Download Plant Yacon 120(04004) Primary essential character No Characters

Plant
No
Yacon
Characters
120(04004)
No. of samples
Methods
Primary essential character
Rank or measurement unit
Remarks
1
Plant type
Block
Observation
2:Erect type 1 3:Erect type 2 4:Erect type 3 Plant type 4 months after transplanting
5:Intermediate 6:Spreading type 1 7:Spreading
type 2 8:Spreading type 3
2
Flowering ability in
Block
Observation
1:None 2:Flower bud formation 3:Flower bud
4:Beginning of flowering 5:Flowering time
6:Few flowering 7:Moderate flowering 8:Many
flowering
10 leaves
Measurement
1:Very narrow
9:Very wide
open field
3
4
Leaf shape
Anthocyanin
Block
Observation
pigmentation on leaf
1:None 3:Pale
9:Dark
3:Narrow
length) 3 months after transplanting
5:Intermediate
7:Slightly dark Anthocyanin pigmentation of the uppermost leaf
3 months after transplanting
Storage root shape
Block
Observation
1:Round 3:Round elliptic 5:Elliptic
elliptic 9:Very long elliptic
6
Storage root flesh
Block
Observation
1:White 3:Yellowish white
orange 7:Yellowish orange
7
Storage root cracking
Block
Observation
7:Wide Width/length ratio of the uppermost leaf (10 cm
5:Intermediate
5
color
Flowering habit at harvest time
7:Long
5:Pale yellow
2:Almost none 3:Very little 4:Little
5:Intermediate 6:Some 7:Much 8:Very much
Storage root outline
Predominant color of cross section of storage
roots
Cracking on storage root surface
Plant
No
1
Yacon
Characters
Stem length
120(04004)
No. of samples
10 plants
Methods
Measurement
cm (round
Primary optional character
Rank or measurement unit
Remarks
to the 1st decimal place)
Length from the grond to the tip of the longest
stem of moderate growing plant
2
Leaf size
10 leaves
Measurement
1:Very small
9:Very large
3:Small
5:Intermediate
Leaf smoothness
Block
Observation
1:Very smooth 3:Smooth
7:Rough 9:Very rough
4
Petiole length
10 petioles
Measurement
1:Very short
9:Very long
6
Number of stems
Stem diameter
10 plants
10 plants
Measurement
Measurement
Smoothness of leaf surface
3:Short
5:Intermediate
5:Intermediate
7:Long
Petiole length of the largest leaf of moderate
growing plants 3 months after transplanting
Shoots per plant (round
place)
mm (round
Size of the largest leaf of moderate growing
plant 2 to 3 months after transplanting
3
5
7:Large
to the 1st decimal
Number of shoots over 50 cm length of moderate
growing plant at harvesting time
Stem diameter of moderate growing plants at 10
to the 1st decimal place)
cm from the ground
7
Storage root size
Block
Measurement
1:Very small
9:Very large
8
Number of tubers
Block
Observation
1:Very few 3:Few
9:Very many
5:Intermediate
7:Many
Tuber formation at harvesting time
9
Leaffall before frost
Block
Observation
1:Very few 3:Few
9:Very many
5:Intermediate
7:Many
Degree of leaffall before frost
10
Anthocyanin
Block
Observation
1:Very little
9:Very much
pigmentation in leaves
11
Petiole length ratio
10 petioles
Measurement
1:Very short
9:Very long
3:Small
3:Little
5:Intermediate
7:Large
Average weight of storage roots over 100 g
7:Much Degree of anthocyanin pigmentation on leaves
5:Intermediate
before frost
3:Short
5:Intermediate
7:Long
(Petiole length)/(leaf length) ratio of the
uppermost leaf 3 months after transplanting
Plant
No
1
2
Yacon
Characters
Storability of roots
Time of sprouting
120(04004)
No. of samples
Block
Block
Secondary essential character
Methods
Observation
Observation
Rank or measurement unit
1:Very poor
9:Very good
1:Very early
9:Very late
3:Poor
5:Intermediate
Remarks
7:Good
Weight loss and the degree of rot after natural
storage condition
3:Early
5:Intermediate
7:Late
Eariness of sprouting
Plant
No
1
Yacon
Characters
Cross-incompatibility
120(04004)
No. of samples
10 flowers
Methods
Others
Secondary optional character
Rank or measurement unit
1:A group
2:B group
Identify cross-incompatibility group by
3:C group
group
2
Self-compatibility
Remarks
reciprocal crosses with tester varieties
10 flowers
Others
1:-
3:-+
5:+/-
7:+
Judge from seed-set ratio after self-
9:++
pollination.
3
Seed-set
10 flowers
Others
1:Very low 3:Low
9:Very high
5:Intermediate
7:High
Judge from seed-set ratio of compatible
crosses.
Plant
No
1
Yacon
Characters
Total root weight per
120(04004)
No. of samples
Block
Methods
Measurement
100 square meters
2
Storage root weight per Block
Measurement
100 square meters
3
4
Number of storage roots Block
Water content in roots
5
Degree of root rot
6
Fructo-oligosaccharide
Block
Measurement
Measurement
Tertiary essential character
Rank or measurement unit
1:Very low 3:Low
9:Very high
5:Intermediate
1:Very low 3:Low
9:Very high
5:Intermediate
1:Very few 3:Few
9:Very many
5:Intermediate
1:Very low 3:Low
9:Very high
5:Intermediate
7:High
Remarks
Weight of roots over 2 cm diameter per 100
square meters
7:High
Storage root weight over 100 g per 100 square
meters
7:Many
Number of storage roots over 100 g per 100
square meters
7:High
Dry roots at 80 degrees centigrade at least for
3 days and measure the change of weight
Observation
1:None 3:Little
9:Very much
5:Intermediate
7:Much
10 storage roots
Measurement
Fw.mg/g (round
to the 1st decimal place)
Content of GF2 to GF10
10 storage roots
Measurement
Fw.mg/g (round
to the 1st decimal place)
Total content of monosaccharides, disaccharides
content
7
Total saccharide
content
8
Fructo-oligosaccharide
and oligosaccharides
10 storage roots
Measurement
% (round
to the 1st decimal place)
ratio
9
Sweetness of roots
Ratio of fructo-oligosaccharide to total
saccharoids
10 storage roots
Measurement
% (round
to the 1st decimal place)
Mash roots and measure brix by refractometer
Plant
No
1
2
Yacon
Characters
Top weight
Adaptability for early
harvest
120(04004)
No. of samples
10 plants
Block
Methods
Measurement
Measurement
Tertiary optional character
Rank or measurement unit
1:Very low 3:Low
9:Very high
5:Intermediate
3:Very low 4:Low
7:Very high
5:Intermediate
7:High
Remarks
Cut and dry stems and leaves of moderate
growing plants
6:High
Harvest roots within 120 days after
transplanting and compare root weight with that
of the standard harvest or control variety