A Compendium of Hybrids and Composites of Maize (1993-2012) Characteristics
Win Orange Sweet Corn
Leaf: angle between blade and stem (on leaf just above upper ear) Leaf: attitude of blade Stem: anthocyanin colouration of brace root Tassel: time of anthesis Tassel: anthocyanin colouration at base of glume Tassel: anthocyanin colouration of glumes excluding base Tassel: anthocyanin colouration of anthers Tassel: density of spikelets Tassel: angle between main axis and lateral branches Tassel: attitude of lateral branches Ear: time of silk emergence Ear: anthocyanin colouration of silks Leaf: anthocyanin colouration of sheath Tassel: length of main axis above lowest side branch Plant length up to flag leaf Plant: ear placement Leaf: width of blade Ear: length without husk Ear: diameter Ear: shape Ear: number of rows of grains Ear: type of grain Ear: colour of top of grain Ear: colouration of glumes of cob Kernel: row arrangement Kernal: poppiness Kernal: sweetness Kernal: waxiness Kernel: opaqueness Kernel: shape Kernel: 1000 kernel weight
Small (3) Drooping (9) Absent (1) Medium (5) Absent (1) Absent (1) Absent (1) Sparse (3) Narrow (3) Curved (5) Medium (5) Absent (1) Absent (1) Medium (5) Medium (5) Medium (5) Medium (5) Long (7) Large (5) Conico-cylindrical (2) Many (7) Dent (3) Yellow (3) White (1) Straight (1) Absent (1) Present (9) Absent (1) Absent (1) Shrunken (1) Small (3)
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Win Orange Sweet Corn