ICRISAT-Niger BlaRS_Est_1to9 C Tom Hash FLLen_Av_ Drabo Inoussa INERA-Burkina Faso 2 With some problem 2 Middle rank 4 Good 5 21-30% area covered with small necrotic coalescing lesions, MR Drabo Inoussa NTN_Count_Till INERA-Burkina Faso 31-40% area covered with large coalescing necrotic lesions, S 6 1 0 to <1% leaf area with mild yellow flecks, HR Sdsz_CompRank_Rk3 Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa ClimMob SDSet_Comp_pct Drabo Inoussa INERA-Burkina Faso ClimMob Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa StrTol_CompRank_Rk3 absent 0 ICRISAT-Niger AS_Est_1to5 PlntPerf_Appr_1to5 C Tom Hash ICRISAT-Niger NEmPan_Count_Pan C Tom Hash C Tom Hash NHarPan_Count_Pan ICRISAT-Niger PtTol__CompRank_Rk3 ClimMob Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa 1 Very poor Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa ClimMob Stobly_CompRank_Rk3 GermTim_CompRank_Rk3 ClimMob Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa ICRISAT-Niger DS_Est_JDay C Tom Hash Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa ClimMob GrYldQual_CompRank_Rk3 ICRISAT-Niger DEm_Est_JDay C Tom Hash 1 0 to <1% leaf area with mild yellow flecks, HR 5 Excellent Vigor Good Vigor 4 9 76-100% leaf area covered with large coalescing necrotic lesions, HS Drabo Inoussa INERA-Burkina Faso SDCol_Est_ BriLen_Av_cm INERA-Burkina Faso Drabo Inoussa ClimMob Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa DisTol_CompRank_Rk3 7 41-50% leaf area covered with large coalescing necrotic lesions, S ClimMob Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa Mat_CompRank_Rk3 ICRISAT-Niger C Tom Hash PlntPerf_FarmAppr_1to5 FAS_Est_1to5 StoPrbTol_CompRank_Rk3 ClimMob Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa INERA-Burkina Faso Drabo Inoussa FLDia_Av_ C Tom Hash D50Hd ICRISAT-Niger DHd_Est_JDay Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa ClimMob AbSt_CompRank_Rk3 Very poor 1 Poor 2 ClimMob Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa OvPrfvLoc_CompRank_Rk3 ClimMob DwnMid_CompRank_Rk3 Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa DBl_Est_JDay C Tom Hash D50Bl ICRISAT-Niger 31-40% area covered with large coalescing necrotic lesions, S 6 Drabo Inoussa INERA-Burkina Faso BriPre_Est_0or1 INERA-Burkina Faso StDia_Av_ Drabo Inoussa HGW_Meas_g100gr Drabo Inoussa INERA-Burkina Faso BriDen_Est_1to5 Drabo Inoussa INERA-Burkina Faso ICRISAT-Niger C Tom Hash SVig_Est_1to5 Highest rank 1 ICRISAT-Niger C Tom Hash PanDia_Av_mm SdszTrgtUs_CompRank_Rk3 Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa ClimMob 1 Very Bad Vigor C Tom Hash DAn_Est_JDay ICRISAT-Niger D50An 2 Bad Vigor INERA-Burkina Faso StrTol_Count_StrigaPlot Drabo Inoussa PanEx_Av_cm ICRISAT-Niger C Tom Hash C Tom Hash DPhysMat_Est_JDay ICRISAT-Niger PlHt_Av_cm C Tom Hash ICRISAT-Niger ICRISAT-Niger Erg% ErgProp_Comp_pct C Tom Hash 5 Excellent Vigor Drabo Inoussa INERA-Burkina Faso HMD_Comp_pct 51-75 % leaf area covered with large coalescing necrotic lesions, HS 8 StGr_CompRank_Rk3 ClimMob Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa 3 6-10% leaf area covered with small hypersensitive lesions, R SmuProp_Comp_pct C Tom Hash Smu% ICRISAT-Niger 4 Good 7 41-50% leaf area covered with large coalescing necrotic lesions, S ClimMob Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa Tst_CompRank_Rk3 Acceptable 3 3 Lowest rank intermediate 5 ICRISAT-Niger C Tom Hash DHar_Est_JDay Thr_CompRank_Rk3 ClimMob Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa 2 Poor ICRISAT-Niger VegVig_Est_1to5 C Tom Hash Acceptable vigor 3 INERA-Burkina Faso Drabo Inoussa GW_Meas_g ICRISAT-Niger C Tom Hash NOTPan_Count_Pan compact 7 Panlen_CompRank_Rk3 ClimMob Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa 5 Very good 8 51-75 % leaf area covered with large coalescing necrotic lesions, HS Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa ClimMob Mkt__CompRank_Rk3 Good 4 1-5% leaf area covered with small hypersensitive lesions, R 2 5 Very good C Tom Hash ICRISAT-Niger DMP_Count_Plnt Bad 1 C Tom Hash DMH_Count_Plnt ICRISAT-Niger attribute ClimMob Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa OvPrf_CompRank_Rk3 Drabo Inoussa INERA-Burkina Faso PolFer_Comp_pct 11-20% leaf area covered with small necrotic lesions, MR 4 PanLen_Av_cm ICRISAT-Niger C Tom Hash 2 Bad Vigor Drabo Inoussa, Maina Ibnmohammed, Adikini Scovia, Lucky Omoigui, Eric Manyassa, Hapson Mushoriwa Germrt_CompRank_Rk3 ClimMob INERA-Burkina Faso BTN_Count_Till Drabo Inoussa 1 present 3 Acceptable 1 Very Bad Vigor FPS_Est_1to3 C Tom Hash PlntPerf_FarmPref_1to3 ICRISAT-Niger 4 Good Vigor PanComp_Est_3to7 Drabo Inoussa INERA-Burkina Faso ICRISAT-Niger C Tom Hash PanGir_Av_mm StBD Drabo Inoussa INERA-Burkina Faso 3 loose 5 21-30% area covered with small necrotic coalescing lesions, MR Variety to reject 1 11-20% leaf area covered with small necrotic lesions, MR 4 9 76-100% leaf area covered with large coalescing necrotic lesions, HS Very interresting Variety, Want to test 3 ICRISAT-Niger RusRS_Est_1to9 C Tom Hash Acceptable vigor 3 6-10% leaf area covered with small hypersensitive lesions, R 3 1-5% leaf area covered with small hypersensitive lesions, R 2 entity Very good 5 Pearl millet ontology 3 Acceptable Need to test again 2 acronym Overall plant performance PlntPerf Overall plant performance Plant Overall performance SVig Biomass of the plants in the plot at 15 days after sowing Seedling vigor Biomass Seedling Panicle Number Basal tiller number Number of basal tillers counted on plants in the field BTN Basal tiller None Storability   Diameter of the panicle Diameter Panicle diameter Panicle PanDia Ranking: 3 Striga tolerance Number of striga plant in the field Tolerance Striga StrTol cm Presence Presence or absence of britle on the panicle Bristle BriPre Bristle presence Vegetative vigor Biomass of the plants in the plot at 30 to 40 days after sowing Biomass VegVig Plant BriDen Density Bristle density Bristle Density of the bristles on the panicule Nodal tiller number - Method Count the number of nodal tillers Length of the panicle from the base of the panicle to the tip of the panicle Panicle Panicle length  Length PanLen Date when 50% of the stigma emerges on first panicle of the plant Plant DBl Date of bloom Date of bloom Date of physiological maturity Plant Date when grain dry weight increase ceases Date of physiological maturity DPhysMat Count the number of infected hills in the plot at time of scoring downy mildew incidence Downy mildew infected hill number - Method Date of sowing - Method Record the sowing date Estimate the disease reaction type and severity at the soft-dough stage on the top four leaves that contribute most to grain development or on all plant Blast reaction score - Method 15 to 20 days after the end of flowering, plant height measured from the main stalk a few plants in the plot with a ruler and then take the average Panicle girth - Method cm Julian Days Pollen fertility - Method Proportion of fertile pollen over the total number of pollen grain counted. By analizing the pollen structure under microscope, completely round and well stained pollen grains were counted as fertile while, the shrivelled, unstained or partially stained ones were considered as sterile % None Marketability  Julian Days Score (1-9) Ranking of phenotypes based on field observations/on testing of food products ​ Comparative ranking by users method Measure of the width of the main stem between the 3rd and the 4th node from the panicle at maturity Stem diameter - Method Vigor scale Egrot sclerotia infected grain Ergot infection proportion ErgProp Proportion of grains replaced by ergot sclerotia Proportion None Seed size for target use   Date of anthesis DAn Date when the plant is at 50% anther emergence on first panicle Date of anthesis Plant 15 to 20 days after the end of flowering, panicle exsertion measured from a few plants in the plot with a ruler and then take the average Panicle exertion - Method None Storage problems  Date of sowing Date of sowing Plant DS Date when seeds are sown on the soil Estimate the disease reaction type and severity at the soft-dough stage on the top four leaves that contribute most to grain development or on all plant Rust reaction score - Method Downy mildew infected pockets DMH Number Downy mildew infected hill number Number of downy mildew infected pockets Seed size   None Smut infection percentage - Method Compute the percentage of grains replaced by smut sori, based on a sample of 10 panicles Compactness of the panicle Panicle Compactness Panicle compactness PanComp Set Seed Seed set SDSet Proportion of the seed set on the main panicle Date of 50% anthesis - Method Record the date when 50% of the plants reach 50% anther emergence of their first panicle Panicle length - Method 15 to 20 days after the end of flowering, panicle measured from the main stalk of a few representative plants in the plot with a ruler and then take the average Record the harvest date Date of harvest - Method Date of emergence - Method Record the emergence date bBlast reaction score Downy mildew infected plant number Number of downy mildew infected plants Number Downy mildew infected plant DMP cm Percent infestation Julian Days Flag leaf length FLLen Length Flag leaf Flag leaf length Disease tolerance Disease tolerance  DisTol Tolerance to diseases - the disease type is documented in complementary data Plant Length of the bristel Length Bristle Bristle length BriLen Striga tolerance - Method Number of striger counted per plot Observation of the morphology of the entry to score agronomic desirability of the variety of five plants representative of the variety Agronomic appreciation score - Method Stem Diameter Stem diameter Stem diameter StDia mm Number Julian Days Grain weight Weight GW Grain Total grain weight after threshing of all panicles harvested on the plot Full appreciation of the plot by assigning an overall score, before harvest, in asking this question to the producer Is that the producer would still cultivate the variety? Farmer appreciation score - Method cm Seed color - Method Visually estimate the seed color after threshing Bristle presence - Method Observation of the presence or absence of bristel on the main panicle on few number of plant per plot Empty panicle Number NEmPan Number of empty or missing panicles Number of empty or missing panicles due to bird or insect damage Grain and panicle destroyed by head miner HMD Head miner damage Proportion Proportion of grain and panicle destroyed by the head miner Vigor scale Tiller cm mm Agronomic appreciation score Harvested panicle Number of panicles harvested from the plot Number NHarPan Number of harvested panicles Time of germination after planting Grain GermTim Germination time Germination time Rate of germination Germination rate GermRt Grain Germination Rate  100 grain weight - Method Count 100 grains sampled randomly per plot and weight with a precision balance Estimation of the compactness of the panicle Panicle compactness - Method Stay green   None scale_of Harvested off-type panicle Number Number of panicles harvested from the plot that are different from sown variety Number of off-type panicles NOTPan Compute the proportion destroyed panicles Head miner damage - Method None Overall preference  Julian Days Overall preference vs local  None Julian Days Abiotic stress tolerance Abiotic stress tolerance  AbSt Tolerance to abiotic stress - stress type is docuelnetd in complementary data Plant Basal tiller number - Method Count the number of basal tillers Record the number of panicles removed as off-types when counting the number of panicles harvested or plants removed during the season Number of off-type panicles - Method % Seed The color of the seed SDCol Color Seed color Bristle density - Method Observe the coverage of the main panicle by the bristles and estimate the bristle density Date of emergence DEm Date when seedlings emerge from the soil Date of emergence Plant Bristle density scale The producer observes the different plots and assigns a preference score using a pre-defined scale Farmer preference score - Method Record the date when 50% of the plants of the plot begin to bring out their first inflorescence Date of 50% heading - Method Taste   None mm Presence-Absence Exertion Panicle exertion PanEx Distance between the flag leaf ligule and the base of the panicle Panicle None Grain Yield (Qualitative) g/100 grains Plant reaction to blast BlaRS Leaf Intensity of the foliar damage caused by blast Reaction to blast Preference score % Girth of the panicle PanGir Panicle girth Girth Panicle Tiller Weigh all the grains of threshed panicles harvested in the plot using a precision balance Grain weight - Method Farmer preference score Maturity  None Comparative visual observation of the biomass of plants (length, width, number of leaves) 15 days after sowing. The maximum score is given to the plot that has plants with maximum biomass. The lowest score is assigned to the plot with the minimum biomass. Plots with biomass between these two extremes will be included notes between the two extreme scores. Seedling vigor - Method Tolerance Striga Number of striga plant in the field Striga tolerance    StrTol Plant Flag leaf dimeter - Method At panicle emerging stage, mesure from a few plants (main tiller) the diameter at the withest of the last leaf just below the panicle: distance in cm from the ligule to the tip og the leaf and make the average of the measurements Number of harvested panicles - Method Record the number of grain-bearing panicles in the plot actually harvested Plant Plant Pest tolerance Pest tolerance  PtTol Tolerance to Pests - the pest identification is documented in complementary data Julian Days variable_of Seed set - Method Number of seeds/cm2 were counted randomly in each ear heads in five locations in selfed and open pollinated earheads % Nodal tiller number Number NTN Number of tillers arising from the upper nodes on the main stems. Nodal tiller Weight 100 grains Weight of 100 grains 100 grain weight HGW Record the number of panicles lost due to breakage, damage by birds or insects, ... Number of empty or missing panicles - Method Panicle diameter - Method 15 to 20 days after the end of flowering, panicle diameter measured from the main stalk of a few representative plants in the plot with clipers or a ruler and then take the average Plant Date of heading Date when the first panicles emerges from the boot leaf sheath of the plant Date of heading DHd Downy mildew infected plant number - Method Count the number of infected plants in the plot at time of scoring downy mildew incidence Stem borer damage Causative agent: Coniesta ignefusalis Hampson Lepidoptera. Infections causes the appearance of small elongated holes in young whorl leaves, tunelling of earheads results in breakage or chaffy earheads affecting grain development.Infections causes the appearance of small elongated holes in young whorl leaves, tunelling of earheads results in breakage or chaffy earheads affecting grain development. StBD PolFer Proportion Fertile pollen Proportion of fertile pollen Pollen fertility method_of Plant height - Method 15 to 20 days after the end of flowering, plant height measured from a few plants in the plot with a ruler and then take the average Color Plant Height PlHt Length of the main stalk from the base of the stalk to the tip of the panicle Plant height At panicle emerging stage, mesure from a few plants (main tiller) the length of the last leaf just below the panicle: distance in from the ligule to the tip of the leaf and make the average of the measurements Flag leaf length - Method % Striga/plot Comparative visual observation of the biomass of plants (length, width, number of leaves, number of tillers) 30 to 40 days after sowing. The maximum score is given to the plot that has plants with maximum biomass. The lowest score is assigned to the plot with the minimum biomass. Plots with biomass between these two extremes will be scored between the two extreme scores. Vegetative vigor - Method Flag leaf dimeter Diameter Flag leaf diameter Flag leaf FLDia Intensity of the foliar damage caused by rust Plant reaction to rust Reaction to rust RusRS Leaf Plant Date when plot harvested DHar Date of harvest Date of harvest Panicle Stem borer damage - Method Count the number of total plants and number of infected plants/dead hearts in each replication to calculate percent infestation Threshability  None Proportion Smut infection proportion Proportion of grains replaced by smut sori Smut sori infected grain SmuProp Date of physiological maturity - Method Record the date of onset of black spot formation at the base of the grain on a sample of panicles. The recommended sample size is 10 panicles Compute the percentage of grains replaced by ergot sclerotia, based on a sample of 10 panicles Ergot infection percentage - Method Bristle length - Method At physiological maturity, measure the length of at least 5 bristle per plant on the panicle of the main tiller and repeat for few plants in the plot with a ruler and make the average Date of 50% bloom - Method Record the date when 50% of the plants reach 50% stigma emergence of their first panicle Panicle compactness score Panicle cm Downy mildew tolerance None