Table 2 Group characters, individual standard traits along with their phenetic characters with their scores and frequency coverage (%) in the 120 barley landrace collections from Bale highlands, Southeastern Ethiopia
Group characters | Individual traits | Phenetic characters | Score | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Stem characteristics | Stem pigmentation | Green | 1 | 80.2 |
Purple (basal only) | 2 | 16.3 | ||
Purple (half or more) | 3 | 3.5 | ||
Growth habit | Prostate | 1 | 12.2 | |
Intermediate | 2 | 14.3 | ||
Erect | 3 | 73.5 | ||
Seed characteristics | Kernel row number | Two rows | 1 | 25.3 |
Two-rowed deficient | 2 | 0.5 | ||
Irregular | 3 | 15.0 | ||
Variable lateral florets | 4 | 0.0 | ||
Six rows | 5 | 43.0 | ||
Six-rowed, long awns | 6 | 16.2 | ||
Grain color | White | 1 | 51.1 | |
Brown | 2 | 23.6 | ||
Red | 3 | 13.3 | ||
Black | 4 | 12.0 | ||
Glumes colour | White | 1 | 40.1 | |
Yellow | 2 | 14.3 | ||
Brown | 3 | 18.6 | ||
Red | 4 | 8.0 | ||
Purple | 5 | 6.0 | ||
Black | 6 | 13.0 | ||
Lemma characteristics | Lemma type | No lemma teeth | 1 | 57.1 |
Lemma teeth | 2 | 12.2 | ||
Lemma hair | 3 | 30.3 | ||
Awn characteristics | Awn colour | White | 1 | 40.8 |
Yellow | 2 | 14.3 | ||
Brown | 3 | 20.4 | ||
Reddish | 4 | 18.4 | ||
Black | 5 | 6.1 |