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PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1999 VOL <strong>12</strong> NO. 4<br />

AVOCADO<br />

Persea americana<br />

‘Llanos Hass’<br />

Application No: 97/159 Accepted: 6 August 1997.<br />

Applicant: Anthony Philip Llanos and Cassandra Ann<br />

Llanos, Hope Valley, WA.<br />

Characteristics (Table 5, Figure 28) Plant: habit vigorous,<br />

upright, height medium to large. Stem: anthocyanin not<br />

present in young shoots. Leaf: attitude horizontal, blade<br />

folding concave, length long, width narrow, size large<br />

(183mm x 71mm), shape lanceolate (length:width ratio<br />

2.6), tip acute, anthocyanin present in newly emerged<br />

leaves, anise aroma not present when crushed.<br />

Inflorescence: size axis length medium, Type ‘B’. Flower:<br />

habit late, pubescence on sepals medium. Mature fruit:<br />

early maturing, size small (97mm x 64mm), shape base<br />

rounded stylar region slightly depressed, length:diameter<br />

ratio medium (1.5:1), stalk cavity present, relief of surface<br />

rough. Pedicel: length medium, shape cylindrical, nailhead<br />

shape present, pedicel/peduncle combined length medium<br />

(81mm). Ripe fruit: colour of skin purple black, thickness<br />

of skin thick (1.75mm), texture of skin leathery, adherence<br />

of skin to flesh medium, main flesh colour yellow, wide<br />

green layer of flesh next to skin, fibres in flesh<br />

inconspicuous, flesh texture smooth, seed set into cavity<br />

tight. Seed: size compared to fruit large (flesh weight:seed<br />

weight ratio 3.7:1), shape in longitudinal section base<br />

flattened, apex conical.<br />

Origin and Breeding Open pollination followed by<br />

seedling selection: an open pollinated seedling was selected<br />

at applicant’s property in Hope Valley, WA, which displayed<br />

precocious and consistent fruit set that was similar to ‘Hass’<br />

but consistently matured approximately 4-6 weeks earlier<br />

than ‘Hass’. DNA profiling has shown that ‘Hass’ is likely<br />

to be one of the parents. Selection criteria: fruit quality and<br />

maturity. Propagation: by vegetative grafting onto seedling<br />

rootstocks. Breeders: Anthony and Cassandra Llanos, Hope<br />

Valley, WA, <strong>Australia</strong>.<br />

Choice of Comparators ‘Hass’ was chosen as the sole<br />

comparator because it is the most similar variety of<br />

common knowledge. DNA profiling indicated that ‘Llanos<br />

Hass’ is genetically very similar to ‘Hass’.<br />

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Hass’. Location: Hope<br />

Valley, WA (Zone 50) approximately 30Km south of Perth.<br />

Conditions: scion wood from the original ‘Llanos Hass’<br />

seedling tree was grafted onto Guatemalan seedling<br />

rootstocks, trees were planted in 1996 at spacings of 5.0m x<br />

2.5m to a total of 100 trees. ‘Hass’ trees grafted onto<br />

Guatemalan seedling rootstocks were planted randomly<br />

within the ‘Llanos Hass’ block in 1997 to a total of 10 trees.<br />

The plants were grown in the field, soil being deep sands;<br />

all trees were managed in the same manner with regard to<br />

irrigation and nutrition. Irrigation using mini sprinklers<br />

aimed to wet 100% of soil in the drip zone. Nutrition<br />

requirements were based on annual leaf analysis and<br />

applied by fertigation. Trial design: the trial set up was of a<br />

completely randomised design. Measurements: samples<br />

were randomly collected from trees selected at random for<br />

analysis.<br />

Prior Applications and Sales<br />

First <strong>Australia</strong>n sale in 1998.<br />

Description: Alec McCarthy, Agriculture Western <strong>Australia</strong>, Bunbury, WA.<br />

Table 5 Persea varieties<br />

‘Llanos Hass’ *‘Hass’<br />

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YOUNG SHOOT: COLOUR OF LENTICELS<br />

red<br />

green<br />

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LEAF BLADE: LENGTH (mm)<br />

mean 183 165<br />

std deviation 21 25<br />

LSD/sig 9 P≤0.01<br />

____________________________________________________<br />

LEAF BLADE: WIDTH (mm)<br />

mean 71 76<br />

std deviation 10 9<br />

LSD/sig 4 P≤0.01<br />

____________________________________________________<br />

LEAF BLADE: LENGTH TO WIDTH RATIO<br />

mean 2.6 2.2<br />

std deviation 0.3 0.4<br />

LSD/sig 0.1 P≤0.01<br />

____________________________________________________<br />

LEAF BLADE: SHAPE<br />

lanceolate elliptical<br />

____________________________________________________<br />

INFLORESCENCE: LENGTH OF AXIS<br />

medium<br />

long<br />

____________________________________________________<br />

INFLORESCENCE: FLOWERING TYPE<br />

Type B<br />

Type A<br />

____________________________________________________<br />

PEDICEL: COLOUR<br />

green<br />

yellow green<br />

____________________________________________________<br />

PEDICEL/PEDUNLE: COMBINED LENGTH (mm)<br />

mean 81 <strong>12</strong>3<br />

std deviation 15 33<br />

LSD/sig 13.8 P≤0.01<br />

____________________________________________________<br />

R<strong>IP</strong>E FRUIT: THICKNESS OF SKIN (mm)<br />

mean 1.75 1.42<br />

std deviation 0.16 0.22<br />

LSD/sig 0.20 P≤0.01<br />

____________________________________________________<br />

R<strong>IP</strong>E FRUIT: TEXTURE OF SKIN<br />

leathery<br />

corky<br />

____________________________________________________<br />

R<strong>IP</strong>E FRUIT: WIDTH OF COLOURED LAYER OF FLESH<br />

NEXT TO SKIN<br />

wide<br />

medium<br />

____________________________________________________<br />

SEED: SIZE COMPARED TO FRUIT SIZE<br />

large<br />

medium<br />

____________________________________________________<br />

FLESH: SEED TO WEIGHT RATIO<br />

mean 3.7 4.8<br />

std deviation 0.6 1.0<br />

LSD/sig 0.5 P≤0.01<br />

____________________________________________________<br />

SEED: SHAPE IN LONGITUDINAL SECTION<br />

base flattened, ovate<br />

apex conical<br />

____________________________________________________<br />

TIME OF FRUIT MATURITY FOR HARVESTING:<br />

early<br />

late<br />

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