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Appendix Table A4 List of morphological characters used for the cluster analysis<br />

of 91 accessions belonging to Solanum spp.<br />

Characters<br />

Ratio scale traits<br />

Descriptor Characteristic code<br />

Seedling Germination period (day) S110<br />

Cotyledonous leaf length (mm) S120<br />

Cotyledonous leaf width (mm) S130<br />

Cotyledon leaf length/width ratio S150<br />

Vegetative Plant height (cm) S220<br />

Plant breadth (cm) S230<br />

Plant branching S240<br />

Petiole length (mm) S260<br />

Leaf blade length (cm) S270<br />

Leaf blade width (cm) S280<br />

Inflorescence Number of flowers per inflorescence (flower) S410<br />

Flowering time (day) S420<br />

Fruit Fruit length (cm) S510<br />

Fruit breadth (cm) S520<br />

Fruit stalk length (mm) S550<br />

Fruit stalk thickness (mm) S560<br />

Fruit calyx length S640<br />

Number of fruits per infructescence (fruit) S700<br />

Seed 100 seeds weight (g)<br />

Nominal traits<br />

S840<br />

Characters Descriptor Characteristic code<br />

Vegetative Plant growth habit S210<br />

Leaf blade lobbing S290<br />

Leaf blade tip angle S300<br />

Inflorescence Relative style length (mm) S450<br />

Style Exertion S470<br />

Fruit length/breadth ratio S530<br />

Fruit color at commercial ripeness S600<br />

Fruit color at physiological ripeness S620<br />

Fruit flesh density S690<br />

Fruit yield per plant (g) S720<br />

Seed Seed color S810<br />

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