| Code | Definition | Number of Accessions |
| 1 | normal - stem growth is typical of that seen for most cotton cultivars | 6874 |
| 2 | spreading - stem and branch growth tends to be top heavy | 100 |
| 3 | prostrate - stem and branch growth is close to the ground | 2 |
| 4 | pyramid - stem growth is orderly, often with a single main stem, and takes precedence over branching | 590 |
| 5 | stovepipe - branch growth is highly suppressed leading to single stemmed and very narrow plants | 53 |
| 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 | 27 |