Class of characters | Descriptors | Some descriptors class | Example |
---|---|---|---|
Botanical | Panicle type | Very compact, goose flat end | Muyra, Jeldi |
 |  | Very compact, goose with pointed end | Muyra, Jeldi |
 |  | Very compact, goose with pig-mouth end | Muyra, Wegere |
 |  | Semicompact, goose flat end | Fendisha |
 |  | Semicompact, goose oval | Wegere, Ammajicta |
 |  | Semicompact, erect oval | Kuaffa Kassa |
 |  | Very loose with erect rachis and dropping branches to one direction | Fechatee, Nanno, Fendisha |
 |  | Very loose with no rachis and dropping branches to all direction | Fechatee, Nanno |
 | Seed colour | Reddish brown | Fitibile |
 |  | White | Arebe |
 |  | Straw (ashy) | Wegere |
 |  | Chalky white | Wegere |
 |  | Grey | Muyra |
 |  | Purple | Chamme, Worabe |
 |  | Red | Muyra |
 |  | Light red | Muyra, Fendisha |
 |  | Light brown | Danga |
 |  | Brown | Fitibile |
 |  | Yellow | Wegere |
 |  | White and Red | Tufkuur |
 | Plant height | Tall | Fendisha |
 |  | Medium | Wegere |
 |  | Short | Gebabe |
 |  | Very short | Jilbeb |
 | Awns | Strong awn | Kirmi |
 |  | Weak awn | Fendisha |
 |  | Awnless | Muyra |
Use | Injera | Excellent | Fendisha |
 |  | Very good | Nanno |
 |  | Good | Wegere |
 |  | Poor | Muyra |
Agro-ecological | Drought | Resistant | Ammajicta |
 |  | Moderate | Muyra |
 |  | Susceptible | Fendisha |
 | Cold tolerance | Resistant | Merturasse, Fechatee |
 |  | Moderate | Gebabe |
 |  | Susceptible | Wegere, Arebe |
Technological | Lodging | Resistant | Ammajicta, Jilbeb |
 |  | Moderate | Gebabe |
 |  | Susceptible | Wegere, Muyra |
 | Bird resistance | Resistant | Kirmi, Firekolef, Fitibile |
 |  | Moderate | Gebabe |
 |  | Susceptible | Wegere, Muyra |