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PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1997 VOL <strong>10</strong> NO. 2<br />

Table 9 Biserrula varieties<br />

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‘Casbah’ *‘GRC4’ *‘MOR68B’<br />

GROWTH HABIT SCORE – at full flowering<br />

(1=prostrate, 9 = upright)<br />

6 4 6<br />

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DAYS TO FLOWER – from sowing -17 May<br />

mean 120 119 124<br />

std deviation 2.0 1.0 1.0<br />

LSD/sig 3.5 ns P#0.01<br />

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FLOWER NUMBER PER INFLORESCENCE<br />

– on first inflorescence<br />

mean 5.2 5.3 8.0<br />

std deviation 0.5 0.5 0.4<br />

LSD/sig 0.9 ns P#0.01<br />

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FLOWER LENGTH (mm)<br />

-from base of calyx to tip of standard<br />

mean 6.37 5.76 5.56<br />

std deviation 0.20 0.04 0.32<br />

LSD/sig 0.37 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />

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POD LENGTH (mm)<br />

mean 34.6 24.8 24.5<br />

std deviation 0.9 0.8 0.4<br />

LSD/sig 1.5 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />

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POD WIDTH (mm)<br />

mean 8.6 9.1 5.4<br />

std deviation 0.3 0.1 0.2<br />

LSD/sig 0.5 ns P#0.01<br />

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POD CURVATURE – ratio of distance between pod<br />

extremities and the length of fully extended pod<br />

mean 0.70 1.00 0.70<br />

std deviation 0.05 0.00 0.05<br />

LSD/sig 0.08 P#0.01 ns<br />

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SEEDS PER POD<br />

mean 20.4 14.6 19.7<br />

std deviation 0.7 0.6 0.3<br />

LSD/sig 1.4 P#0.01 ns<br />

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BUFFALO GRASS (ST. AUGUSTINE GRASS)<br />

Stenotaphrum secundatum<br />

‘Sir Walter’<br />

Application No: 96/226 Accepted: 1 Nov 1996.<br />

Applicant: Buchanan Turf Supplied Pty Ltd, Bolwarra,<br />

NSW.<br />

Description (Table <strong>10</strong>, Figure 43) Plant: perennial<br />

turfgrass, prostate habit, mid green (RHS 137A). Stolon:<br />

colour red-purple, internode medium long. Leaf: longer<br />

than most other varieties with significant differences to<br />

other varieties in length, width and leaf length:width ratio,<br />

internode length. Flowering rachis: rare under mown<br />

conditions. Other: exhibits major colour difference from<br />

other varieties at low temperature remaining much greener<br />

while other varieties go dormant and straw coloured.<br />

Origin Spontaneous mutation: ‘Shademaster’. Breeder:<br />

Brent Redman, Bolwarra NSW. Selection criteria: winter<br />

colour retention, low thatch development. Propagation:<br />

vegetatively propagated through 6 generations.<br />

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Shademaster’, ‘ST85’ and<br />

Common. Location: West Ryde, NSW and Bolwarra, NSW.<br />

Conditions: 60 pots of each variety grown to demonstrate<br />

stability of type and varietal differences at West Ryde, NSW.<br />

Field plot trial at Bolwarra, NSW. Trial design: unreplicated.<br />

Measurements: <strong>10</strong>0 stolons from unmown swards.<br />

Prior Applications and Sales <strong>Australia</strong> 1996.<br />

Description: P McMaugh B.ScAgr, Turfgrass Scientific Services Pty<br />

Ltd, West Ryde NSW.<br />

Table <strong>10</strong> Stenotaphrum varieties<br />

‘Sir Walter’ *‘Shade- *‘ST 85’ *Common<br />

master’<br />

form<br />

PLANT<br />

growth habit prostrate prostrate prostrate prostrate<br />

shade tolerance low high high medium<br />

lateral ground<br />

extension rate high medium medium low<br />

STOLON<br />

lateral branching low low high low<br />

colour red red red red<br />

LEAF<br />

colour green green yellow green green<br />

RHS 137A 137B 147A 138A<br />

sheath colour green purple green green<br />

RHS 137B 59B 137C 137B<br />

LEAF LENGTH (mm) – 4th node, uncut sward<br />

mean 36.<strong>10</strong> 33.40 23.23 29.55<br />

std deviation 4.24 3.06 5.30 0.44<br />

LSD/sig 2.32 P#0.01 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />

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