MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS
Characters	Res. Hybrid/Variety Western 6	Female WCP – 101	Male WCM- 1201
	Plant Character
Stem Colour	Green	Green	Green
Bloom	Triple	Triple	Double
Type of Internodes on Stem	Elongated	Condense	Elongated
Branching Pattern	Divergent	Convergent	Divergent
Plant Height	Medium Tall	Short	Medium Tall
Leaf Shape	Flat	Cup	Flat
Hairiness on Leaf	Absent	Absent	Absent
	Reproductive Phase
Types of flowers on primary spike	Interspersed	Pistillate	Monoecious
Spike Size & arrangement of capsules on spike	Medium Long & Semi-compact	Medium & Semi-compact	Medium Long & Loose
Spinyness of Capsule	Spiny	Spiny	Spiny
Seed Size & Shape	Medium bold & Oval	Medium bold & Oval	Medium & Elongated
Seed Colour	Light brown	Brown	Light brown
	Quantitative Description
Days to 50 % Flowering of Primary Raceme (Range)	62 – 72	54 – 60	56 – 68
Days to maturity (first picking)	105 – 115	108 – 120	108 – 125
Numbers of nodes to primary raceme	18-20	17-20	16-20
Plant Height up to base of Primary raceme (cm)	63-75	56-65	85-95
100 Seed weight (g)	28-31	29 – 32	27-39
Oil Content (%)	49.5 – 50.5	49.5 – 49.5	46.5 – 48