Western-6+ ( Castor )

Western-6+( Plus ) Package Pics

No.	Characters	Res. Hybrid/Variety Western 6⁺	Female WCP – 101	Male WCM- 1215
Plant Character
1	Stem Colour	Green	Green	Green
2	Bloom	Triple	Triple	Double
3	Type of Internodes on Stem	Elongated	Condense	Elongated
4	Branching Pattern	Divergent	Convergent	Divergent
5	Plant Height	Medium Tall	Short	Medium Tall
6	Leaf Shape	Flat	Cup	Flat
7	Hairiness on Leaf	Absent	Absent	Absent
Reproductive Phase
8	Type of flowers on primary spike	Interspersed	Pistillate	Monoecious
9	Spike Size & arrangement of capsules on spike	Medium Long & Semi-compact	Medium & Semi-compact	Medium Long & Loose
10	Spinyness of Capsule	Spiny	Spiny	Spiny
11	Seed Size & Shape	Medium bold & Oval	Medium bold & Oval	Medium & Elongated
12	Seed Colour	Light brown	Brown	Light brown
Quantitative Description
13	Days to 50 % Flowering of Primary Raceme (Range)	55 – 67	52 – 62	58 – 70
14	Days to maturity (first picking)	105 – 110	112 – 122	108 – 120
15	Number of nodes to primary raceme	18-20	15-20	18-20
16	Plant Height up to base of primary raceme(cm)	68 – 75	58-65	95-105
17	100 Seed weight (g)	28-30	29 – 32	28-30
18	Oil Content (%)	49.5 – 50.5	48.5 – 49.5	46 – 48