Broccoli

Descriptors
Category: COMMENT

Broccoli_Sow (Sow) Details relating to sowing in Broccoli

Category: DISEASE

Resistance to Mycosphaerella brassicicola (Res to M. brassicicola) Resistance to Mycosphaerella brassicicola by natural infection. Mean disease index. 0 = completely resistant; 9 = completely susceptible.
Resistance to Plasmiodophora brassicae K92-16 (Res to P. bras K92-16) Resistance to Plasmiodophora brassicae. Innoculation with isolate K92-16. Mean disease index (%). 0% = completely resistant; 100% = completely suseptible.
Resistance to Plasmiodophora brassicae Ms6 (Res to P. brassicae Ms6) Resistance to Plasmiodophora brassicae. Innoculation with isolate Ms6. Mean disease index (%). 0% = completely resistant; 100% = completely suseptible.
Resistance to Xanthomonas campestris (Res to X. campestris) Resistance to Xanthomonas campestris by glasshouse innoculation. Mean disease index. 0 = completely resistant; 9 = completely susceptible.

Category: FLWR-FRUIT

Broccoli_flower colour (Broccoli_flower colour) Flower colour as compared with an RHS colour chart

Category: MORPHOLOGY

Above ground biomass (Above ground biomass) Above ground biomass (g)
Bead Uniformity (Bead Uniformity) Bead Uniformity ( 1 = not uniform; 5 = very uniform). Mean value rounded to the nearest whole number.
Bracting (Bracting) Bracting (1= extreme ; 5 = no bracting). Mean value rounded to the nearest whole number.
Days to plot maturity (Days to plot maturity) Days to plot maturity (d)
First rank branching len (First rank branching len) First rank branching length (cm)
Harvest Index (Harvest Index) Harvest Index; (Head mass/Above ground biomass)
Head Compactness (Head Compactness) Head Compactness (1 = loose; 5 = very firm). Mean value rounded to the nearest whole number.
Head extension (Head extension) Head extension (1 = low; 5 = high), Mean value rounded to the nearest whole number.
Head mass (Head mass) Head mass, trimmed to 16 cm (g)
Head Shape (Head Shape) Head Shape (1 = flat; 5 = very convex). Mean value rounded to the nearest whole number.
Head Uniformity (Head Uniformity) Head Uniformity (1 = not uniform; 5 = very uniform). Mean value rounded to the nearest whole number.
Heat Response (Heat Response) Heat Response (1 = severe heat response; 5 = no heat response). Mean value rounded to the nearest whole number.
Lateral shoots (Lateral shoots) Lateral shoots (count)
Leaf colour (Leaf colour) Leaf colour
Leaf division (Leaf division) Leaf division (incision)
Max cluster diameter (Max cluster diameter) Max cluster diameter (cm)
Max Head Diameter (Max Head Diameter) Max Head Diameter head diameter (cm)
Mean bud diameter (Mean bud diameter) Mean bud diameter (N=5)
Overall Quality (Overall Quality) Overall Quality (1= not recognizable as broccoli ; 5 = very high quality). Mean value rounded to the nearest whole number.
Plant height (Plant height) Plant height: ground to apex (cm)
Plant width (Plant width) Plant width: max leaf distance (cm)

Category: PHENOLOGY

Days to 50% flowering (Days to 50% flowering) Days to 50% flowering (d)
Days to first flowering (Days to first flowering) Days to first flowering (d)
Holding ability (Holding ability) Holding ability; Days to 50% flowering – Days to plot maturity (d)

Category: QUALITY

Global uniformity (Global uniformity) Global uniformity

Category: STRESS

Salt tolerance (4 g/l NaCl) - Curd (Salt tolerance - Curd) Salt tolerance (4 g/l NaCl). Glasshouse test. Relative weight reduction curd. 1 =weight reduction < 20%; 2=weight reduction 21-40%; 3=weight reduction > 41%
Salt tolerance (4 g/l NaCl) - Plant (Salt tolerance - Plant) Salt tolerance (4 g/l NaCl). Glasshouse test. Relative weight reduction plant. 1 =weight reduction < 20%; 2=weight reduction 21-40%; 3=weight reduction > 41%

Category: SUBSET

Broccoli_Set (Broccoli_Set) A flag to indicate that this accession is a member of the Broccoli crop group which includes the species Brassica oleracea var. italica
Broccoli_type_subsets (Broccoli_type_subsets) Subsets of Broccoli types