63. Volume 10- Number 3 - IP Australia

PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1997 VOL 10 NO. 3
POD LENGTH(mm) -3 pods measured per plant
mean 3.6 4.1 4.6
std deviation 0.67 1.00 0.87
LSD/sig 0.66 ns P≤0.01
POD DIAMETER(mm) - 3 pods measured per plant
mean 3.7 5.8 5.1
std deviation 0.54 1.03 0.62
LSD/sig 0.26 P≤0.01 P≤0.01
POD COILS TIGHT(% plants) - pod opening ≤ (0.2x pod
diameter)
98.5 13 91
SEED WEIGHT, 1000 (gms ) - plot bulk, from seeds per pod)
mean 1.4 2.5 2.8
std deviation 0.090 0.086 0.090
LSD/sig 0.23 P≤0.01 P≤0.01
MARGUERITE DAISY
Argyranthemum frutescens
‘Sugar Button’
Application No: 96/186 Accepted: 2 Sep 1996 .
Applicant: Protected Plant Promotions Pty Ltd,
Macquarie Fields, NSW and The University of Sydney
Plant Breeding Institute, Cobbitty, NSW.
Agent: The University of Sydney Plant Breeding
Institute, Cobbitty, NSW.
Description (Table 22, Figure 21) Plant: compact, height
21.5cm, diameter 35.4cm. Leaf: green, bipinnatisect,
glabrous, serration medium, mature length 4.73cm, width
2.45cm; leaf colour adaxial RHS 137A, abaxial RHS 144C.
Terminal flower peduncle length 4.78cm. Flower: anemone
type, diameter 3.83cm; disk florets petalous, tubular, colour
RHS 9A before fully opened; ray floret colour RHS 155C,
tip shape dentate, longitudinal axis straight.
Origin Controlled pollination: Breeders reference No
‘AB50052’ x Breeders reference No ‘AB5003’, 1993.
Breeder: Dr Thomas M Cunneen, University of Sydney
Plant Breeding Institute, Cobbitty, NSW. Selection criteria:
flower colour, flower type, compact growth habit.
Propagation: vegetative through four generations.
Commercial propagation: vegetative.
Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Sugar Lace’, ‘Sugar and
Ice’ A . Location: University of Sydney Plant Breeding
Institute, Cobbitty, NSW, Mar 1997 - Jul 1997. Conditions:
plants grown unprotected in 17cm plastic pots containing
potting mix consisting of peat, composted pine bark fines,
sand, and slow release fertiliser; irrigated automatically
overhead. Trial design: randomised plot. Measurements:
samples taken from all plants in trial.
Prior Applications and Sales
Country Year Status Name Applied
Japan 1997 pending ‘Sugar Button’
New Zealand 1996 pending ‘Sugar Button’
First sold Australia, 1996.
Description: Dr. Thomas M Cunneen, University of Sydney Plant
Breeding Institute, Cobbitty, NSW.
Table 22 Argyranthemum varieties
‘Sugar ‘Sugar * ‘Sugar
Lace’ Button’ and Ice’ A
PLANT HEIGHT (cm) LSD(P≤0.01)=1.68
mean 15.24a 21.50c 18.76b
std deviation 1.88 2.87 1.66
PLANT DIAMETER (cm) LSD(P≤0.01)=3.95
mean 29.12a 35.43b 39.00b
std deviation 6.53 3.63 3.13
LEAF
colour -adaxial (RHS)
146A 137A 146A
- abaxial (RHS)
146B 144C 146C
serration
coarse medium medium
LEAF LENGTH (cm) LSD(P≤0.01)=0.51
mean 5.38b 4.73a 6.41c
std deviation 0.73 0.55 0.69
LEAF WIDTH (cm) LSD(P≤0.01) = 0.35
mean 2.31a 2.45a 2.95b
std deviation 0.50 0.36 0.48
TERMINAL FLOWER PEDUNCLE LENGTH (cm
measured from the involucral bract to the base of the
capitulum LSD(P≤0.01) = 1.05
mean 3.42a 4.78b 5.45b
std deviation 1.56 1.17 1.38
FLOWER COLOUR (centre RHS before fully opened)
75C 9A 8A
FLOWER DIAMETER (cm) (P≤0.01)=0.21
mean 3.93a 3.83a 4.85b
std deviation 0.22 0.32 0.25
RAY FLORET LENGTH (mm) LSD(P≤0.01) = 1.36
mean 14.75a 14.65a 17.11b
std deviation 0.79 0.78 1.06
RAY FLORET WIDTH (mm) LSD(P≤0.01) = 0.58
mean 5.63a 6.46b 6.61b
std deviation 0.43 0.33 0.36
RAY PETAL COLOUR (RHS)
76D 155C 155C
‘Sugar Lace’
Application No: 96/185 Accepted: 2 Sep 1996.
Applicant: Protected Plant Promotions Pty Ltd,
Macquarie Fields, NSW and The University of Sydney
Plant Breeding Institute, Cobbitty, NSW.
Agent: The University of Sydney Plant Breeding
Institute, Cobbitty, NSW.
Description (Table 22, Figure 20) Plant: compact, height
15.24cm, diameter 29.12cm. Leaf: green, bipinnatisect,
glabrous, serration coarse, mature length 5.37cm, width
2.31cm; colour adaxial RHS 146A, abaxial RHS 146B.
Terminal flower peduncle length 3.42cm.Flower: anemone
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