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phenotype. Note: assignment of mutant phenotypes can be somewhat
arbitrary (for example: cp or emp) so to increase your chances of
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reproductive phenotypes in our phenotype categories.
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Tassel Phenotypes |
Abbreviation |
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tasselless, no tassel or extremely reduced "ball" |
tls |
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Pollen |
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Male sterile,
broad category typified by lack of pollen |
ms
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partial male sterile |
partial ms |
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Early/ late
pollen shed |
early anthesis, late anthesis |
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Tassel Shape |
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Clumped,
thick tassel |
thick (tassel) |
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Ramosa,
compact tassel with many branches upright or cone-shaped |
ramosa |
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Few Branches |
fbr (tassel) |
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Tassel at
tipe of ear |
staminate ear tip |
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Unbranched or
single spike |
ub (tassel) |
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Spikelets
missing, most tassel branches absent |
barren (tassel) |
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Adherent
tassel, branches adhere, if involved plant then ad (plant) or
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ad (tassel) |
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Adherent
anthers |
ada or ad (anther) |
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Female or other organs in
tassel |
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tassel seed,
female flowers in tassel |
ts
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terminal ear,
terminal meristem produces ear-like structure |
te |
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Tassel with
silks |
silky (tassel) |
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Tassel
sheath, leaves at base of tassel branches and spikelets |
extra leaves (tassel) |
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Glumes |
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Expanded
glumes open at right angles |
exp (glume) or eg |
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Vestigal
glume, glume nearly absent |
vestigial (glume) or vg |
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Large leafy
glumes in male or female |
tunicate (ear or tassel) |
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Color,
Describe, e.g. purple (glume) |
Other |
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Anthers |
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Adherent |
ad (anther) |
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Single
Spikelets, extra spikelets, describe |
Other
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Color, describe. |
Other |
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Other defective
floret, ligule, pistils, spikelet or tassel phenotypes, describle. |
Other |
| Ear
Phenotypes |
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Earless, no apparent ear or ear shoot at any node, tassel normal. |
barren (stalk) |
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Tassel
missing side branches and spikelets |
barren (stalk
and tassel) |
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Silk |
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Silkless |
silkless |
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Ear very
silky, tassel may have silks |
silky |
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Silkless and
ear branches, tassel may be bushy |
branched silkless |
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Unusual
color, describe, e.g. salmon (silk) |
Other |
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Ear Branches |
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Fasciated
ear, cob meristem fasciates early, many shoots, can be early or late |
branched ear or ra ear |
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Other |
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Anther ear,
well developed tassel in ear, few tassel branches, shorter plants |
anther ear |
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Descussate ear shoots,
opposite. |
opposite ear |
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Proliferation
of ear tissue like polytypic1 |
polytipic (ear) |
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Thick ear |
thick (ear) |
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Unusually
high or low ear on plant |
high or low (ear) |
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Extra ears |
eary or increased (ears) |