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Descriptor:
Tertiary Cooked Root Color (ROOTCOLOR3)
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Definition:
The tertiary visual color of cross-sectional samples of the cooked root. In many lines the color is not uniform across the root. The tertiary color represents the third most distributed color in the cross section.
Crop:
SWEETPOTATO
Category:
Morphological descriptors
Status:
Crop Germplasm Committee approved
Data Type:
Alpha/numeric descriptor
Maximum Length:
3
Responsible Site:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9) (
S9
)
Studies or environments
SWEETPOTATO.UGA.1998
29 Accessions
Distribution of Values for
Tertiary Cooked Root Color (ROOTCOLOR3)
Code
Definition
Number of Accessions
BR
Brown
2
C
Cream
6
GO
Gold
1
GR
Green
3
GY
Grey
9
P
Purple
2
W
White
1
Y
Yellow
5