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