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 />
Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Pink Swirls’, ‘Pink<br />
Sunrise’. Location: Bournda, NSW Feb 1996 – Apr 1996.<br />
Conditions: plants propagated by cuttings Nov 1995, grown<br />
outdoor in 175mm diameter pots in a mixture of pine bark,<br />
sand and loam. Trial design: 60 plants arranged in<br />
randomised complete blocks. Measurements: 20 randomly<br />
selected specimens.<br />
Prior Applications and Sales Nil.<br />
Description: Iain Dawson, Canberra, ACT.<br />
Table 17 Bracteantha varieties<br />
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‘Spectrum’ *‘Pink *‘Pink<br />
Swirls’ Sunrise’<br />
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PLANT HEIGHT (cm)<br />
mean 38.5 32.9 22.8<br />
std deviation 3.5 7.1 4.6<br />
LSD/sig 3.0 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />
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STEM THICKNESS (mm) – 15cm from apex<br />
mean 3.3 5.4 4.1<br />
std deviation 0.9 1.2 1.0<br />
LSD/sig 0.6 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />
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STEM INTERNODE LENGTH (cm) – maximum<br />
mean 7.7 5.6 5.5<br />
std deviation 1.0 1.9 1.8<br />
LSD/sig 1.4 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />
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LEAF COLOUR – upper surface<br />
colour yellow yellow green<br />
green green<br />
RHS 147A 144A 137C<br />
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LEAF LENGTH (cm)<br />
mean <strong>10</strong>.8 14.4 11.5<br />
std deviation 1.5 2.5 1.2<br />
LSD/sig 1.1 P#0.01 ns<br />
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LEAF WIDTH (cm)<br />
mean 2.24 2.45 1.29<br />
std deviation 0.35 0.31 0.20<br />
LSD/sig 0.17 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />
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FLOWER NUMBER<br />
mean 19.4 15.7 12.1<br />
std deviation 5.7 <strong>10</strong>.7 5.8<br />
LSD/sig 4.5 ns P#0.01<br />
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FLOWER HEAD DIAMETER (mm)<br />
mean 51.9 50.1 36.0<br />
std deviation 1.5 2.0 2.5<br />
LSD/sig 1.7 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />
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RAY FLORET<br />
colour purple-red purple-red pink<br />
at tip at tip<br />
grading to grading to<br />
white white<br />
at base at base<br />
RHS 64A-64D 64A-64D 36C<br />
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FAN FLOWER<br />
Scaevola aemula<br />
‘Blue Fandango’<br />
Application No: 94/118 Accepted: 30 May 1994.<br />
Applicant: Neil Marriott, Stawell,VIC.<br />
Agent: Plants Management <strong>Australia</strong> Pty Ltd, Warragul,<br />
VIC.<br />
Description (Table 18, Figure 14) Plant: dense, perennial<br />
shrub, stems upright or ascending, seldom trailing. Leaf:<br />
serrate and/or irregularly lobed, soft, with a short open<br />
indumentum. Flower: in progressing terminal heads above<br />
foliage.<br />
Origin Seedling selection: Scaevola aemula coastal form.<br />
Breeder: Neil Marriott, Stawell, VIC. Selection criteria:<br />
more upright growth and different flower colour.<br />
Propagation: vegetative.<br />
Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Purple Fanfare’.<br />
Location: Austraflora Pty Ltd, Montrose, VIC, Jan 1997 –<br />
Mar, 1997. Conditions: plants grown in 15cm pots in<br />
standard soilless potting medium in the open. Trial design:<br />
random <strong>10</strong> plants. Measurements: <strong>10</strong> random samples from<br />
each of <strong>10</strong> plants.<br />
Prior Applications and Sales Nil.<br />
Description: Bill Molyneux, Montrose, VIC<br />
Table 18 Scaevola varieties<br />
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‘Blue<br />
*‘Purple<br />
Fandango’ Fanfare’<br />
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PLANT HEIGHT(cm) – at 55 days<br />
mean 45.9 27.2<br />
std deviation 3.6 4.2<br />
LSD/sig 2.8 P#0.01<br />
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PLANT WIDTH(cm)<br />
mean 39.9 81.7<br />
std deviation 7.7 8.9<br />
LSD/sig 6.9 P#0.01<br />
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LEAF LENGTH (mm)<br />
mean 85.3 51.7<br />
std deviation 35.4 20.3<br />
LSD/sig 26.0 P#0.01<br />
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LEAF WIDTH (mm)<br />
mean 23.8 16.2<br />
std deviation 7.5 5.0<br />
LSD/sig 4.9 P#0.01<br />
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LEAF COLOUR<br />
yellow green green<br />
(144A)<br />
(141A)<br />
with irregular with irregular<br />
suffusions of suffusions of<br />
greyed orange greyed orange<br />
(177A)<br />
(177A)<br />
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