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<strong>Plant</strong> Varieties <strong>Journal</strong> Vol. 23 Number 4<br />

<strong>Variety</strong> Description and Distinctness - Characteristics which distinguish the candidate from one or<br />

more of the comparators are marked with a tick.<br />

Organ/<strong>Plant</strong> Part: Context ‘Kakadu’ ‘Marine’ ‘Sapphire’ ‘Shademaster’<br />

medium to<br />

medium to<br />

<strong>Plant</strong>: vigour<br />

strong<br />

weak to medium<br />

strong<br />

strong<br />

<strong>Plant</strong>: height medium medium medium medium<br />

Internode: length medium medium medium short to medium<br />

Internode: width medium medium narrow medium<br />

Internode: colour (exposed)<br />

(RHS colour chart)<br />

Internode: colour<br />

(unexposed) (RHS colour chart)<br />

200A 200A 200A 200A<br />

140B 146A 200A 200A<br />

Leaf blade: length short medium medium short to medium<br />

Leaf blade: width medium medium<br />

narrow to<br />

medium<br />

medium<br />

Leaf blade: ratio of<br />

length/width<br />

high high medium low to medium<br />

Leaf blade: surface glabrous glabrous glabrous glabrous<br />

Leaf blade: shape of apex broad-acute broad-acute broad-acute broad-acute<br />

Leaf blade: attitude horizontal horizontal semi-erect horizontal<br />

Leaf blade: colour (RHS<br />

colour chart)<br />

137C 146A 146A 147B<br />

Leaf blade: hairiness absent absent absent absent<br />

Stolon: degree of branching very strong strong medium medium to<br />

strong<br />

Leaf: length of sheath short medium short to medium short<br />

Stolon: length of longest<br />

runner<br />

long medium medium medium<br />

Flower: anther colour yellow yellow yellow yellow<br />

Flower: stigma colour purple purple purple purple<br />

Statistical Table<br />

Organ/<strong>Plant</strong> Part: Context ‘Kakadu’ ‘Marine’ ‘Sapphire’ ‘Shademaster’<br />

Internode: length (mm)<br />

Mean 43.34 43.34 44.39 34.68<br />

Std. Deviation 4.73 8.88 10.76 9.63<br />

LSD/sig 10.14 ns ns ns<br />

Internode: width (mm)<br />

Mean 3.46 3.19 2.79 3.08<br />

Std. Deviation 0.31 0.41 0.34 0.36<br />

LSD/sig 0.68 ns ns ns<br />

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