Table 3 Morphological characters used in the present study
Character | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
Quantitative characters (mm) | |
Width of blades of vegetative shoots | WVS |
Length of ligules of the middle cauline leaves | LigC |
Length of ligules of the internal vegetative shoots | LigIV |
Length of the lower glume | LG |
Length of the anthecium | AL |
Length of the callus | CL |
Length of the callus base | CBL |
Length of hairs on the dorsal line on the lemma | LHD |
Length of hairs on the ventral line on the lemma | LHV |
Distance from the end of the dorsal line of hairs to the top of the lemma | DDL |
Distance from the end of the ventral line of hairs to the top of the lemma | DVL |
Length of hairs on the top of the lemma | LHTA |
Length of the lower segment of the awn | Col1L |
Length of the middle segment of the awn | Col2L |
Length of the seta | SL |
Length of hairs on the lower segment of the awn | HLCol1 |
Length of hairs on the middle segment of the awn | HLCol2 |
Qualitative characters | |
Character of the abaxial surface of vegetative leaves (glabrous, with prickles) | AbSVL |
Character of the adaxial surface of vegetative leaves (short hairs, long hairs, mixed) | AdSVL |
Type of the awn geniculation (single, double) | AG |
Character of nodes (glabrous, with hairs) | CN |
Type of hairs on the top of the anthecium (glabrous, poor developed, well developed) | HTTA |
Presence of hairs below nodes (glabrous, with hairs) | PHBN |