63. Volume 10- Number 3 - IP Australia

PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1997 VOL 10 NO. 3
named ‘Nelson’. Breeder: Holland Select Research BV,
Andijk, Netherlands. Selection criteria: excellent
processing quality, resistant to anthracnose (Lambda) and
virus 1 (NLZ + NL4). Propagation: seed during commercial
production.
Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Labrador’, ‘Matador’ A ,
‘Phoenix’ A , ‘Bronco’ A . Location: Coopernook, NSW Oct -
Nov 1995. Conditions: plants received irrigation of 25mm
per week and 375 kg /ha of the fertiliser ‘Incitec Fertica’
(NPK 11.7%,4.9%-13.4%) at planting; no sprays or
chemicals were used. Trial design: One thousand plants of
each variety replicated four times. Measurements: taken
from one hundred random specimens.
Prior Applications and Sales
Country Year Status Name Applied
USA 1994 granted ‘Nelson’
Description: Raymond Smith, Coopernook, NSW.
Table 15 Phaseolus varieties
‘Nelson’ * ‘Labrador’ *‘Phoenix’ A * ‘Bronco’ A *‘Matador’ A
PLANT
bush form round upright upright spreading round to
upright
BUSH HEIGHT (cm) - plot basis
58.0 63.0 63.0 54.0 60.0
LEAF
greenness medium dark dark very dark dark
rugosity medium medium medium medium weak
TERMINAL LEAFLET
size medium medium large medium to large medium to large
shape triangular to triangular triangular triangular triangular
circular
DAYS TO FLOWERING - plot basis
41 42 41 42 42
POD
position scattered high & scattered high & scattered low & scattered scattered
colour (RHS) 137B-137C 144A 144B-144A 144B 144A
cross section round circular circular round circular round oval circular
shape distal acute acute to truncate acute to truncate acute to truncate acute to truncate
constriction slight pronounced absent pronounced medium
(at dry bean stage)
NUMBER OF PODS PER 100 PLANTS
1996 1761 1506 1939 1768
GREEN POD WEIGHT PER 100 PLANTS (kg)
11.0 9.0 8.4 9.6 9.5
POD CURVE RATING (1 = slight; 5 = severe)
mean 1.94 2.23 2.54 1.65 1.86
std deviation 0.80 0.89 1.42 0.72 0.84
LSD/sig 0.40 ns P≤0.01 ns ns
SPUR LENGTH (mm)
mean 13.99 10.83 10.01 10.97 8.99
std deviation 3.73 4.21 4.46 3.52 3.94
LSD/sig 1.39 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01
SPUR CURVE (1 =slight, 5=severe)
mean 1.83 1.75 3.15 2.79 1.86
std deviation 1.01 1.01 2.11 1.50 1.12
LSD/sig 0.56 ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns
SIEVE SIZE (mm)
mean 9.45 9.67 9.22 8.77 8.61
std deviation 0.67 0.85 1.05 0.74 0.63
LSD/sig 0.30 ns ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01
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