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Rocket: a Mediterranean crop for the world - Bioversity International

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ROCKET GENETIC RESOURCES NETWORK<br />

Tegument: reticulum with narrow lumina<br />

Colour: egg-yellow<br />

Measurements: L. 0.75(0.83)0.85 mm; W. 0.55(0.58)0.60 mm; T. 0.45(0.48)0.50 mm.<br />

Diplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) DC.<br />

Shape: widely elliptical<br />

Side outline: tightly ovate<br />

Transversal outline: elliptical<br />

Radicular shape: 0.2 mm wide<br />

Radicular extremity: 0.2 mm longer than cotyledonous extremity, curved, subacute<br />

Cotyledonous extremity: subobtuse<br />

Basal cut: very evident<br />

Radicular and cotyledonous furrow: evident <strong>the</strong> first, <strong>the</strong> ei<strong>the</strong>r almost absent<br />

Hilum and mi<strong>crop</strong>yle: covered with funicular tissue<br />

Tegument. reticulum with medium lumina<br />

Colour: orange brown<br />

Measurements: L. 1.05(1.12)1.20 mm; W. 0.70(0.75)0.80 mm; T. 0.55(0.58)0.60 mm.<br />

Diplotaxis tenuisiliqua Del.<br />

Shape: elliptical<br />

Side outline: elliptical<br />

Transversal outline: elliptical<br />

Radicular shape: not evident<br />

Radicular extremity: 0.1 mm longer than cotyledonous extremity, curved, subacute<br />

Cotyledonous 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 medium lumina<br />

Colour: orange-yellow<br />

Measurements: L. 0.80(0.88)0.95 mm; W. 0.60(0.63)0.65mm; T. 0.55(0.61)0.65 mm.<br />

Diplotaxis viminea (L.) DC. (Fig. 6)<br />

Shape: elliptical<br />

Side outline: tightly elliptical<br />

Transversal outline: widely elliptical<br />

Radicular shape: 0.2 mm large<br />

Radicular extremity: 0.1 mm long, curved, subacute<br />

Cotyledonous extremity: subobtuse<br />

Basal cut: very evident<br />

Radicular and cotyledonous furrow: evident only <strong>the</strong> radicular furrow<br />

Hilum and mi<strong>crop</strong>yle: covered with funicular tissue<br />

Tegument: reticulum scarcely prominent<br />

Colour: orange brown and green olive<br />

Measurements: L. 0.90(0.95)1.10 mm; W. 0.50(0.58)0.65 mm; T. 0.40(0.47)0.55 mm.<br />

Diplotaxis virgata (Cav.) DC.<br />

Shape: elliptical<br />

Side outline: elliptical<br />

Transversal outline: subcircular<br />

Radicular shape: not evident

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