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54. Volume 12- Number 4 - IP Australia

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

‘Surpass 600’<br />

Application No: 98/239 Accepted: 1 Dec 1998.<br />

Applicant: Pacific Seeds Pty Ltd, Toowoomba, QLD.<br />

Characteristics (Table 11, Figure 39) Plant: bushy, height<br />

short-medium (average <strong>12</strong>5cm); flowering and maturity<br />

medium. Leaves: strongly lobed, moderately dentate,<br />

moderately short and broad, medium green. Inflorescence:<br />

petals yellow, medium petal length but petals narrow.<br />

Siliqua: peduncles long, siliqua long and beaks short. Seed:<br />

free of erucic acid.<br />

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent<br />

‘Dunkeld’ A x pollen parent breeding line 4101 in 1994. The<br />

seed parent is characterised by taller plant height than the<br />

candidate variety (133.6cm vs <strong>12</strong>5.6cm). The pollen parent<br />

is a non-commercial proprietary breeding line developed by<br />

the applicant. Selection criteria: in early generations<br />

selections were based on maturity and plant type. The F 4<br />

generation was selected for blackleg resistance, oil content,<br />

maturity. The F 5 was screened for oil content, blackleg<br />

resistance, maturity and plant type. Fifty nine individual<br />

selections were made in the following year and these were<br />

increased for trials and seed increase. Propagation: by seed.<br />

Breeder: Andrew Easton, Pacific Seeds Pty Ltd,<br />

Toowoomba, QLD.<br />

Choice of Comparators The seed parent ‘Dunkeld’ A was<br />

selected as a comparator as were ‘Charlton’, ‘Mystic’ A , and<br />

‘Rainbow’ A which exhibit moderate to strong leaf lobe<br />

development whereas ‘Oscar’ A , ‘Scoop’ A , ‘Range’ A and<br />

‘Grouse’ A were excluded because of their having few leaf<br />

lobes.<br />

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Charlton’, ‘Mystic’ A ,<br />

and ‘Rainbow’ A and ‘Dunkeld’ A . Locations: trials were<br />

conducted at Wagga Wagga (sown 10 May 1999) and<br />

Cowra, NSW (sown 19 May 1999). Conditions: sown by<br />

seed and normal agronomic practices were employed. Trial<br />

design: randomised complete blocks with three replicates at<br />

Wagga Wagga and two at Cowra. Measurements: Two<br />

replications were sampled to provide 30 random samples<br />

per replication at each site.<br />

Prior Applications and Sales Nil.<br />

Description: Dr Ross Downes, Innovative Plant Breeders, Canberra.<br />

Table 11 Brassica varieties<br />

‘Surpass 600’ *‘Charlton’ *‘Mystic’ A *‘Rainbow’ A *‘Dunkeld’ A<br />

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LEAF LENGTH (cm)<br />

mean 21.4 24.0 24.0 22.1 22.4<br />

std deviation 2.49 3.55 3.03 3.69 3.02<br />

LSD/sig 1.30 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns ns<br />

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LEAF WIDTH (cm)<br />

mean 9.9 9.9 10.5 9.7 9.9<br />

std deviation 1.38 1.29 1.36 1.51 1.32<br />

LSD/sig 0.59 ns P≤0.01 ns ns<br />

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LEAF COLOUR<br />

mid green light green mid green mid green light green<br />

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PLANTS WITH LEAF LOBES (PER CENT)<br />

100 97 53 93 98<br />

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LOBE NUMBER PER PLANT WITH LOBED LEAVES<br />

3.9 5.6 3.7 5.3 5.3<br />

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PETIOLE LENGTH ON PLANTS WITH LOBED LEAVES (cm)<br />

10.7 <strong>12</strong>.1 <strong>12</strong>.0 <strong>12</strong>.8 11.1<br />

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LEAF DENTATION (rating 3=slight, 7=strong)<br />

5.1 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.6<br />

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TIME OF FLOWERING (days after sowing at Wagga)<br />

113 115 1<strong>12</strong> 114 116<br />

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PETAL WIDTH (mm)<br />

mean 6.7 7.3 7.6 8.2 7.1<br />

std deviation 0.73 0.85 0.76 0.88 0.82<br />

LSD/sig 0.35 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01<br />

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PLANT HEIGHT (cm)<br />

mean <strong>12</strong>5.6 135.4 133.4 135.7 133.6<br />

std deviation 8.3 7.9 8.3 8.4 9.4<br />

LSD/sig 3.4 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01<br />

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SILIQUA LENGTH (mm)<br />

mean 62.5 62.5 58.8 55.1 61.8<br />

std deviation 6.7 8.3 6.4 6.8 9.2<br />

LSD/sig 3.3 ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns<br />

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