54. Volume 12- Number 4 - IP Australia
54. Volume 12- Number 4 - IP Australia
54. Volume 12- Number 4 - IP Australia
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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 />
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LEAF BLADE: WIDTH (mm)<br />
mean 71 76<br />
std deviation 10 9<br />
LSD/sig 4 P≤0.01<br />
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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 />
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LEAF BLADE: SHAPE<br />
lanceolate elliptical<br />
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INFLORESCENCE: LENGTH OF AXIS<br />
medium<br />
long<br />
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INFLORESCENCE: FLOWERING TYPE<br />
Type B<br />
Type A<br />
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PEDICEL: COLOUR<br />
green<br />
yellow green<br />
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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 />
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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 />
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R<strong>IP</strong>E FRUIT: TEXTURE OF SKIN<br />
leathery<br />
corky<br />
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R<strong>IP</strong>E FRUIT: WIDTH OF COLOURED LAYER OF FLESH<br />
NEXT TO SKIN<br />
wide<br />
medium<br />
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SEED: SIZE COMPARED TO FRUIT SIZE<br />
large<br />
medium<br />
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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 />
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SEED: SHAPE IN LONGITUDINAL SECTION<br />
base flattened, ovate<br />
apex conical<br />
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TIME OF FRUIT MATURITY FOR HARVESTING:<br />
early<br />
late<br />
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