56. Volume 12- Number 2 - IP Australia

DESCRIPTIONS
PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1999 VOL 12 NO. 2
PETIOLE THICKNESS (mm)
mean 1.55 1.41 1.60 1.76 1.71 1.35 1.26 1.84 1.62
std deviation 0.27 0.22 0.22 0.33 0.31 0.24 0.16 0.31 0.23
LSD/sig 0.15 ns ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns
STOLON THICKNESS (mm) AT MID 4TH INTERNODE FROM STOLON TIP
mean 2.63 2.44 2.74 2.86 2.77 2.37 2.24 3.09 2.70
std deviation 0.32 0.31 0.34 0.41 0.33 0.32 0.26 0.37 0.28
LSD/sig 0.19 P≤0.01 ns P≤0.01 ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns
INTERNODE LENGTH (mm) 4TH INTERNODE FROM TIP OF STOLON
mean 27.12 21.80 24.99 22.73 26.70 21.52 20.06 24.63 28.97
std deviation 10.40 5.92 7.39 7.36 7.01 6.89 6.63 6.57 7.77
LSD/sig 3.58 P≤0.01 ns P≤0.01 ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns ns
PEDUNCLE LENGTH (mm)
mean 186.48 208.50 195.68 230.03 225.78 195.37 175.38 248.57 233.05
std deviation 35.77 44.73 40.93 45.89 48.40 43.34 33.30 47.98 43.09
LSD/sig 32.02 ns ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01
PEDUNCLE WIDTH (mm)
mean 2.15 2.16 2.26 2.34 2.30 2.03 2.04 2.68 2.22
std deviation 0.26 0.21 0.34 0.29 0.32 0.27 0.23 0.33 0.22
LSD/sig 0.20 ns ns ns ns ns ns P≤0.01 ns
FLOWER HEAD DIAMETER (mm)
mean 28.14 27.05 25.94 29.04 27.66 26.80 25.72 30.49 27.02
std deviation 2.13 1.54 2.25 1.59 2.52 2.45 2.91 2.99 1.90
LSD/sig 2.41 ns ns ns ns ns P≤0.01 ns ns
FLORET NUMBER
mean 82.4 75.2 86.7 90.6 87.6 76.9 82.5 109.8 78.5
std deviation 9.5 12.8 26.2 13.8 13.5 13.2 14.1 23.7 12.5
LSD/sig 22.1 ns ns ns ns ns ns P≤0.01 ns
FLORET LENGTH (mm)
mean 12.00 11.52 10.68 11.43 11.20 10.46 10.86 11.88 11.58
std deviation 0.79 0.83 0.74 0.89 0.90 1.01 0.82 0.92 1.20
LSD/sig 1.07 ns P≤0.01 ns ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns ns
PERCENTAGE OF PLANTS WITH WHITE LEAF MARKS
86 90 89 88 92 92 92 61 88
PERCENTAGE OF PLANTS CYANOGENIC
83 70 94 88 44 78 65 88 35
SPRING GROWTH HABIT (9/10/98) ( 1 = PROSTRATE, 3 = ERECT)
1.9 1.7 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.5 1.3 2.4 1.8
GENERAL PLANT DENSITY ( 1 = LAX, 9 = VERY DENSE)
3.6 3.9 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.3 3.7 3.7
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