62. Volume 10- Number 4 - IP Australia
62. Volume 10- Number 4 - IP Australia
62. Volume 10- Number 4 - IP Australia
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DESCR<strong>IP</strong>TIONS<br />
PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1997 VOL <strong>10</strong> NO. 4<br />
region of Western <strong>Australia</strong> between 1992 and 1994.<br />
Breeders: PM Evans and R Snowball, Agriculture Victoria,<br />
Hamilton, VIC and Agriculture Western <strong>Australia</strong>, Perth,<br />
WA. Selection criteria: flowering time, herbage yield, seed<br />
yield, hardseed content, regeneration. Propagation: seed.<br />
Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Kyambro’, ‘Persian<br />
Prolific’. Location: Medina Research Centre, WA, May<br />
1995-Dec 1995. Conditions: individual seeds were sown<br />
into peat jiffy pots in the glasshouse; single seedlings were<br />
transplanted to the field into white plastic mulch film at<br />
0.6m spacings. Trial design: plants arranged in 4<br />
randomised blocks of 30 plants (total of 120 plants).<br />
Measurements: on all plants.<br />
Prior Applications and Sales Nil.<br />
Description: Richard Snowball, Jane Speijers, Mark Holland, Phillip<br />
Monger, Phillip Nichols, Agriculture Western <strong>Australia</strong>, Perth, WA.<br />
‘Persian Prolific’<br />
Application No: 97/036 Accepted: 14 Mar 1997.<br />
Applicant: Chief Executive Officer, Agriculture Western<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>, Perth, WA.<br />
Description (Table 20, Figure 62) Plant: semi upright,<br />
herbaceous annual. Stem: mean thickness 3.6mm, glabrous.<br />
Leaf: mean length 23.1mm, mean width 13.9mm, obovate<br />
to rhombic, leaf marks present in 77.5% of plants, leaf mark<br />
a silver band (B4s) present at 9.7%, leaf mark a silver band<br />
and green crescent (B4sC1g) present at 18.6%, leaf mark a<br />
silver band and brown crescent (B4sC1b) present at 8.7%,<br />
leaf mark a green and brown band and green crescent<br />
(B4gbC1g) present at 3.6%, leaf marks containing a silvery<br />
pink band (B4sp.com) present at 2.5%, leaf marks<br />
containing a silvery pink colour (sp.com) present at 2.5%,<br />
leaf flecking present in a mean of 66% of plants. Leaf<br />
petiole: mean length 74.9mm, mean width 1.37mm.<br />
Inflorescence: mean inflorescence width 14.7mm. Flower:<br />
resupinate, mean flowering time <strong>10</strong>9 days from sowing.<br />
Seed: mean weight 0.77mg, variable colours 35.6% green<br />
(RHS 151A-152A), 30.7% dark green (RHS 147A-148A),<br />
3.7% yellow (RHS 2B-15B), 1.9% light brown (RHS 163C-<br />
164B), 25.2% brown to red (RHS 163A-175A). Disease<br />
tolerance: tolerant to Kabatiella caulivora. Other:<br />
susceptible to redlegged earth mite, contains traces of the<br />
isoflavones formononetin genistein and biochanin A.<br />
Origin Germplasm and field selection: selection of<br />
overseas germplasm made using preliminary agronomic<br />
evaluation and characterisation data from the genetic<br />
resource centre, field selection conducted in the Katanning<br />
region of Western <strong>Australia</strong> between 1992 and 1994.<br />
Breeders: R Snowball and PM Evans, Agriculture Western<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>, Perth, WA and Agriculture Victoria, Hamilton,<br />
VIC. Selection criteria: flowering time, herbage yield, seed<br />
yield, hardseed content, regeneration. Propagation: seed.<br />
Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Kyambro’. Location:<br />
Medina Research Centre, WA, May 1995-Dec 1995.<br />
Conditions: individual seeds were sown into peat jiffy pots<br />
in the glasshouse; single seedlings were transplanted to the<br />
field into white plastic mulch film at 0.6m spacings. Trial<br />
design: plants arranged in 4 randomised blocks of 30 plants<br />
(total of 120 plants). Measurements: on all plants.<br />
Prior Applications and Sales Nil.<br />
Description: Richard Snowball, Jane Speijers, Mark Holland, Phillip<br />
Monger, Phillip Nichols, Agriculture Western <strong>Australia</strong>, Perth, WA.<br />
Table 20 Trifolium varieties<br />
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‘Nitro Plus’ ‘Persian *‘Kyambro’<br />
Prolific’<br />
STEM BRANCHING (1 = few, 5 = many) LSD(P≤0.001)=0.4<br />
mean 3.5a 3.4a 4.0b<br />
std deviation 0.7 0.7 0.6<br />
PETIOLE LENGTH (mm) LSD(P≤0.01)=16.2<br />
from half way along the first flowering stem<br />
mean 81.6ab 74.9a 92.7b<br />
std deviation 24.1 21.0 21.8<br />
LEAF MARK PRESENCE (% of plants) LSD(P≤0.01)=<strong>10</strong>.0<br />
mean 91.3a 77.5b 73.7b<br />
std deviation 7.9 7.0 4.7<br />
LEAF MARK-B4spbC1g (% of plants with leaf marks)<br />
(P=0.01)<br />
mean 2.7ab 0a 11.2b<br />
std deviation 3.2 0 8.2<br />
LEAF MARK-B4sppuC1gpu (% of plants with leaf<br />
marks) (P=0.01)<br />
mean 0a 0a 7.2b<br />
std deviation 0 0 6.1<br />
LEAF MARK-B4s (% of plants with leaf marks)<br />
LSD(P≤0.01)=1.7<br />
log of mean 1.8a 2.4a 0b<br />
mean 5.2a 9.7a 0b<br />
std deviation 11.1 7.8 0<br />
LEAF MARK-B4sC1g (% of plants with leaf marks)<br />
present (8.1) present (18.6) absent<br />
LEAF MARK-B4sC1b (% of plants with leaf marks)<br />
present (1.0) present (8.7) absent<br />
LEAF MARK-B4gbC1g (% of plants with leaf marks)<br />
present (0.9) present (3.6) absent<br />
LEAF MARK COMPONENT-B4 sp.com<br />
(% of plants with leaf marks) LSD(P≤0.001)=1.1<br />
log of mean 3.4a 1.3b 3.9a<br />
mean 29.3a 2.5b 49.9a<br />
std deviation 13.5 6.7 13.0<br />
LEAF MARK COMPONENT sp.com<br />
(% of plants with leaf marks) LSD(P≤0.001)=1.1<br />
log of mean 3.5a 1.3b 4.1a<br />
mean 32.4a 2.5b 61.2a<br />
std deviation 15.7 6.7 <strong>10</strong>.8<br />
FLOWERING TIME (in WA)<br />
early season early season mid season<br />
INFLORESCENCE WIDTH (mm) LSD(P≤0.01)=1.2<br />
mean 15.5a 14.7a 13.1b<br />
std deviation 1.5 1.7 1.2<br />
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