64. Volume 10- Number 2 - IP Australia
64. Volume 10- Number 2 - IP Australia
64. Volume 10- Number 2 - IP Australia
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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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