLE-HAIRINESS) Penduncle hairiness
  85. 6.4.1 PEDUNCLE LENGTH (CM) (PEDUNCLE-LENGTH) Penduncle length (cm)
  86. 6.4.3 PEDUNCULE WIDTH (CM) (PEDUNCLE-WIDTH) Penduncle width (cm)
  87. 6.3.3 Petiole canal leaf III (PETI-CANAL-LEAF-III) Petiole canal leaf III
  88. 6.3.7 Edge of Petiole Margin (PETI-EDGE-MARGIN) Edge of petiole margin
  89. 6.3.11 Petiole length (cm) (PETI-LENGTH) Petiole length (cm)
  90. 6.3.6 Petiole margin colour (PETI-MARGIN-COLOUR) Petiole margin colour
  91. 6.3.4 Petiole margins (PETI-MARGINS) Petiole margins
  92. 6.3.8 Petiole margin width (PETI-MARGIN-WIDTH) Petiole margin width (cm)
  93. 6.3.7 Rim Colour (PETI-RIM-COLOUR) Colour of petiole margin rim
  94. 6.6.14 Pollen sac colour (POLLEN-SAC-COLOUR) Pollen sac colour
  95. 6.2.4 Pseudostem appearance (PSTEM-APPEARANCE) Appereance of the plant's pseudostem
  96. Plant Pseudostem Color (PSTEMCOL) Color of the plant's pseudostem.
  97. 6.2.3 Pseudostem colour (PSTEM-COLOUR) Colour of the plant's pseudostem.
  98. 6.2.6 Pseudostem pigmentation (PSTEM-PIGMENT) Pigmentation of the underlying pseudostem
  99. 6.2.5 Pseudos. underlying col. (PSTEM-UNDER-COLOUR) Predominant underlying colour of the pseudostem
  100. 6.7.18 Pulp col. bef. maturity (PULP-IMMATURE-COLOUR) Pulp colour before maturity
  101. 6.7.19 Pulp colour at maturity (PULP-MATURE-COLOUR) Pulp colour at maturity
  102. 6.4.13 Rachis appearance (RACHIS-APPEARANCE) Rachis appearance
  103. 6.5.8 Bract scars on rachis (RACHIS-BRACT-SCARS) Bract scars on rachis
  104. 6.4.12 Rachis position (RACHIS-POSITION) Rachis position
  105. 6.4.11 Rachis type (RACHIS-TYPE) Rachis type
  106. 7.8 Ratoon Height (RATOON-HEIGHT) Height of following ratoon
  107. 6.2.7 Sap colour (SAP-COLOUR) Sap colour
  108. Presence of seed (SEED-PRESENCE) Presence of seed with source of pollen
  109. 6.7.25 Seed shape (SEED-SHAPE) Seed shape
  110. 6.7.24 Seed surface (SEED-SURF) Seed surface
  111. 6.6.20 Stigma colour (STIGMA-COLOUR) Stigma colour
  112. 6.6.16 Style basic colour (STYLE-BASIC-COLOUR) Style basic colour
  113. 6.6.18 Style exsertion (STYLE-EXSERTION) Style exsertion
  114. 6.6.17 Pigmentation on style (STYLE-PIGMENT) Pigmentation on style
  115. 6.6.19 Style shape (STYLE-SHAPE) Style shape
  116. 6.2.10 Development of suckers (SUCKER-DEVELOP) Development of suckers
  117. 6.2.11 Position of suckers (SUCKER-POSITION) Position of suckers
  118. 6.7.22 Predominant taste (TASTE) Predominant taste
  119. 6.3.23 Water sucker blotches (WATER-SUCKER-BLOTCHES) Blotches on leaves of water suckers
  120. 6.3.5 Wing type (WING-TYPE) Wing type
Category: PHENOLOGY
  1. Bunch Phenotype (BNCHPHENO) Phenotype of the bunch.
  2. Days Needed for Fruit Fill (DAYSFRFILL) Number of days needed to fill the fruit.
  3. DAYS FROM PL TO 2ND CYCLE HVST (DAYSPLTO2NDHV) Number of days from planting to second cycle bunch harvest.
  4. Days from Planting to Harvest (DAYSPLTOHT) Number of days from planting to bunch harvest.
Category: PRODUCTION
  1. Economic Importance (ECONIMPTC) Economic importance of the plant.