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: three other ecotype<br />
populations (‘Shepherd’s Lookout, ACT’ – collected by R H<br />
Groves and MJ Kilby, CSIRO Canberra ACT; ‘Bawley<br />
Point, NSW’ – collected by M Kilby; ‘Douglas Park, NSW’<br />
– collected by BM Sindel and MJ Kilby) of the same<br />
species collected over a transect from the South coast, NSW<br />
to the Monaro, NSW – a transect that covers some of the<br />
variation known in the species which occurs naturally over<br />
the entire <strong>Australia</strong>n and African continents. Location:<br />
Canberra, ACT Sep 1995 – May 1996. Conditions:<br />
Table 23 Themeda varieties<br />
seedlings raised in 20 cm diameter pots containing 75%<br />
potting mix, 25% sand, watered daily and complete<br />
fertiliser tablets added regularly. Trial design: randomised<br />
Latin Square design. Measurements from <strong>10</strong>0 plants of each<br />
of two generations.<br />
Prior Applications and Sales Nil.<br />
Description: RH Groves & MJ Kilby, CSIRO Division of Plant<br />
Industry, ACT.<br />
‘Tantangara’ *Shepherd’s *Bawley *Douglas<br />
Lookout Point Park<br />
TILLER HEIGHT AT 75 DAYS (cm)<br />
mean 8.2 <strong>10</strong>.6 16.5 16.4<br />
std deviation 1.59 2.34 3.74 4.04<br />
LSD/sig 1.29 P#0.001 P#0.001 P#0.001<br />
PLANT DIAMETER AT 75 DAYS (cm)<br />
mean 25.6 29.6 38.0 38.5<br />
std deviation 5.01 6.54 5.83 7.24<br />
LSD/sig 2.30 P#0.001 P#0.001 P#0.001<br />
TIME TO FIRST ANTHESIS (days)<br />
mean <strong>10</strong>1 <strong>10</strong>2 123 118<br />
transformed mean 3.40 3.40 3.94 3.80<br />
std deviation 8.76 <strong>10</strong>.22 13.45 21.20<br />
LSD/sig 0.15 ns P#0.001 P#0 001<br />
INFLORESCENCE HEIGHT AT 112 DAYS (cm)<br />
mean <strong>10</strong>1.7 <strong>10</strong>6.3 45.3 121.4<br />
std deviation 17.87 20.85 23.71 42.73<br />
LSD/sig 6.99 ns P#0.001 P#0.001<br />
FLOWERING TILLER NUMBER AT 260 DAYS<br />
mean 25.4 28.6 27.6 38.9<br />
std deviation 12.5 15.16 14.12 18.01<br />
LSD/sig 6.23 ns ns P#0.001<br />
HEIGHT OF TALLEST FLOWERING TILLER AT 260 DAYS (cm)<br />
mean 121.8 124.7 87.6 147.0<br />
std deviation 21.03 17.19 16.93 17.11<br />
LSD/sig 6.33 ns P#0.001 P#0.001<br />
SHOOT DRY WEIGHT AT 260 DAYS (g)<br />
mean 55.3 58.6 86.8 82.5<br />
std deviation 16.12 17.64 21.57 21.92<br />
LSD/sig 7.53 ns P#0.001 P#0.001<br />
PROPORTION OF TOTAL SHOOT DRY WEIGHT BETWEEN 0cm AND 15cm HEIGHT<br />
mean 0.48 0.43 0.44 0.34<br />
transformed mean 0.86 0.75 0.77 0.48<br />
std deviation 0.11 0.09 0.11 0.11<br />
LSD/sig 0.090 P#0.01 ns P#0.001<br />
PROPORTION OF TOTAL SHOOT DRY WEIGHT BETWEEN 0cm AND 30cm HEIGHT<br />
mean 0.62 0.60 0.72 0.53<br />
transformed mean 1.123 1.088 1.275 0.945<br />
std deviation 0.<strong>10</strong> 0.09 0.11 0.14<br />
LSD/sig 0.0691 ns P#0.001 P#0.001<br />
PROPORTION OF TOTAL SHOOT DRY WEIGHT BETWEEN 0cm AND 90cm HEIGHT<br />
mean 0.91 0.91 0.99 0.87<br />
std deviation 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.06<br />
LSD/sig 0.015 ns P#0.001 P#0.001<br />
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