SORGHUM

Descriptors
Category: CHEMICAL
  1. Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF) Acid Detergent Fiber percentage
  2. Brix (BRIX) Brix measurement
  3. Crude Protein (CRUDEPROT) Crude protein percentage
  4. Fat (FAT) Fat percentage
  5. Dry Matter Digestibility (HRIVDMD12) 12-hour in vitro Dry Matter Digestibility
  6. Phosphorous (PHOSPHOROU) Phosphorous percentage
  7. Starch (STARCH) Starch percentage
  8. Sucrose (SUCROSE) Sucrose percentage
Category: COMMENT
  1. Desirability Rating (DESIRABRAT) Overall plant desirability (1.0 = Excellent, 5.0 = Poor)
Category: CYTOLOGIC
  1. Ploidy (PLOIDY) Normal ploidy level
Category: DISEASE
  1. Anthracnose (ANTHRAC) Incidence of Anthracnose (Colletotrichum graminicola)
  2. Downy Mildew Pathotype 1 (DOWNYMILD_P1) Resistance to Downy Mildew (Peronosclerospora sorghi) Pathotype 1. Based on using 15 plants for each PI
  3. Downy Mildew Pathotype 3 (DOWNYMILD_P3) Resistance to Downy Mildew (Peronosclerospora sorghi) Pathotype 3. Based on using 15 plants for each PI
  4. Downy Mildew (DOWNYMILD2) Response of Sorghum Downy Mildew (SDM) to the causal pathogen Peronosclerospora sorghi, pathotype 3 (P3), metalaxyl-resistant population.
  5. Ergot (ERGOT) Percent infection by Ergot (Claviceps africana)
  6. Gray Leafspot (GRAYLFSPOT) Resistance to Gray Leafspot (Cercospora sorghi ELL. & EX.)
  7. Ladder Spot (LADDERSPOT) Incidence of ladder spot (Cercospora fusimaculans)
  8. Leafblight (LEAFBLIGHT) Resistance to Leafblight (Helminthosporium turcicum)
  9. Rust (RUST) Incidence of rust (Puccinia purpurea)
  10. Sugarcane Mosaic Virus (SUGARMOSAC) Resistance to Sugarcane Mosaic Virus
  11. Sorghum Yellow Banding Virus (SYBV) Absence or presence of Sorghum Yellow Banding Virus
  12. Zonate Leaf Spot (ZONATELFSP) Incidence of zonate leaf spot (Gloeocercospora sorghi)
Category: GROWTH
  1. Height Uniformity (HEIGHTUNIF) Height uniformity of plant
  2. Plant Height (PLANTHGT) Plant height in centimeters to top of head, measured at 50% flowering
  3. Vigor (VIGOR) Seedling vigor
Category: INSECT
  1. Fall Army Worm (FAW) Resistance to Fall Army Worm
  2. Greenbug Biotype-E (GREENBUG_E) Resistance to Greenbug Biotype E
  3. Greenbug Biotype-I (GREENBUG_I) Resistance to Greenbug Biotype I
  4. Yellow Sugarcane Aphid (SCANEAPHID) Resistance to yellow sugarcane aphid (Sipha flava)
Category: MOLECULAR
  1. B/R Line Restorer A1 (RESTORER_A1) Accessions crossed to various male-sterile (A-lines) lines in order to test their ability to restore fertility in F1 hybrids within a particular cytoplasmic system. A1 restorer.
  2. B/R Line Restorer A2 (RESTORER_A2) Accessions crossed to various male-sterile (A-lines) lines in order to test their ability to restore fertility in F1 hybrids within a particular cytoplasmic system. A2 restorer.
  3. B/R Line Restorer A3 (RESTORER_A3) Accessions crossed to various male-sterile (A-lines) lines in order to test their ability to restore fertility in F1 hybrids within a particular cytoplasmic system. A3 restorer.
Category: MORPHOLOGY
  1. Awns (AWNS) Type of awns at maturity
  2. Basil Tiller (BASALTILLR) Number of basal tillers per plant
  3. Branch Angle (BRANCHANGL) Panicle branch angle
  4. Endosperm Color (ENDOSPRMCO) Color of the endosperm
  5. Endosperm Texture (ENDOSPRMTX) Texture of the endosperm
  6. Endosperm Type (ENDOSPRMTY) Type of endosperm
  7. Inflorescence Exsertion (EXSERTION) Inflorescence exsertion measured in centimeters
  8. Glume Color (GLUMECOLOR) Color of the glume
  9. Glume Pubescence (GLUMEPUBSC) Glume pubescence
  10. Stalk Juiciness (JDMIDRIB) Juicy/Dry Midrib
  11. Kernel Color (KERCOLOR) Phenotypic seed color (does not involve glumes)
  12. Amount of Kernel Covered (KERCOVER) Amount of kernel covered by the glumes
  13. Kernel Plumpness (KERPLUMP) Plumpness of the kernel
  14. Kernel Shape (KERSHAPE) Shape of the kernel
  15. Lodging (LODGING) Percentage of standing plants
  16. Mesocarp (MESOCARP) Mesocarp
  17. Mid-Rib Color (MIDRIBCOL) Leaf midrib color
  18. Nodal Tiller (NODALTILLR) Nodal tillering
  19. Panicle Compactness (PANICLECOM) Compactness of the panicle
  20. Panicle Length (PANICLELGT) Length of panicle in centimeters
  21. Panicle Erectness (PANICLEREC) Panicle erectness
  22. Panicle Shape (PANICLESHP) Shape of the panicle
  23. Pericarp Color (PERICARPCO) Color of the pericarp
  24. Plant Color (PLANTCOL) Plant color at harvest
  25. Seed Type (SEEDTYPE) Form of the seed
  26. Shattering (SHATTERING) Seed shattering
  27. Spreader (SPREADER) Spreader
  28. Sprouting Tendency (SPROUTTEND) Seed sprouting tendency
  29. Stalk Waxiness (STALKWAXI) Waxiness of the stem
  30. Testa (TESTA) Testa
  31. Transverse Wrinkle (TRANSWRINK) Transverse wrinkle
Category: PHENOLOGY
  1. Short Day Anthesis (ANTHESIS1) Short day anthesis
  2. Long Day Anthesis (ANTHESIS2) Long day anthesis
  3. Flowering Rating (FLOWERING) Flowering rating taken 65 days after planting and approximately 90 days after planting
  4. Photoperiod Sensitivity (PHOTOPER) Photoperiod sensitivity rating
Category: PRODUCTION
  1. Plant Use (PLANTUSE) Primary plant usage
  2. SEED WEIGHT (SEEDWEIGHT) Weight of 100 seeds recorded in grams
  3. Yield Potential (YIELDPOTEN) Yield potential (1 = High, 5 = Low)
Category: QUALITY
  1. Grain Weathering (GRAINWEATH) Grain weathering
  2. Metabolizable Energy (MENERGY) Metabolizable energy for swine expressed in Mcal/cwt
  3. Net Energy for Gain (NEGAIN) Net Energy for gain (cattle) expressed in Mcal/cwt
  4. Net Energy for Lactation (NELACT) Net Energy for lactation (cattle) epxressed in Mcal/cwt
  5. Net Energy for Maintenance (NEMAINT) Net Energy for maintenance (cattle) expressed in Mcal/cwt
  6. Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN) Total digestable nutrients percentage
Category: STRESS
  1. ALUMINUM TOXICITY (ALTOXICITY) Aluminum toxicity tolerance (1.0 = Tolerant, 5.0 = Totally Susceptible)
  2. Manganese Toxicity (MNTOXICITY) Manganese toxicity tolerance (1.0 - Tolerant, 5.0 = Totally Susceptible)
Category: SUBSET
  1. Core Subset (CORE) A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset
  2. Image (IMAGE) Image present in GRIN database
  3. SORGHUM PRE CONVERSION (Pre-SC) A flag to indicate the accession is part of the Sorghum Pre Conversion Master List
  4. SORGHUM ASSOCIATION PANEL (SAP) A flag to indicate the accession is part of the Sorghum Association Panel
  5. SORGHUM BIOENERGY ASSOCIATION PANEL (SBAP) A flag to indicate the accession is part of the Sorghum Bioenergy Association Panel
  6. SORGHUM CONVERSION (SC) A flag to indicate the accession is part of the Sorghum Conversion Master List
Category: TAXONOMIC
  1. Race (RACE) Race (Harlan & de Wet, 1972)
  2. Working Group (WORKGROUP) The working group (Murty & Govil) of sorghum for the accession