Rocket: a Mediterranean crop for the world - Bioversity International
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ROCKET GENETIC RESOURCES NETWORK<br />
Table 1. Taxa examined under stereomicroscopy and <strong>the</strong>ir average dimensions (mm)<br />
Length Width Thickness<br />
Codes Taxa<br />
(L) (W) (T)<br />
D1 Diplotaxis brachycarpa 1.05 0.60 0.55<br />
D2 Diplotaxis berthautii 0.82 0.60 0.45<br />
D3 Diplotaxis muralis 1.06 0.72 0.62<br />
D4 Diplotaxis assurgens 0.87 0.64 0.62<br />
D5 Diplotaxis virgata 0.79 0.51 0.47<br />
D6 Diplotaxis siettiana 0.64 0.48 0.42<br />
D7 Diplotaxis siifolia 0.89 0.82 0.82<br />
D8 Diplotaxis viminea 0.95 0.58 0.47<br />
D9 Diplotaxis brevisiliqua 0.77 0.49 0.45<br />
D10 Diplotaxis tenuifolia 1.12 0.75 0.58<br />
D11 Diplotaxis harra 0.86 0.50 0.37<br />
D12 Diplotaxis simplex 0.83 0.58 0.48<br />
D13 Diplotaxis longisiliqua subsp. cossoniana 1.02 0.63 0.50<br />
D14 Diplotaxis ibicensis 0.73 0.47 0.42<br />
D15 Diplotaxis erucoides 1.00 0.71 0.58<br />
D16 Diplotaxis tenuisiliqua 0.88 0.63 0.61<br />
D17 Diplotaxis catholica 0.88 0.65 0.63<br />
E18 Eruca pinnatifida var. aurea 1.47 0.99 0.55<br />
E19 Eruca vesicaria 1.35 0.83 0.77<br />
E20 Eruca sativa 1.44 1.04 0.80<br />
Diplotaxis assurgens (Del.) Gren.<br />
Shape: elliptical<br />
Side outline: elliptical<br />
Transversal outline: subcircular<br />
Radicular shape: not evident<br />
Radicular extremity: as long as cotyledon, little curved, subacute<br />
Cotyledon extremity: subobtuse<br />
Basal cut: little evident<br />
Radicular and cotyledonous furrow: not evident<br />
Hilum and mi<strong>crop</strong>yle: covered with funicular tissue<br />
Tegument: reticulum with narrow lumina<br />
Colour: orange brown<br />
Measurements: L. 0.80(0.87)0.95 mm; W. 0.60(0.64)0.75 mm; T. 0.60(0.62)0.65 mm.<br />
Diplotaxis berthautii Br. Bl. et Maire (Fig. 1)<br />
Shape: ovate<br />
Side outline: elliptical<br />
Transversal outline: widely elliptical<br />
Radicular shape: wide 0.2 mm<br />
Radicular extremity: long 0.1 mm as regards as to cotyledonous, little curved,<br />
subacute<br />
Cotyledonous extremity: subobtuse<br />
Basal cut: little evident<br />
Radicular and cotyledonous furrow: evident<br />
Hilum and mi<strong>crop</strong>yle: covered with funicular tissue<br />
Tegument: reticulum with medium lumina<br />
Colour: light brown yellow<br />
Measurements: L. 0.80(0.82)0.85 mm; W. 0.55(0.60)0.65 mm; T. 0.40(0.45)0.50 mm.