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 />
COMMON VETCH<br />
Vicia sativa<br />
‘Morava’<br />
Application No: 99/0<strong>12</strong> Accepted: 20 Jan 1999.<br />
Applicant: Minister for Primary Industries, Natural<br />
Resources and Regional Development, Adelaide, SA and<br />
Grains Research and Development Corporation, Barton,<br />
ACT.<br />
Characteristics (Table 14, Figure 47) Plant: common vetch<br />
suitable for hay, grain and green manuring, height tall, time<br />
of flowering mid season maturity (indeterminate), semierect.<br />
Foliage: at early stage both leaf and stem reddish later<br />
turns dark green colour (RHS 139A). Flower: colour redpurple<br />
(RHS 74A). Pod: shape straight, pod length<br />
50.71mm and maximum width 7.29mm, pod colour at<br />
maturity greyed-orange (RHS 164B). Seed: shape spherical,<br />
size small, cotyledon colour yellow-orange (RHS 23D),<br />
testa colour brown (RHS 200C). Disease resistance: highly<br />
resistant to rust (Uromyces viciae-fabae), resistant to<br />
Ascochyta.<br />
Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent<br />
‘Blanchefleur’ x pollen parent IK-5, with final cross made<br />
in 1992. The parent plants were distinguishable from<br />
‘Morava’ in terms of flower and cotyledon colour, disease<br />
resistance, leaf and stem colour in early and later growth<br />
stages. A single-plant, single-row pedigree system was<br />
employed. Selection of single plants started with the F 2<br />
generation. In the F 3 generation selection made for grain<br />
and herbage yield, disease resistance and non-shattering of<br />
pods. Replicated yield trials started in F 4 . Selection criteria:<br />
increased grain and herbage yield, disease resistance, seed<br />
softness, non-shattering of pods at harvest and wide<br />
adaptation. Propagation: by seed. Breeder: Rade Matic,<br />
SARDI, Adelaide, SA.<br />
Choice of Comparators ‘Blanchefleur’ was included in the<br />
comparative trial as this is the main vetch variety of<br />
common knowledge. ‘Blanchefleur’ is also the seed parent.<br />
The pollen parent was not considered for the trial because<br />
‘Morava’ is clearly distinguishable from IK-5 in terms of<br />
growth habit (prostrate), seed coat colour and maturity<br />
(late). ‘Languedoc’ was not included because it is<br />
distinguishable from ‘Morava’ in terms of days to first<br />
flowering (90 days for ‘Languedoc’ vs 110 days for<br />
‘Morava’).<br />
Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Blanchefleur’. Location:<br />
Charlick Field Experimental Station, University of Adelaide,<br />
located 70km south-east of Adelaide, SA. Conditions: plants<br />
were raised in fallowed open plots. Trial design: randomised<br />
complete blocks, each plot was sown as a paired row 8m in<br />
length. The rows were 1.2 m apart. Sowing rate was 45 seeds<br />
per plot. Measurements: 10 specimens per replication<br />
selected randomly from each plot.<br />
Prior Applications and Sales<br />
No prior applications. First sold in <strong>Australia</strong> in Apr 1999<br />
under the name ‘Morava’.<br />
Description: R. Matic, SARDI, A division of the Department of Primary<br />
Industries and Resources South <strong>Australia</strong>, Adelaide, SA.<br />
Table 14 Vicia varieties<br />
‘Morava’ *‘Blanchefleur’<br />
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PLANT: HEIGHT<br />
tall<br />
medium<br />
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LEAF: COLOUR<br />
green<br />
yellow-green<br />
(RHS 139A) (RHS 147A)<br />
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FLOWER: COLOUR OF STANDARD<br />
red-purple white<br />
(RHS 74A) (RHS 155A)<br />
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POD: LENGTH (mm)<br />
mean 50.71 39.29<br />
std deviation 0.95 1.50<br />
LSD/sig 1.50 P≤0.01<br />
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POD: TYPE OF CURVATURE<br />
medium<br />
weak<br />
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POD: COLOUR AT MATURITY<br />
greyed-orange greyed-orange<br />
(RHS 164B) (RHS 165B)<br />
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SEED: COLOUR OF COTYLEDON<br />
yellow-orange orange<br />
(RHS 23D) (RHS 25C)<br />
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SEED WEIGHT (100 HARVESTED DRY SEEDS) (g)<br />
mean 8.31 6.59<br />
std deviation 0.<strong>12</strong> 0.21<br />
LSD/sig 0.21 P≤0.01<br />
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DISEASE RESISTANCE<br />
leaf/stem rust (Uromyces viciae-fabae)<br />
highly resistant susceptible<br />
Ascochyta resistant susceptible<br />
Chocolate spot (Botrytis)<br />
tolerant<br />
susceptible<br />
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CRIMSON CLOVER<br />
Trifolium incarnatum<br />
‘Blaza’<br />
Application No: 99/146 Accepted: 9 Jun 1999.<br />
Applicant: SEEDCO, Hilton, SA.<br />
Characteristics (Table 15, Figure 61) Plant: annual,<br />
upright, moderately tall, mid to late season maturity. Stem:<br />
medium thickness, round cross section, branched in some<br />
plants, green or with some anthocyanin pigmentation, pithy<br />
core tending to slight hollow centre, moderately pubescent.<br />
Petiole: green or with some anthocyanin pigmentation in<br />
some plants, slightly pubescent. Leaf: large trifoliate,<br />
leaflets generally heart shaped with a slight indentation at<br />
the distal end of the midrib, green with variable anthocyanin<br />
pigmentation centred about the midrib, no other<br />
pigmentation, sparsely to moderately pubescent on both<br />
surfaces. Stipules: large, fleshy green upper lobe, pale green<br />
lower with prominent darker green veining. Inflorescence:<br />
large terminal spike, to ~ 6cm in length, cylindrical or cigar<br />
shaped, with up to 100 florets per spike, spike upright<br />
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