Culm habit
There are 5 types of culm habit of which 3 characterize plant materials: erect (15°), semi-erect (20°) and open (40°). All parent varieties were semi-erect and the control varieties were semi-erect (30%) and erect (70%). For lowland NERICA, 20% were erect and 80% were semierect. With regard to promising lines, 30% were semierect, 60% erect and 10% open.