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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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