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 />
FLOWER: LENGTH OF PEDUNCLE FROM STEM TO FIRST<br />
FLOWER (cm)<br />
mean 8.71 5.08 8.13<br />
std deviation 0.87 0.23 0.32<br />
LSD/sig 0.63 P≤0.01 ns<br />
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DISEASE RESISTANCE<br />
Downy mildew moderately resistant susceptible<br />
resistant<br />
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‘Soupa’<br />
Application No: 99/027 Accepted: 27 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 23, Figure 46) Plant: quality blue<br />
field pea, height medium, time of flowering late, maturity<br />
late (semi-determinate), plant anthocyanin absent. Foliage:<br />
colour green (RHS 137C), Leaf: 3-5 sets of leaflets, large<br />
stipule, strong dentation along entire length, sparse<br />
flecking, stipule length and breadth 8 x 4cm. Flower:<br />
standard white (RHS 155D) and raised, peduncle length<br />
from stem to first flower 6-8cm. Pod: shape straight, no<br />
curvature, pod length and maximum width 7.38 x 1.25cm,<br />
pod colour at maturity greyed-orange (RHS 163B), number<br />
of ovules 7.8 (average). Seed: shape spherical, size large,<br />
shape of starch grain simple, cotyledon colour green (RHS<br />
137A), testa colour green (RHS 138C). Disease resistance:<br />
moderately resistant to downy mildew and has shown less<br />
susceptibility to ascochyta blight over conventional dun pea<br />
varieties. (Note: all RHS colour chart number refer to 1995<br />
edition).<br />
Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent<br />
breeding line M150-1 x pollen parent S.A. 1406, with final<br />
cross made in 1989. Breeding line M150-1 developed from<br />
complex crossing of Early Dun/ SA966/SA916. ‘Soupa’ is<br />
a sister line of both ‘Mukta’ and ‘Santi’. The parent plants<br />
were distinguishable from ‘Soupa’ in terms of leaf type,<br />
stipule size and dentation, flower colour, seed type and size.<br />
A single-plant, single-row pedigree system was employed.<br />
Selection of single plants commenced with the F 2<br />
generation. In the F 3 -F 5 generations, emphasis was toward<br />
selection among families. ‘Soupa’ entered into replicated<br />
yield trials as M257-7-2 in 1993. Selection criteria:<br />
increased grain yield, seedling vigour, reduced bleaching of<br />
blue cotyledon colour at maturity, non-shattering of pod at<br />
harvest and high grain quality. Propagation: by seed.<br />
Breeder: S. M. Ali, SARDI, Adelaide, SA.<br />
Choice of Comparators ‘Bluey’ and ‘Jupiter’ were<br />
included in the comparative trial as these are similar<br />
varieties of common knowledge. ‘Bluey’, ‘Jupiter’ and<br />
‘Soupa’ are all blue pea varieties. The parental genotypes<br />
were not considered for the trial because ‘Soupa’ is clearly<br />
distinguishable from these lines in characteristics stated<br />
above. The sister lines ‘Mukta’ and ‘Santi’ were not<br />
considered because these are white pea varieties.<br />
Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Bluey’ and ‘Jupiter’.<br />
Location: Charlick Field Experimental Station, University<br />
of Adelaide, located 70km south-east of Adelaide, SA.<br />
Conditions: plants were raised in fallowed open plots. Trial<br />
design: plots arranged in randomised complete blocks, each<br />
plot was sown as a paired row 3m in length. The rows were<br />
1m apart. Sowing rate was 40 seeds per plot.<br />
Measurements: 10 specimens per replication selected<br />
randomly from each plot.<br />
Prior Applications and Sales<br />
No prior applications.<br />
First sold in <strong>Australia</strong> in Apr 1998 under the name M257-7-2.<br />
Description: S. M. Ali, SARDI, A division of the Department of Primary<br />
Industries and Resources South <strong>Australia</strong>, Adelaide, SA.<br />
Table 23 Pisum varieties<br />
‘Soupa’ *‘Bluey’ *‘Jupiter’<br />
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SEED: COLOUR OF COTYLEDON<br />
green green green<br />
(RHS 137A) (RHS 137A) (RHS 137B)<br />
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SEED: TESTA COLOUR<br />
green green green<br />
(RHS 138C) (RHS 138C) (RHS 138C)<br />
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SEED WEIGHT(100 HARVESTED DRY SEEDS)(g)<br />
mean 21.56 22.50 25.90<br />
std deviation 0.57 0.89 1.<strong>12</strong><br />
LSD/ sig 1.11 ns P≤0.01<br />
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POD: LENGTH(cm)<br />
mean 7.38 5.47 6.04<br />
std deviation 0.39 0.56 0.10<br />
LSD/sig 0.49 P≤0.01 P≤0.01<br />
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POD: MAXIMUM WIDTH(cm)<br />
mean 1.25 0.97 1.10<br />
std deviation 0.07 0.08 0.06<br />
LSD/sig 0.09 P≤0.01 P≤0.01<br />
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POD: NUMBER OF OVULES PER POD<br />
mean 7.8 4.5 3.7<br />
Std deviation 0.42 0.53 0.48<br />
LSD/sig 0.59 P≤0.01 P≤0.01<br />
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LEAF: COLOUR<br />
green green green<br />
(RHS 137C) (RHS 137A) (RHS 137D)<br />
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LEAF: LEAFLETS<br />
present absent present<br />
(3-5 sets) (2-3 sets)<br />
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LEAF: LEAFLETS DENTATION<br />
very strong absent very weak<br />
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ST<strong>IP</strong>ULE:”RABBIT-EARED”ST<strong>IP</strong>ULE<br />
absent absent present<br />
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ST<strong>IP</strong>ULE: LENGTH(cm)<br />
mean 8.10 6.5 4.4<br />
std deviation 0.17 0.<strong>12</strong> 0.15<br />
LSD/sig 0.56 P≤0.01 P≤0.01<br />
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ST<strong>IP</strong>ULE: BREADTH(cm)<br />
mean 4.21 3.50 2.10<br />
40