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PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 2001 VOL <strong>14</strong> NO. 1<br />

Table 6 Avena varieties<br />

‘Taipan’ ‘TAMO 397’ *‘Barcoo’ A *‘Warrego’ A ‘A.C. *‘Enterprise’ A<br />

Assiniboia’ A<br />

syn Graza 68 A<br />

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FLAGLEAF WIDTH (mm)<br />

mean 24.08 b 19.7 d 20.06 d 20.76 d 22.08 c 26.06 a<br />

std deviation 2.74 1.88 1.63 2.25 1.60 1.78<br />

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FLAGLEAF LENGTH (mm)<br />

mean 212.56 bc 201.98 cd 177.42 e 187.34 de 223.6 b 285.28 a<br />

std deviation 34.36 26.27 23.80 29.57 32.83 46.36<br />

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PLANT HEIGHT (mm)<br />

mean 1284.6 a 1177.0 b 1095.3 cd 13<strong>14</strong>.2 a 1102.9 cd 1109.7 c<br />

std deviation 58.26 46.86 60.22 57.74 66.29 70.05<br />

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GROWTH HABIT<br />

semi-erect semi-prostrate semi-prostrate semi-erect intermediate semi-erect<br />

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FREQUENCY OF PLANTS WITH RECURVED FLAG LEAVES (1=absent or very low, 3=low, 5=medium, 7=high, 9=very high)<br />

3 5 3 5 3 3<br />

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TIME OF PANICLE EMERGENCE (first spikelet visible on 50% of panicles) (1=very early, 3=early, 5=medium, 7=late, 9=very late)<br />

5 3 3 5 7 7<br />

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STEM: HAIRINESS OF TOP NODE (1=absent, 9=present)<br />

9 9 9 1 9 1<br />

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STEM: INTENSITY OF HAIRINESS OF TOP NODE (1=very weak, 3=weak, 5=medium, 7=strong, 9=very strong)<br />

1 7 5 n/a n/a n/a<br />

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PANICLE: ORIENTATION OF BRANCHES (1=unilateral, 2=sub-unilateral, 3=equilateral)<br />

3 2 3 3 3 3<br />

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PANICLE: ATTITUDE OF SPIKELETS (1=erect, 2=pendulous)<br />

2 2 2 2 2 3<br />

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GLUME: GLAUCOSITY (1=absent, 3=weak, 5=medium, 7=strong, 9=very strong)<br />

3 3 3 5 3 3<br />

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GLUME: LENGTH (3=short, 5=medium, 7=long)<br />

3 7 5 5 5 3<br />

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PLANT: HEIGHT (stem and panicle) (1=very short, 3=short, 5=medium, 7=strong, 9=very long)<br />

7 5 5 7 5 5<br />

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PRIMARY GRAIN: TENDANCY TO BE AWNED (1=absent or very weak, 3=weak, 5=medium, 7=strong, 9=very strong)<br />

9 1 1 1 5 7<br />

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PRIMARY GRAIN: LENGTH OF LEMMA (1=very short, 3=short, 5=medium, 7=long, 9=very long)<br />

5 7 5 5 7 5<br />

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PRIMARY GRAIN: COLOUR OF LEMMA (1=white, 2=yellow, 3=brown, 4=grey, 5=black)<br />

2 2 1 2 2 2<br />

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PRIMARY GRAIN: HAIRS ON BACK OF LEMMA (1=absent, 9=present)<br />

1 9 1 1 1 1<br />

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PRIMARY GRAIN: HAIRS ON THE BASE (1=absent or very weak, 3=weak, 5=medium, 7=strong, 9=very strong)<br />

3 5 1 1 5 1<br />

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PRIMARY GRAIN: LENGTH OF HAIRS ON BASE (3=short, 5=medium, 7=long)<br />

5 5 n/a n/a 7 n/a<br />

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PRIMARY GRAIN: WIDTH OF RACHILLA (3=narrow, 5=medium, 7=wide)<br />

3 5 5 3 3 5<br />

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PRIMARY GRAIN: LENGTH of rachilla (3=short, 5=medium, 7=long)<br />

5 5 5 5 5 3<br />

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The mean values followed by the same letter are not significantly different at (P≤0.01) according to Duncan’s Multiple Range Test.<br />

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