initiation of browning of stipules, leaf or flower buds - no bud abscission 3 5 Uniformly pigmented 2 very few leaves with mild infection (resistant) Acute erect (branches form acute angles with main stem) 1 3 3 pods/peduncle 0 no symptoms Ousmane Boukar IITA EyeCol_Est_0to9 SP 5 2 Erect (branching angle less acute than above) no infestation 0 SmutInf_Est_0to4 Ousmane Boukar IITA DMDig_Meas_undefined Ousmane Boukar IITA HvstLf_Wgh_g Ousmane Boukar IITA ‚Kidney 1 no symptoms 0 0 no infestation Ousmane Boukar IITA ThrpDamFlw_Est_1to9 NodWt_DryAv_g Ousmane Boukar IITA SdCCol_Est_1to7 Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside Ousmane Boukar Str1EmDat_Meas_Date IITA No infestation present 0 5 Ousmane Boukar IITA SplTest_Est_0or1 Ousmane Boukar IITA AttTes_Est_0to1 high 9 Ousmane Boukar IITA StplLng_Meas_mm Ousmane Boukar IITA ThripResFlw_Est_1to9 2 mild symptoms 1 2 PodCol_Est_1to3 Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside heavy infestation 3 4 heavy devastating severity up to 15% peduncles bare 7 1 Present (testa split exposing cotyledons) 2 FlwAbsc_Est_0to4 Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside no symptoms 0 PodCurv_Est_1to5 Ousmane Boukar IITA many leaves with severe infection (very susceptible) 5 ThrpDamStpl_Est_0to4 Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside Ousmane Boukar IITA MatT_1PCount_d 4 heavy devastating severity 3 heavy infestation 2 2 pods/peduncle YldQual_CompRank_Rk3 Ousmane Boukar IITA SdWdt_Av_mm deep red broth 2 DFodYd_Comp_kgha Ousmane Boukar IITA 5 Crowded (marked compression of seed ends Ousmane Boukar IITA AlecNo_Count9Wk_Alec BrnchDen_5to10Count_Rt Ousmane Boukar IITA Ousmane Boukar IITA PodEmerT_1PCount_d 2 moderate infestation TapRtDia_15Av_mm Ousmane Boukar IITA 5 R Ousmane Boukar IITA NodWt_FrshAv_g ‚Globose 1 31-40% pod damage 4 Ousmane Boukar IITA AnthrDam_Est_0to4 IAR, Samaru Muhammad Lawan Umar IConcSd_AAS_mgkg 8 4 many plant with several plant of striga emerged (Very susceptible) 5 Dark green 7 StrgWt_Av_g Ousmane Boukar IITA Cariaceous 1 1 Smooth PlntHair_Est_1to7 Ousmane Boukar IITA ‚Ovoid 2 UC Riverside Jeff Ehlers ThrpDamPod_Est_0to4 2 moderate infestation StrigRes_CompRank_Rk3 Ousmane Boukar IITA IConcLf_AAS_mgkg Ousmane Boukar IITA FlwT_FFlwCount_d 2 moderate infestation W 1 1 no infected leaves (very resistant) UC Riverside AphDam_Est_0to4 Jeff Ehlers FlwLng_Av_mm Ousmane Boukar IITA 3 Pendant 3 heavy infestation 0 ‚None 2 Ousmane Boukar IITA MarDam_EstSymp_1to4 Pigmented valves, green sutures 3 SdShp_Est_1to5 UC Riverside Jeff Ehlers 7 Ousmane Boukar IITA DMCt_Comp_Pct 6 80-90% pod damage 9 1 low aphid numbers high wilting and necrosis 3 Ousmane Boukar IITA DiabInf_Est_0to4 LfSptInf_Est_0to4 Ousmane Boukar IITA IITA BasRtNo_LargeCount_Rt Ousmane Boukar GwthHab_Est_1to5 Ousmane Boukar IITA YldQuant_CompRk_Rk3 1 MBrnchNo_Av_Brnch Ousmane Boukar IITA Ousmane Boukar IITA TLfWdt_Meas_mm Testa not firmly attached to seed 0 moderate infestation 2 heavy devastating infestation 4 GSucrCt_Meas_Read Ousmane Boukar IITA 3 21-30% pod damage 5 Other HvstLfWt_Meas_g Ousmane Boukar IITA mild infestation 1 1 no striga emerged (Very resistant) SdShp_EstMat_0to5 Ousmane Boukar IITA Ousmane Boukar IITA TapLatNo_Count_Rt Ousmane Boukar AphSev_EstComp_0to9 IITA Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside CanHt_Meas_cm 2 moderate symptoms IITA TermInf_Est_undefined StplWdt_Meas_mm Ousmane Boukar IITA PodScbInf_Est_0to4 Ousmane Boukar IITA 1 UC Riverside Jeff Ehlers FusWltR3_Est_0to4 StmRtDam_Est_1to5 Ousmane Boukar IITA Ousmane Boukar IITA BBSev_Est_0to4 very slight wilting 1 7 large isolated colonies (101-500 aphids) PedLng_Comp_cm Ousmane Boukar IITA LfProtCt_Meas_mgg Ousmane Boukar IITA 9 ‚Mottled and speckled (Victor) CookT_Meas_min UC Riverside Jeff Ehlers 2 moderate leaf senescence Wing with pigmented upper margin - standard is pigmented 4 AlecParPlnt_Count_Alec Ousmane Boukar IITA 2 moderate infestation mild symptoms 1 2 Indeterminate 7 O 4 completely senesced Ousmane Boukar IITA NodeNo_Av_Node GermTim_CompRank_Rk3 1 mild symptoms StrEmDat_Meas_Date Ousmane Boukar IITA 3 pods/peduncle 3 HypLng_Av_mm Ousmane Boukar IITA 2 moderate infestation FFodWt_Meas_g Ousmane Boukar IITA StrParPlnt_Est_1to5 Ousmane Boukar IITA StrRes_Est_1to5 very few leaves with mild infection (resistant) 2 moderate symptoms 2 3 heavy infestation Ousmane Boukar IITA SdWt_Wgh_g 100SDWT H 2 GrTast_CompRank_Rk3 2 ‚Tan Brown 0 broth clear Ousmane Boukar IITA PlntStEmg_Count_Plnt IITA Ousmane Boukar SdThck_Av_mm 4 many leaves with mild infection (susceptible) 0 no pods 5 Intermediate 6 2 Ousmane Boukar IITA RacPos_Est_1to3 1 most (>60%) peduncles bare (i.e. no pods) 1 mild symptoms Membranous 3 GrQual_CompRank_Rk3 many leaves with severe infection (very susceptible) 5 LfStR_Comp_r Ousmane Boukar IITA IITA FlwT_50FlwCount_days Ousmane Boukar ‚Other 8 Ousmane Boukar IITA AlecNo_CountWk_Alec Ousmane Boukar IITA PodWdt_Av_cm LfCol_Est_1to7 Ousmane Boukar IITA Ousmane Boukar IITA 3BrnchDen_Est_1to9 0 no infestation Ousmane Boukar NodNo_Comp_NodPlot IITA 5 Short appressed hairs very few leaves with severe infection (tolerant) 3 2 Intermediate 5 Semi-prostrate (main stem reaches 20 or more centimeters 6 Prostrate (plants flat on ground - branches spread several meters) TwTnd_Est_0to7 Ousmane Boukar IITA 0 no infestation very few leaves with severe infection (tolerant) 3 Not pigmented (white) 0 FlwPigPat_Est_0to6 Ousmane Boukar IITA 2 PestRes_CompRank_Rk3 0 no pods heavy infestation 3 1 Determinate (apical bud of main stem reproductive) SdCTex_Est_1to3 Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside BECMVSev_Est_0to4 Ousmane Boukar IITA Ousmane Boukar HvstLfWt_Sum_g IITA PodCol_Est_1to5 Ousmane Boukar IITA very few leaves with severe infection (tolerant) 3 Ousmane Boukar IITA BactPustDam_Est_1to5 AdvRtNo_LargeCount_Rt Ousmane Boukar IITA 6 M moderate infestation 2 9 high Ousmane Boukar IITA GrYld_PerPlnt_gPlnt YLDPLANT 3 heavy infestation Ousmane Boukar IITA VirSev_Est_1to5 Ousmane Boukar IITA DPlntNo_Count_Plnt 5 many leaves with severe infection (very susceptible) 4 many leaves with mild infection (susceptible) Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside PigBleed_Est_0to4 Jeff Ehlers SdPod_Av_sdpod UC Riverside Ousmane Boukar IITA StrParPlnt_Count_Plnt no infected leaves (very resistant) 1 7 61-70% pod damage WebBDam_Est_1to5 Ousmane Boukar IITA BasRtNo_Count_Rt Ousmane Boukar IITA Semi-crowded (slight flattering of seed ends) 3 PodWThck_Est_1to7 Ousmane Boukar IITA AphInc_Est_Pct Ousmane Boukar IITA Ousmane Boukar IITA ZnConcLf_AAS_mgkg GrSiz_CompRank_Rk3 CaLobLng_Av_mm Ousmane Boukar IITA HI_Comp_ratio Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside UC Riverside StrParPlnt_Est_1to5 StrRes_Est_1to5 Jeff Ehlers very slight wilting 1 RacNo_Av_RacPlnt Ousmane Boukar IITA Ousmane Boukar IITA LfTex_Est_1to3 Ousmane Boukar IITA TesText_Est_1to9 4 Globose 4 Ousmane Boukar IITA StrNo_Count9Wk_Striga 0-10% pod damage 1 heavy devastating infestation 4 PodFWt_Meas_g Ousmane Boukar IITA Wing pigmented - standard lightly pigmented 3 IAR, Samaru ZnConcSd_AAS_mgkg Muhammad Lawan Umar mild symptoms 1 GrYld_CompRank_Rk3 2 moderate infestation heavy devastating infestation 4 Ousmane Boukar IITA BrnchDen_10to15Count_Rt 2 Ousmane Boukar HillNo_Count_Hill IITA ‚Mottled (dark brown pigment typically Absent around hilum) 8 GrSizUsorMark_CompRank_Rk3 1 no striga emerged (Very resistant) minor leaf senescence 1 Ousmane Boukar IITA StrgHt_Av_cm moderate infestation 2 3 3 pods/peduncle 0 Straight 6 2 In upper canopy DisRes_CompRank_Rk3 6 acronym 6 3 high stipule necrosis 2 11-20% pod damage 6 Ousmane Boukar IITA YLDPLOT StrInf_Est_0to4 Ousmane Boukar IITA GrStorProbRes_CompRank_Rk3 Highest rank 1 Mostly above canopy 1 a few isolated colonies (5-20 aphids) 3 moderate symptoms 2 Very vigorous (height greater than 50 cm and width greater than 1 m) 9 Rough (fine reticulation) 5 plant dead or near death 4 no infected leaves (very resistant) 1 3 G AbioStre_CompRank_Rk3 Completely pigmented 5 4 heavy devastating severity heavy devastating infestation 4 JRtNemDam_Est_undefined Ousmane Boukar IITA 4 black broth many leaves with mild infection (susceptible) 4 PodNo_Av_PodPed Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside Ousmane Boukar IITA FBMFlw_Av_g heavy leaf senscence 3 4 Ousmane Boukar IITA EyePat_Est_0to8 very few leaves with severe infection (tolerant) 3 plant dead or near death 4 many plants with striga emerged (susceptible) 4 No leaf tip senescence 0 Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside LygusBDam_Est_0to4 Ousmane Boukar IITA MatT_95MatCount_days 1 Present no infestation 0 2 C MarDam_EstDeg_1to9 Ousmane Boukar IITA Pale Green 3 3 heavy infestation 2 moderate infestation 7 serious bud abscission accompanied by browning/drying of stipules and buds - non-elongation of peduncles 5 O M 3 Ousmane Boukar IITA BrBltchInf_Est_0to4 Ousmane Boukar IITA DPllntProp_Comp_Pct Ousmane Boukar IITA GrYld_PerPlot_g YLDPLOT no browning/drying (i.e. scaling) of stipules, leaf or flower buds - no bud abscission 1 41-50% pod damage 5 R 2 Extensive 7 2 2 pods/peduncle LfScbInf_Est_0to4 Ousmane Boukar IITA 4 heavy devastating infestation 2 medium stipule necrosis 6 VirSev_Est_Pct Ousmane Boukar IITA 2 ‚Kabba group (Eye fills the narrow groove all around the hilum, and the body has some form of speckling. A blue halo is also found around the hilum) (K) Ousmane Boukar StrNo_CountHvst_Striga IITA ‚Hastate 4 medium aphid numbers 2 Vigorous (height greater than 37 cm and width greater than 75 cm) 7 No visible infection 0 Non-vigorous (height less than 37 cm and width less than 75 cm 3 infestation 0 4 pods/peduncle 4 3 few plants with striga emerged (tolerant) Ousmane Boukar IITA PlntPig_Est_0to9 distinct browning/drying of stipules and leaf or flower buds - some bud abscission 5 4 heavy devastating infestation SdLng_Av_mm Ousmane Boukar IITA broth with slight red color 1 4 Throughout canopy 3 SdSen_Est_0to4 Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside Pigmented sutures 2 Ousmane Boukar DFodWt_Week_g IITA 7 1 mild infestation ChlCt_Meas_Score Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside Jeff Ehlers FusWltR4_Est_0to4 UC Riverside GermRat_CompRank_3 3 heavy infestation pronounced yellowing at midrib and side veins - yellowing extends slightly between the veins - symptoms may or may not be associated with moderate cupping 5 CapReGro_Meas_g Ousmane Boukar IITA UC Riverside FlwCol_Est_1to4 Jeff Ehlers slight yellowing of the midrib - no cupping 3 5 Rhomboid PhomaInf_Est_0to4 Ousmane Boukar IITA Ousmane Boukar IITA ImPodPig_Est_0to6 heavy devastating severity 4 6 51-60% pod damage GrYld_Plnt_g Ousmane Boukar IITA YLDPLOT Ousmane Boukar IITA TLfLng_Meas_mm mild infestation 1 Ousmane Boukar IITA TapRtDia_5Av_mm Ousmane Boukar IITA CrcspDam_Est_1to5 2 moderte wilting and necrosis 2 pods/peduncle 2 Ousmane Boukar IITA StmDia_Av_ Ousmane Boukar IITA TermLftShp_Est_1to4 Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside PodYld_Wgh_g 3 0 Not crowded (no compression of seed ends) 5 Intermediate (height greater than 37cm or width greater than 75 cm AlecEmDat_Meas_Date Ousmane Boukar IITA 4 4 pods/peduncle Ousmane Boukar IITA PlntHt_Av_cm NodNo_Est_1to9 Ousmane Boukar IITA K 4 3 heavy infestation 1 Wing pigmented - standard with light V-shaped pattern of pigment at top center 31-60% peducles bare 3 BiomDWtMat_Av_g Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside LfThripDam_Est_undefined Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside I 3 StrNo_CountWk_Striga Ousmane Boukar IITA 4 heavy devastating infestation Other 6 heavy infestation 3 MatTim-_CompRank_Rk3 Ousmane Boukar IITA PodSBSev_Est_0to4 8 AshStmR_Est_0to4 Ousmane Boukar IITA PodLng_Av_cm Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside 6 6 Ousmane Boukar IITA TapRtDia_10Av_mm Ousmane Boukar MarDam_EstPct_1to9 IITA Ousmane Boukar IITA SeptSev_Est_0to4 4 heavy devastating infestation AlecInf_Est_0to4 Ousmane Boukar IITA 3 heavy infestation Ousmane Boukar IITA PodPlnt_Av_PodPlnt 3 ‚Red Ousmane Boukar AdvRtAng_Est_ IITA Ousmane Boukar IITA BasRtAng_Est_ 2 moderate symptoms several small colonies (21-100 aphids) 5 AlHt_Av_cm Ousmane Boukar IITA 4 heavy devastating infestation 1 W heavy infestation 3 4 O PlntVig_Est_1to9 Ousmane Boukar IITA 16-30% peduncles bare 5 no symptoms 0 4 ‚Self coloured (eye covers entire seed) S 7 Tto1Flw_Count_d Ousmane Boukar IITA no infestation 0 6 3 Semi-erect (branches perpendicular to main stem, but not touch ground) ‚Sub-hastate 3 LfRustInf_Est_0to4 Ousmane Boukar IITA mild infestation 1 0 infestation 0 no infestation 2 moderate symptoms PhytmInf_Est_0to4 Ousmane Boukar IITA OvAllPerfvsLoc_CompRank_Rk3 V 2 heavy infestation 3 1 pods/peduncle 1 4 heavy devastating severity 4 2 very few leaves with mild infection (resistant) 2 moderate infestation 3 Slightly curved ‚Blue to black 5 Ousmane Boukar IITA AlctWt_Av_g no symptoms 0 IITA LfMk_Est_0or1 Ousmane Boukar 3 Moderate at the base and tips of petioles entity 2 8 6 Ousmane Boukar IITA GwtPat_Est_1or2 Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside MacrophSev_Est_0to4 Jeff Ehlers CAMVSev_Est0to4 UC Riverside 5 S 1 very few leaves with mild infection (resistant) 2 No visible infection 0 4 8 1+ ‚Very Small ( A ) 1 Jeff Ehlers UC Riverside BiomDWtFlw_Av_g IITA AdvRtNo_Count_Rt Ousmane Boukar 1 pods/peduncle 1 8 Thrs_Comp_Pct Ousmane Boukar IITA Ousmane Boukar IITA GrProtCt_Meas_mgg Splashes of pigment 4 Ousmane Boukar IITA EmpDam_Est_1to9 Cowpea ontology Intermediate (most lower branches touch the ground) 4 2 heavy infestation 3 4 complete stipule necrosis 5 Curved 1 no visible damage SdCr_Est_0to7 Ousmane Boukar IITA UC Riverside SdCPat_Est_1to6 Jeff Ehlers 4 high wilting and necrosis 3 7 Coiled 0 no infestation S 4 2 1 Ousmane Boukar IITA Tto1MatPod_Count_d no infected leaves (very resistant) 1 2 plant dead or near death 4 0 None Solid 9 4 heavy devastating severity 0 no pods 2 T 1 mild infestation Ousmane Boukar IITA PodAtt_Est_1to7 3 71-80% pod damage 8 4 Testa firmly attached to seed 1 7 Pronounced 2 Pigmented margins on wing and standard 6 ‚Watson group (eye encircles the back of the hilum as a narrow ring, widens at the sides and spills over the non micropylar end of the seed withan indistinct margin. The extra width at the sidesof the hilum distinguishes this group from 3, narrow eye) (W) 3 heavy infestation very severe bud abscission, heavy browning/drying of stipules and buds - distinct non-elongation of (most or all) peduncles 9 mild infestation 1 Pubescent to hirsute 7 occasional bare peduncles 9 mild infestation 1 3 few plants with striga emerged (tolerant) few striga emerged (moderately resistant) 2 Ousmane Boukar IITA PlntStHvst_Count_Plnt Rough to wrinkled 7 1 BE 4 1 pods/peduncle 1 2 E 2 few striga emerged (moderately resistant) GrStorab_CompRank_Rk3 DT 3 LfQlCons_CompRank_Rk3 2 0 No visible infection 1 mild infestation 4 Absent 0 3 Slight 1 Pale tan or straw moderate symptoms 2 4 ‚Holstein group (eye encircles the back of the hilum in a narrow ring, widens at the sides,and then extends margin of the eye is very distinct) (H) 5 Low 1 Dark tan 2 0 ‚Eye absent (white, cream) heavy infestation 3 5 many leaves with severe infection (very susceptible) 1 mild infestation mild symptoms 1 ‚Absent (A1) 0 ‚Speckled (even distribution of fine speckling) 7 3 Lowest rank 6 Smooth to rough 3 1 0 None 4 many leaves with mild infection (susceptible) 1 5 30 - 90o down from erect severe defoliation, followed by wilting, resulting in death of plants 9 Pigmented tip 1 1 Low 4 7 Erect Very slight 1 4 4 pods/peduncle 6 no symptoms 0 heavy infestation 3 4 heavy devastating severity 1 3 purple broth 0 no infestation 3 P 2 ‚Sub-globose 0 no stipule necrosis Br 3 4 Black or dark purple 8 3 high medium aphid numbers heavy infestation 3 no symptoms 0 0 no infestation Dark brown 3 OvAllPerf_CompRank_Rk3 2 moderate symptoms 3 ‚Narrow eye (Hilum Ring. Eye fills the narrow groove around the hilum and spills out of this groove in front of the hilum for a short distance and has an indistinct front margin) (N) heavy devastating infestation 4 ‚Small eye (eye has a distinct margin, but is E smaller than Holstein group) 4 Glabrescent 3 Other 6 mild symptoms 1 2 1 low stipule necrosis 6 GrMarket_CompRank_Rk3 very slight wilting 1 Middle rank 2 1 mild infestation 1 8 moderte wilting and necrosis 2 7 severe yellowing of the leaves followed by drying of leaf tips and leaf margins - characteristic hopper burn observed S 1 4 completely covered by aphids 9 Wrinkled (coarse folds on the testa) P 6 4 heavy devastating infestation 6 ‚Blue to black spots or mottle 3 ‚Crowder 8 2 Bl 4 5 many plant with several plant of striga emerged (Very susceptible) Absent 0 2 moderate infestation 1 ‚Brown splash or gray 5 Intermediate green 1 a few individual aphids (1-4 aphids) 7 Extremely crowded (seed width greater than seed length) 3 heavy infestation 1 mild infestation 4 ‚Green 4 heavy devastating infestation 1 R high wilting and necrosis 3 Intermediate 5 moderte wilting and necrosis 2 mild infestation 1 infestation 0 4 many plants with striga emerged (susceptible) 4 large continuous colonies (>500 aphids) 9 attribute Pod sucking bug - Method Visual assessment of pod damage per plot RtDiam Tap root diameter Root Diameter Tap root diameter Bacteria pustule - Method Visual rating of bacteria pustule affected leaf area Zinc concentration ZNCONC Zinc concentration in the seed Grain Zinc concentration Weight of harvested pods Yield Pod yield PODWT Pod Leaf rust infestation LEAFRU Infestation by Leaf rust Infestation Leaf rust hills Size for target market or use Grain size for target use or market GraSizMarkUse Size of the grain for the targeted market or use Grain 0-4 visual score Comparative ranking by users method Ranking of phenotypes based on field observations/on testing of food products ​ Yield Grain yield (kg)   Yield in kilograms Grain Seed Shape - Method Visual rating of the shape of the seed at maturity Grain storability Storability Seed storability refers to the ability of seeds to remain viable and maintain their quality over a period of time when stored under a given condition. Grain Plot infected with Striga - Method Visual assessment of the presence of emerged Striga plant per plot Measure the weight of green matter in grams at 50% flowering after the accession has been cut at six week stage Capacity for re-growth - Method Hypocotyl Length Hypocotyl length HypLen Length of the hypocotyl 0-4 visual score Visual assessment of the testa to the seed Attachment of testa - Method No method name found Record the date at which the first Striga in the experimental plot emerged 0-4 visual score Number per pod Seed per pod Number of seed per pod SEEDPOD Seed PlaVig Vigor Plant Plant vigour Status of the plant mg/kg Number of striga emerged Number of Striga Striga StrNo Number Measure the height of 5 or 10 random Alectra plants per experimental plot 9 weeks after planting and record the average height for the experimental plot Alectra- Height of Alectra - Method Number of pods per peduncles Number per peduncle Pods per peduncule PODPED Pod Visual evaluation of the degree of podding when the pods are mature but still green Maruca resistance - Method Number of days from planting to when 95% of plants have mature pods. The maturity stage is visually assessed Days to 95% maturity - Method pods/plants Visual, rough or smooth or intermediate Seedcoat - Method Damage Damage caused by aphid in specialized nursery Aphid damage Aphid APHIDRES Weight Weight of fresh fodder Fresh fodder weight Fresh fodder FFWT Weight Weight of harvested leaves Harvested leaf weight TWL Harvested leaf Number of pods per plant Pod Number per plant PODPLA Pod per plant Dead plant Proportion Proportion of dead plant Dead plant proportion PDEADP Visual assessment of stem rot affected leaf area per plot Stem rot - Method BACTPUST Damage caused by bacteria pustule Bacteria pustule Damage Bacteria pustule Testa Splitting of the testa Splitting of testa Splitting SplTes days 0-4 visual score Diabrotica Infestation Diabrotica Infestation by diabrotica DIABRT M. javanica root knot nematode RootNemRes Damage caused by M. javanica root knot nematode M. javanica root knot nematode Damage Seed per pod - Method Average number of seeds per pod from 20 random pod samples per plot Assessing the incidence of aphids by determining the percentage of plants in each experimental plot that is infested at 10, 20 and 30 days after seedling emergence. Aphid incidence - Method SDCOLOR Color Seed coat Seedcoat color Seed coat color Smut infestation SMUT Infestation by Smut Infestation Smut Visual rating of the extend of leafhopper damage to cowpea on experimental plot basis around 25-30 days after seedling emergence. It is done Leafhopper (Empoasca) resistance - Method 1-7 score BRBL Brown blotch Brown blotch Infestation Infestation by Brown blotch Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS) Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry 0-4 visual score ZNCONC Zinc concentration Zinc concentration Leaf Zinc concentration in the leaf StaLen Length of flowers Length Flower Flower length Overall variety assessment/observation compared to the locam variety Overall performance vs local Overall vs Local   Plant g 0-1 score Visual rating of leaf affected by scab Leaf scab - Method Calculated by making the ratio of PLOT grain weight total BIOMASS weight at Harvest Harvest index - Method Shape Seed shape SDSHAPE Grain Seed shape GermRat Grain Germination rate Number of germinated seeds Germination rate Visual recording of the texture of the testa Testa texture - Method PlDisRes Disease Resistance Disease resistance  Estimated resistance to diseases observed in the field Plant Web blight Web blight damage Damage WEBB Damage caused by WEB BLIGHT Leaf spot infestation Leaf spot infestation Infestation LFSPT Leaf spot g MARUCA Pod damage caused by Maruca (insect) attack Damage Maruca damage Maruca Visual rating of bacterial blight affected leaf area Bacterial blight (X. vignicola) scoring - Method DYSTRG Date of emergence Striga DYSTRGEM Days to Striga Emergence Alectra- Weight of Alectra - Method Average the weight of 5 or 10 random plants per experimental plot Cercospora - Method Visual rating of cercospora affected leaf area Count of pods on each peduncle on each of ten plants at MAT95 Pods per peduncule - Method Count number of striga plant in the experimental plot at harvest Striga count at harvest - Method Dry fodder weight - Method Weight of dry fodder harvested on an experimental plot Dead plant NDEADP Number of dead plants Number Dead plant number number 1-3 score Ranking: 3 PodCur Pod Curvature Pod curvature Curvature of th pod 0-4 visual score Pod attachment to peduncle Attachment to peduncle Attachment of the pod to the peduncle Pod PodAtt Colour of the pod Colour Pod colour Pod PodCol 1-9 rating scale days 0-5 score Pest resistance  Plant PlPestRes Estimated resistance to pests observed in the field Past resistance Terminal leaflet TerLEASh Terminal leaflet shape Shape Shape of terminal leaflet 1-5 visual score mm Visual rating of leaf vein scarring Foliar thrip damage - Method Total leaf - Method Weight of total leaf harvested per plot method_of Peduncle Length Peduncle length Length of peduncules at full growth PedLen Stem rot Stem rot damage Damage caused by Stem rot STMRT Damage Plant Number of plants germinated within one week after planting Number GERM Plant stand at emergence Visual rating of wilting/stunting/health 3 weeks after root-clip-dip innoculation with Fusarium race 3 Fusarium wilt Race 3 - Method cm BCTBLT Severity of the bacteria blight symptoms caused by X. vignicola Bacterial blight Bacterial blight (X. vignicola) severity Severity 1-9 rating scale Visual evaluation of the percentage of pod damage when the pods are mature but still green Maruca damage - Method Phytium Infestation - Method Visual assessment of pithium infested plant per plot Cooking time - Method Time taken for dry grain to soften in boiling water 1-7 score Basal root Basal root growth angle ang bas Angle of basal region roots Growth angle Visual observation of the presence of hairs on stems, leaves and pods Plant hairiness - Method Visual assessment of newly opened flower pigmentation Flowering pigment pattern - Method Terminal leaflet length - Method Measure the length of the leaflet of the young , mature leaf in the 6th week after sowing whose shape was recorded 1-7 score Grain Storage problems tolerance Grain storage problems tolerance Tolerance to the storage problems identified by user Threshability - Method Percentage score of well polished seeds compared to others in the sample. PodWaiTh Tickness of pod wall Pod wall thickness Pod Wall thickness Number Number of adventitious roots Number of basal region roots AdvNo Basal root Grain yield per plant - Method Divide the plot grain yield by the number of plants in the plot 0-4 visual score 1-9 score Presence of hair on plant Hairiness Plant hairiness PlaHair Plant 100 seed weight - Method Weight of 100 random seeds at 12% moisture ALPERPLT Alectra Alectra per plot Number ALPERP 1-9 score Peduncle length - Method Measure peduncules when they have grown full length. Mean length of 10 peduncles, one from each of 10 randomly selected plants 0-4 visual score Plant senescence due to drought Drough induced senescence Drought induced senescence FLDSN Plant Extent of the infestation by termites Infestation TRMTS Termites infestation Termite Days to first flower - Method Count number of days from planting to the first appearance of flower in a plot Severity of aphid infestation AphSev Aphid severity Severity Aphid Measure weight of leaves and other parts of the shoot and calculate the ratio Leaf/stem ratio - Method 1-9 rating scale Visual assessment of the angle of advantitious roots Adventitous root growth angle - Shovelomics Method Number Number of plants infected by Alectra Plant parasited by Alectra Alectra- Alectra infection PIA 0-4 visual score Damage Leafhopper (Empoasca) damage Damage caused by leafhopper (Empoasca) Leafhopper EmpRes Average the weight of 10 randomly selected plants at 50% flowering Yield of green matter - Method Thrips Damage to podset caused by thrips Thrip damage to podset THRIPDAM Damage on pod mm cm g plants infected Time of germination after planting Germination time Germination time GermTim Grain mm scale_of plants infected taste Grain taste Taste of the grain Grain Fodder Dry biomass at flowering Fodder biomass at Flowering FODMID Fodder biomass i.e., above ground biomass excluding the pods, at 50% Flowering CANOPYHT Canopy Height Height Canopy Canopy Height Visual assessment of the tickness of the pod wall Pod wall thickness - Method Undefined scale Raceme Number of racemes Number of racemes NumRacPla Number Grain Sucrose content SUCROS Grain sucrose content Grain sucrose content Yield Grain yield Grain GrYld Harvested grain weight Virus Proportion of plant infected by virus Virus Incidence VIRINC Incidence Weigh leaf harvested from experimental unit weekly Leaf harvest - Method Anthracnose - Method Visual rating of Anthracnose affected leaf area HILLS Hill Number of hills Number of hills having at least one plant Number Mean of 10 plants per experimental unit (in mm) Hypocotyl length - Method Iron concentration Grain Iron concentration ICONC Iron concentration in the seed Grain YLDPLOT Harvested grain weight Grain yield per plot Yield cm Threshability How easy it is to separate the seed from the shafts THRS Grain Threshability 0-1 score 1-7 score mm mm strigas/plot minutes Seed crowding - Method Visual assessment of seed compression within the pod Seed coat SDTEXT Seedcoat Seedcoat texture Texture 0-4 visual score Septoria SEPT Septoria severity Severity of the symptoms caused by Septoria Severity Trait measured by cutting 10 plants at ground level per plot at 50% Flowering, oven drying and weighing biomass Biomass at Flowering - Method g Cooking time Grain CKTME Time needed for cowpea sample to cook Cooking time Degree days Number Pod Floral abscision DTFLWRAB Floral abscision MACROPH Macrophomina Severity Macrophomina Severity Severity of the symptoms caused by macrophomina Alectra- Alectra plants per week - Method Count the number of Alectra in the experimental plot at weekly interval after first emergence up to maturity Number of tap laterals Number Number of roots in 5-10cm below soil surface region with a diameter greater than 1.5mm at 2cm from hypocotyl that are perpendicular to the tap root 1st order lateral root Striga Striga dry weight STRGDRWT STRGDR Weight Size Size of the grain Grain size   Grain GraiSiz Intensity of green Colour of the leaf Colour Leaf LeaCol Leaf colour Plant stand at emergence - Method Count number of plants emerged in the experimental plot one week after planting Terminal leaflet width - Method Measure the widest dimension of the terminal leaflet whose shape was recorded (young , mature leaf in the 6th week after sowing) Eye pattern Pattern The shape of the pigment pattern which surrounds the hilum. The front of the hilum is the non-micropylar end. Eye EyePat Foliar thrip damage Foliar thrip damage FOLTHRIP Damage on leaf Thrips % branches Fresh fodder weight - Method Weigh of fresh fodder harversted from experimental plot mg/kg THRIPSTIP Flower thrip damage to stipules Thrips Damage on stipule Thrip damage to stipules Measure of stipule width Width Stipule Stipule width StiWid Color plants Virus Severity Severity of symptoms caused by viruses Severity VIRSEV Virus Measure the sucrose content of grain sample using a blood testing device for tracking diabetese Grain sucrose content - Method Degree of seedcoat pigment discoloration following boiling water treatment for 5 minutes compared to standards Pigment bleeding - Method cm Alectra - Method Visual rating of presence/absence of Alectra SdWt Weight Seed Weight of seeds Seed weight Height of Striga AHS Striga- Height of Striga Striga Height Marketability Grain marketability  Grain Quality of the grain for marketability Pod yield per plot - Method Weight of harvested pods from a plot 0-7 score Quality of the grain for marketability Quality Grain Grain quality Tto1stFlw Time to first flower Time to first flower Time elapsed from planting to first flowering Plant Damage Fusarium wilt Race 4 damage Damage caused by Fusarium wilt Race 4 FUSWILTR4 Fusarium wilt Race 4 Undefined scale Basal root growth angle - Shovelomics Method Visual assessment of the angle of basal region roots When 50% of the plant in a plot have at least one flower, randomly select 5 plants, measure the height from soil surface to top of canopy and compute the average Canopy Height at FLOW50 - Method g Plant infected with Striga Plant parasited by Striga Number Number of plant infested by Striga PLSTRG 1-9 visual score Total weight of leaves - Method Pick young succulent leaves from experimental plot beginning 3rd week after planting, and at weekly interval thereafter and stop harvesting when 50% of plants in the plot have started to flower. Weigh the amount of leaves harvested leaves each week. Pattern Dry pod color Dry pod Colour Color of dry pod DRYPODCOL Pigment bleeding EYELEAK Pigment bleeding Seedcoat pigment bleeding Seed coat Visual rating of Septoria affected leaf area Septoria - Method Count the number of plants infected by Striga in the experimental plot 9 weeks after planting Striga- Striga infection - Method 1-9 nodulation score lateral roots Macrophomina Tolerance - Method Visual rating of severity and extent of macrophomina damage Number Number of main branches Main branch NumMaiBra Number of main branches Dry matter digestibility Plant DMDig Digestibility of green fodder Dry matter digestability No method name found Averaged weigh of 5 or 10 random Striga plants per experimental plot Dead plant per plot - Method Counting sampled plots for % dead plant Pod attachment to peduncle - Method Recorded when pods are full grown Weight of Alectra AWA Weight Weight of Alectra Alectra pods/peduncle Dry fodder weight Weight Dry fodder DFWT Dry fodder weight Count the number of roots in 5-10 cm below soil surface region Number of larger tap laterals - Shovelomics Method g Visual rating of the leaf appearance Leaf texture - Method Yield (quantitative) Grain Yield (quantitative)  Yield measured with a quantitative unit (kg, t, etc) Thrips Flower thrip damage THRIPFLOW, FOLTHRIP Flower thrip damage to stipules, flower buds and peduncles Damage on flower Growth habit mm ICONC Iron concentration Iron concentration in the leaf Iron concentration Grain 1-9 density score Reading of the blood testing device Seed length - Method Mean of 10 mature seeds excluding those from the extremities of pods Count the number of days between planting and the time when 50% of plants in a plot have flowered. The state of flowering is visually assessed in the field Days to 50% flowering - Method 0-4 visual score plants Use of diagram illustrating eye pattern (IITA Genetic Resource Center) Eye pattern - Method Leaf scab infestation LEAFSC Infestation on leaf Scab Infestation by Leaf scab g Attachment to the seed Attachment of the testa to the seed Attachment of testa Testa AttTes mm Immature pod pigmentation Pigmentation Pigmentation of immature pod ImmPodPig Immature pod Nodule weight Nodule NDLWT Weight of nodule Weight PodWdt Width Pod Width of pods Pod width Recorded when peduncles have reached full length Raceme position - Method Plant Plant dry weight content Plant matter content Dry matter content PerDryWei Visual assessment of the colour of the pod at maturity Pod colour - Method Number of nodes on main stem - Method Count of nodes on main stem per plant 3 - 4 weeks after sowing. Mean of 10 randomly selected plants Count the number of pod on 10 plants from experimental plot and compute the average Pod per plant - Method BasRtNo Adventitious root Number of basal region roots Number of adventitious roots Number Resistance to Striga gesnerioides - Method Visual assessment of the presence of Striga plant per plot Fresh pod Pod Fresh weight FRESHP Weight of fresh pod Extent of the infestation by Pythium Infestation Phytium infestation PHYTM Phytium Tap root diameter at 15 - Shovelomics Method Measure the mean of tap diameter 15cm below soil surface of 10 plants per experimental plot Aphid severity - Method The level of infestation is assessed on 30 stands per plot (five stands per row at fixed intervals to avoid bias) and scores averaged. Count the number of 1st order lateral roots (not including the basal root) Branching density 5-10 - Shovelomics Method 0-4 score Pod sucking bug severity Pod sucking bug PODSB Severity of pod sucking bug symptoms Severity Maruca damage - Method Visual rating of damage caused by maruca (insect) 5 classes Count the number of Alectra in the experimental plot 9 weeks after planting No method name found Incidence Aphid incidence AphIS Aphid Incidence Score Aphid nodes In vitro measurerement of the digestibility of green fodder at 50% flowering In vitro dry matter digestibility - Method Count number of hill per plot having at least one plant Hills - Method 0-4 score Visual assessment of the splitting of testa Splitting of testa - Method Visual rating of diabrotica per plot Diabrotica - Method Protein - Method Protein content of sample grain SPAD Chlorophyll content Chlorophyll content Leaf Chlorophyll content Resistance Thrip Resistance Thrips THRIPS Resistance to Thrips 3 classes Plant vigour - Method Estimation of plant vigor based on the height and width of the plant 3-4 week after sowing 3rd order branching density - Shovelomics Method Visual assessment of 3 order branching density Terminal leaflet The widest dimension of the terminal leaflet whose shape Terminal leaflet width TerLeaWid Width Percentage dry weight - Method Take a 500 g sample of green plant. Measure the fresh weight then oven dry the sample and measure the dry weight of the sample. Calculate the ratio dry weight per fresh weight Measure the mean length of 10 freshly opened, randomly selected calyx Calyx lobe length - Method alectra/plot g Visual rating of pod affected by scab Pod SCAB - Method 0-4 visual score Growth angle Adventitious root Adventitous root growth angle Angle of adventitious roots ang_ad Visual assesment of overall occurence and severity of termite damage Termites - Method M. javanica root knot nematode - Method Visual assessment of root Drought induced senescence - Method Visual assessment of degree of senescence following imposed drought 1-5 visual score Count number of days from planting to first appearance of pod per plot First pods emergence - Method 1-5 color scale Visual rating of affected leaf area Brown blotch - Method Visual rating of wilting/stunting/health 3 weeks after root-clip-dip innoculation Fusarium wilt Race 4 - Method 0-4 visual score Leaf marking - Method Visual rating of the presence or absence of the V-mark on the leaf Actual measurement of the weight of the grain harvested from a plot Grain yield per plot - Method Immature pod pigmentation - Method Pattern of pigment distribution on full grown immature pods basal roots Alectra - Date of First Alectra Emergence - Method Record the date at which the first Alectra emerged in the experimental plot 0-6 score Resistance to Striga gesnerioides parasitic weed. Number Resistance to Striga gesnerioides STRRES Plant parasited by Striga g Measure the height of 5 or 10 random Striga plants per experimental plot 9 weeks after planting and record the average height for the experimental plot Striga- Height of Striga - Method Record Weight fresh mature pod from a plot Fresh pod - Method Color TesTex The texture of the testa Texture Testa Testa texture g Plant GROHAB Growth habit Type of growth habit Growth habit Tto1MatPod Time to first mature pod Time elapsed of days from planting to first pod maturity Time to first mature pod Plant Count the number of adventitious roots Number of adventitious roots - Shovelomics Method Seed coat pattern - Method Visual assessment of seed coat pattern Nodule dry weight - Method Average dry weight of nodule from 10 plants per experimental unit Trait measured by cutting 10 plants at ground level per plot at at 90% plant maturity, oven drying and weighing biomass Biomass at Maturity - Method Growth habit - Method Visual recording of cultivar growth habit Evaluated in the 6th week after sowing Time of maturity after planting Maturity time Maturity time MatTim Plant Thrip damage to podset - Method Visual rating of the reduction in pods per plant under thrip pressure compared to control overall podset Plant Time to pod Emergence Time to pod emergence Pode emergence time DFRSTPO Actual measurement of the weight of the grain harvested from a representative plant of a plot Grain yield of a single plant - Method Number of larger basal roots - Shovelomics Method Count the number of basal root with greater than 1.5 mm at 2cm from hypocotyl number Presence - absence Capacity for re-growth CapReGro Weight of green matter in grams at 50% flowering after the accession has been cut at six week stage Capacity for re-growth Plant Stipule length - Method Mean length of stipules from 5 randomly selected plants from the plot experimental unit Leaf rust - Method Visual rating of leaf rust affected plant per plot plants Anthracnose damage Damage ATNSE Anthracnose Anthracnose damage g Plant Flowering time FlwT Flowering time Flowering time Visual assessment of the number of nodule per plant Nodule score - Shovelomics Method Date of emergence Date of the first Alectra emergence Alectra Alectra - Date of First Alectra Emergence DFAE Alectra Alectra vogelii infestation Infestation ALCTRA Alectra Average number of nodules from 10 plants per experimental unit Nodule count - Method % Calyx lobe length Flower Flower calyx lobe length Calyx lobe length CaLobLen mm g Pod Length of pods Length of pods PODLNGTH Length Nodule fresh weight - Method Average fresh Weight of nodule from 10 plants per experimental unit Visual rating of overal frequency and severity of the Blackeye mosaic virus infection Blackeye cowpea mosaic virus - Method Measure the mean length of 10 freshly opened, randomly selected standard petals Standard length - Method Yield (qualitative) yield (qualitative) Plant Yield estimated considering pods and grains harvested from the plant with a comparative ranking of varieties number Cercospora CRCSP Cercospora Damage Damage caused by Cercospora Growth pattern - Method Visual observation of growth pattern Visual rating of leaf affected by smut Smut - Method Average the height of 5 to 10 plants per plot at maturity Plant height - Method mm Count the number of branches whose origin is in the leaf axils on the main stem - recorded in the 8th week after sowing. Mean of 10 randomly selected plants Number of main branches - Method Presence of V-mark Presence/absence of V-mark on leaflets LeaMar Leaf Leaf marking seed/pod Mean width of the 10 mature pods per plot that are measured for length Pod width - Method Height Plant Plant height Plant height PTHT Number of nodes Number of nodes NumNodMainSte Number Node Average length of ten mature pods per plot Length of pods - Method alectra/plot FBMFlw Total above ground fresh biomass Plant Fresh biomass at flowering Fresh biomass at flowering Branching density 10-15 - Shovelomics Method Count the number of 1st order lateral roots between 10 and 15 cm TwiTend Twinning tendency Twinning tendency Twinning tendency Plant nodules/plot LYGUSRES Damage Lygus bug Lygus bug damage Damage caused by lygus bug Pod infestation by SCAB Infestation on pod Pod scab infestation Scab PODSCAB Number of basal region roots Basal root Number BasRtNo Number of basal region roots Grain Length Seed length Average length of seeds SeeLen 1-5 score Date of emergence Date of Striga emergence STREM Striga Date of Striga emergence Visual rating of extent of aphid infestation Aphid resistance - Method Number Adventitious root Number of adventitious roots AdvNo Number of adventitious roots 1-4 score 7 classes Seed shape - Method Visual observation of the shape of the seed Visual rating of phoma affected plant per plot Phoma - Method Protein content Leaf protein content PROTEIN Grain Protein content of the leaf Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus - Method Visual rating of overal frequency and severity of the aphid-borne mosaic virus infection Seedcoat color - Method Visual assessment of seedcoat colour SeeWdt Width Average width of seeds Seed width Grain Degree By counting the number of plants in an experimental plot at harvest Plant stand - Method Seed coat pattern SDPATRN Pattern Seed coat Seedcoat pattern Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS) Colour Flower color FLOWCOL Flower color Flower cm Count the number of Striga in the experimental plot 9 weeks after planting Total Striga plants at 9 weeks- Method PlAbiotRes Abiotic stress tolerance  Estimated resistance to Abiotic stress observed in the field Plant Abiotic Stress tolerance g/plant Plant Leaf-stem ratio Leaf/stem ratio Weight of leaves divided by weight of other parts of shoot LeaSteRat 0-4 visual score 0-6 score 1-9 visual score Overall performance Overall Performance Plant Overall variety assessment/observation Tap root diameter at 10 - Shovelomics Method Measure the mean of tap diameter 10cm below soil surface of 10 plants per experimental plot g Height of Alectra Alectra- Height of Alectra AHA Height Alectra Eye Colour The color of the eye Eye colour EyeCol 1-3 classes strigas/plot 0-4 visual score 0-4 score Number Plant PSTAND Plant stand at harvest Number of plants plot unit at harvest roots Pigmentation PlaPig Pigmentation of the plant part Plant Plant pigmentation Web blight - Method Visual assessment of web blight affected leaf area per plot Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus Severity of the symtoms caused by cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus CAMV Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus severity Severity Of mature pods Pod curvature - Method Plants dead - Method Count number of plants dead per plot racemes/plant days Number of 1st order lateral roots whithout counting basal region roots Number BrnchDen Branching density 1st order lateral root undefined scale Shape Shape of the seed Grain SeeSha Seed Shape Position Raceme RacPos Raceme position Position of raceme Recorded for stem, branches, petioles and peduncles in the 6th week after sowing Plant pigmentation - Method TerLeaLen Length of terminal leaflet whose shape was recorded Terminal leaflet Terminal leaflet length Length Flowering pigment pattern Pigmentation pattern Pigmentation pattern of newly opened flowers Flower FloPigPat Plant HI Harvest index Biomass partitioning Ratio of grain weight over plant biomass Flower color - Method Visual classification of flower colour in the experimental plot Mean of racemes in 10 randomly selected plants Number of racemes per plant - Method 0-4 visual score 1-5 score mm Alectra- Alectra infection - Method Count the number of plants infected by Alectra in the experimental plot 9 weeks after planting Seed width - Method Mean width from hilum to keel of the 10 seeds measured for length Visual rating of the intensity of the leaf color Leaf colour - Method Leaf Quality Quality of the leaf for consumption at harvest Leaf Quality for consumption strigas/plot 3rd order branching 3rd order branching density Density 3BD 3 order branching density 1-5 visual score Visual recording of the twinning tendency of the plant Twinning tendency - Method Days to 1st pod maturity - Method Count number of days from planting to first appearance of mature pod in a plot 0-4 visual score Seed thickness - Method Mean thickness of the 10 seeds measured for length - measured perpendicular to length and width 1-5 visual score SeeThi Grain Tickness of the seed Thickness Seed thickness Date of Striga emergence - Method Record date on which first Striga emergence is noticed in a plot Striga tolerance Estimated resistance to Striga observed in the field Striga tolerance  PlStrigRes Plant 0-4 score Seed crowding or compression, indicating the spacing within the pod Seed crowding Compression Grain SeeCro ratio Striga Striga infestation SIP Incidence Plot infested with Striga gesnerioides adventitious roots 0-4 score Visual rating of the average pod set under unprotected, lygus infested conditions Lygus bug - Method Stipule width - Method Mean width of stipules from 5 randomly selected plants from the plot experimental unit Pattern of growth GroPat Plant Growth pattern Growth pattern g Visual rating of affected plot area Striga - Method Measure the mean of tap diameter 5cm below soil surface of 10 plants per experimental plot Tap root diameter at 5 - Shovelomics Method Undefined scale cm days 0-8 score Protein content PROTEIN Protein content of the grain Grain protein content Grain % % Visual assessment of the resistance to thrips Thrips Resistance - Method Diameter Stem diameter Stem diameter stemD Stem Recorded for the terminal leaflet of a young, mature leaf in the 6th week after sowing Terminal leaflet shape - Method 1 - 2 score 0-4 visual score mm 0-4 visual score NodNo Nodule Number Number of nodules Nodule number Flower thrip damage - Method Visual rating based on a combination of varying intensities of browning of the stipules and flower buds, non-elongation of peducles, and flower bud abscission lateral roots Basal roots Fusarium wilt Race 3 Damage caused by Fusarium wilt Race 3 Fusarium wilt Race 3 damage Damage FUSWILTR3 0-9 score g Visual estimation of portion of plant infected by virus per plot Virus Incidence - Method mm Trait assessed by visual rating of stipule necrosis at 40 DAP Thrip damage to stipules - Method g Biomass at Maturity Fodder biomass i.e., above ground biomass excluding the pods, at 90% maturity Dry biomass at maturity Fodder FODMAT Virus Severity - Method Visual rating of affected leaf area within a plot 0-5 score Leaf appearance LeaTex Leaf Leaf texture Texture SPAD units g Phoma infestation Phoma Infestation PHOMA Infestation by phoma Leaf spot - Method Visual rating of leafspot per plot Length StiLen Stipule Measure of stipule length Stipule length Stem diameter - Shovelomics Method Measure the mean of stem diameter at soil level of 10 plants per experimental plot 1-3 score Chlorophyll content - Method Measurement of chlorophyll using a chlorophyll SPAD meter between 8am -10am as per manufacturers instructions Estimate the average number of pods per peduncle under insect-protected and droughted conditions Floral abscision score - Method cm 0-4 visual score adventitious roots mm 1-7 score Pct 0-4 visual score 0-4 visual score Number of larger adventittious roots - Shovelomics Method Count the number of adventitious roots with diameter greater than 1.5 mm at 2cm hypocotyl index mg/g Color of dry pod - Method Visual observation of the color of the dry pod 0-9 rating score Count the number of basal region roots Number of basal region roots - Shovelomics Method g mm variable_of Blackeye cowpea mosaic virus severity BLCMV Severity Severity of the symtoms caused by cowpea blackeye mosaic virus Blackeye cowpea mosaic virus 0-4 visual score Eye colour - Method Visual rating of the color of the eye 0-7 score Striga- Striga plants per week - Method Count the number of Striga in the experimental plot at weekly interval after first emergence up to maturity