Table 4 Occurrence and morphological characteristics of the varieties cultivated in the Atlas Mountains region
Variety | Status | Sample size | Zones a | Categorization of the variety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aberyoun | traditional | 15 | ZS2, ZS3 | Tall DC-type, including mixtures with DW. |
Chgira lbida | traditional | 4 | ZS1 | Tall DW-type, including mixtures with DC and impurities for stature |
Cocorit | modern | 1 | ZS1 | Short DW-type |
Ifermourgh | traditional | 28 | ZS2, ZS3, ZS6 | Tall DC-type, including mixtures with DW. One DW outlier |
Ilks | traditional | 2 | ZS3 | No assignment. Tall mixture DW-DC |
Irden taghezaft | traditional | 6 | ZS3, ZS4, ZS5 | No assignment. Tall and great heterogeneity among populations for spike type. |
Lbida touila | traditional | 6 | ZS1 | Tall DW-type, including mixtures with DC and impurities for stature |
Tabakhoucht | traditional | 3 | ZS2, ZS4 | No assignment. Tall mixture DW-DC. One short outlier. |
Taberyount | traditional | 6 | ZS2, ZS3, ZS5 | Tall DC-type, including mixtures with DW. One DW outlier (ZS5) |
Tamellalt | traditional | 9 | ZS1, ZS2, ZS5 | Tall DW-type, including mixtures with DC. |
Toumlilt | traditional | 20 | ZS1, ZS2, ZS4, ZS6 | Tall DW-type, including mixtures with DC. One short outlier. |
Zerbana | traditional | 1 | ZS4 | No assignment. Tall mixture DW-DC |