Agromorphological Diversity and Disease Assessment of Grain Amaranth in Lamjung, Nepal

Table 4

Descriptors along with code and frequency distribution of 21 qualitative traits in amaranth.

S.N.	Characters	Descriptors (code)	Frequency	Frequency (%)
1	Growth habit	Erect (1)	12	100.00
		Prostrate (2)	0	0.00
2	Branching index	No (1)	5	41.67
		Few-all near the base of stem (2)	2	16.67
		Many-all near the base of stem (3)	1	8.33
		Many-branches all along stem (4)	4	33.33
3	Stem pigmentation	Yellow (1)	0	0.00
		Yellowish green (2)	6	50.00
		Orange (3)	1	8.33
		Pink (4)	1	8.33
		Red (5)	2	16.67
		Reddish green (6)	2	16.67
		Reddish orange (7)	0	0.00
4	Stem surface	Smooth (1)	6	50.00
		Ridged (9)	6	50.00
5	Stem pubescence	None (0)	9	75.00
		Low (3)	3	25.00
		Conspicuous (7)	0	0.00
6	Spines in leaf axil	Absent (1)	12	100.00
		Present (2)	0	0.00
7	Leaf margin	Entire (1)	5	41.67
		Undulate (3)	5	41.67
		Crenate (2)	2	16.67
		Other (4)	0	0.00
8	Prominence of leaf veins	Smooth (1)	8	66.67
		Rugose (2)	4	33.33
9	Leaf pigmentation	Entire lamina purple/pink (1)	0	0.00
		Basal area pigmented (2)	1	8.33
		Central spot (3)	0	0.00
		Two stripes (V shaped) (4)	0	0.00
		One stripes (V shaped) (5)	0	0.00
		Margin and vein pigmented (6)	1	8.33
		One pale green/chlorotic spot on normal green (7)	1	8.33
		Normal green (8)	7	58.33
		Dark green (9)	2	17.67
		Others (10)	0	0.00
10	Leaf pubescence	None (0)	9	75.00
		Low (3)	3	25.00
		Conspicuous (7)	0	0.00
11	Leaf shape	Lanceolate (1)	4	33.33
		Elliptical (2)	2	16.67
		Cuneate (3)	4	33.33
		Obovate (4)	0	0.00
		Ovatainate (5)	2	16.67
12	Leaf blade blotch	Absent (1)	9	75.00
		Present (9)	3	25.00
13	Petiole pigmentation	Green (1)	6	50.00
		Dark green (2)	1	8.33
		Purple (3)	4	33.33
		Dark purple (4)	0	0.00
		Orange (5)	1	8.33
14	Terminal inflorescence shape	Spike (dense) (1)	5	41.67
		Panicle with short branches (2)	2	16.67
		Panicle with long branches (3)	1	8.33
		Club shape at tips (4)	1	8.33
		Others (5)	3	25.00
15	Petiole length	Short (3)	12	100.00
		Medium (5)	0	0.00
		Long (7)	0	0.00
16	Inflorescence color	Light yellow (1)	1	8.33
		Yellow (2)	0	0.00
		Yellowish green (3)	2	16.67
		Orange (4)	1	8.33
		Pink (5)	4	33.33
		Pinkish green (6)	2	16.67
		Purple (7)	0	0.00
		Red (8)	0	0.00
		Reddish green (9)	2	16.67
		Green (10)	0	0.00
17	Terminal inflorescence attitude	Erect (1)	6	50.00
		Drooping (2)	6	50.00
18	Presence of axillary inflorescence	Absent (1)	3	25.00
		Present (2)	9	75.00
19	Inflorescence length	Short (3)	9	75.00
		Medium (5)	3	25.00
		Long (7)	0	0.00
20	Inflorescence compactness	Lax (3)	7	58.33
		Intermediate (5)	5	41.67
		Dense (7)	0	0.00
21	Seed color	White (1)	0	0.00
		Creamish (2)	3	25.00
		Pale yellow (3)	2	16.67
		Pink (4)	0	0.00
		Red (5)	0	0.00
		Brown (6)	1	8.33
		Black (7)	5	41.67
		Golden (8)	1	8.33