
Morphological characteristics used in morphological variation analysis of maize landrace accessions.
Code | Morphological characters | Category | Time of detecting | Methods of detecting |
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QN1 | Days of tasseling (DT) | days | Flowering stage | Days from seedling to tasseling |
QN2 | Days of silking (DS) | days | Flowering stage | Days from seedling to silking |
QN3 | Plant height (PH) | cm | Flowering stage | Length from the ground surface to under corn tassel |
QN4 | Ear height (EH) | cm | Flowering stage | Length from the surface to the second kernel |
QN5 | Stem width (SW) | cm | Flowering stage | Stem width near the kernel |
QN6 | Leaf length (LL) | cm | Flowering stage | Length of the leave near the kernel |
QN7 | Leaf width (LW) | cm | Flowering stage | Leafe width near the kernel |