64. Volume 10- Number 2 - IP Australia

PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1997 VOL 10 NO. 2
PLANT
growth habit semi- medium medium medium semi- erect erect
erect
erect
foliage green
colour dark dark dark dark dark dark light
time of
beginning of
flowering early late late late mid early late
PLANT POPULATION IN THE FIRST YEAR (4 Dec 1995) – number of plants per m 2
mean 126.3 81.9 119.0 91.0 36.2 64.9 97.3
std deviation 51.5 20.5 20.7 11.6 3.1 6.7 41.6
LSD/sig 70.3 ns ns ns P#0.01 ns ns
PLANT POPULATION IN THE SECOND YEAR (7 Apr 1997) -number of plants per m 2
mean 82.0 59.3 93.3 64.7 47.3 20.0 76.7
std deviation 19.1 9.5 18.5 5.0 13.3 5.3 22.5
LSD/sig 37.3 ns ns ns ns P#0.01 ns
PERCENTAGE OF PLANTS FLOWERING – when the earliest variety is at 50% flowering (4 Dec 1995)
mean 57.5 26.7 35.0 26.7 51.2 46.7 28.3
std deviation 13.7 15.7 26.1 13.3 28.1 17.2 5.2
LSD/sig 26.1 P#0.01 ns P#0.01 ns ns P#0.01
PERCENTAGE OF PLANTS FLOWERING – when the earliest variety is at 75% flowering (11 Dec 1995)
mean 75.8 53.9 50.0 38.3 60.6 65.8 57.5
std deviation 13.2 21.6 31.0 16.3 28.2 11.1 10.8
LSD/sig 28.9 ns ns P#0.01 ns ns ns
PERCENTAGE OF PLANTS FLOWERING – when the earliest variety is at 90% flowering ( 19 Dec 1995)
mean 89.2 58.3 67.5 47.5 73.1 77.5 61.7
std deviation 8.0 10.8 25.5 10.4 13.1 7.6 11.7
LSD/sig 19.8 P#0.01 P#0.01 P#0.01 ns ns P#0.01
SEED YIELD (g) – per m 2
mean 20.0 4.2 10.1 – 8.6 8.0 –
std deviation 6.2 3.9 6.9 – 5.6 2.9
LSD/sig 12.1 P#0.01 ns – ns ns –
*-Stage 1 – 2 weeks after equinox in first year (cut 2 weeks before equinox)
-Stage 2 – at spring time
-Stage 3 – in early winter of 2nd year (25 Jun 1996)
-Stage 4 – in mid winter of 2nd year (26 Jul 1996)
MARGUERITE DAISY
Argyranthemum frutescens
‘Tanja’
Application No: 92/181 Accepted: 14 Feb 1994.
Applicant: Markus Schmulling, Beerlage, Germany.
Agent: RW Rother, Emerald, VIC.
Description (Table 25, Figure 20) Plant: short, relatively
compact. Leaf: length short, segment width narrow; colour
RHS 137B. Flower: diameter medium; ray floret length
short, width medium, upper side colour yellow (RHS 5A).
Origin Spontaneous mutation: ‘Ulysses’ A syn Butterfly A .
Breeder: Markus Schmulling, Beerlage, Germany.
Selection criteria: plant form, flower colour. Propagation:
vegetative for several generations to establish stability.
Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Ulysses’ A syn
Butterfly A . Location: Florabundance Nursery, Verrierdale,
QLD Feb 1996 – Aug 1996. Conditions: plants were raised
in a mix of composted bark and sand. Trial design: 60 plants
arranged in a randomised block. Measurements: on all
plants.
Prior Applications and Sales Nil.
Description: David Hockings, Maleny, QLD.
Table 25 Argyranthemum varieties
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‘Tanja’
‘Ulysses’ A
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LEAF
shape of base acute obtuse
colour RHS 137B 137A
serration fine medium
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LEAF LENGTH (mm)
mean 60.26 77.73
std deviation 8.49 13.95
LSD/sig 10.40 P#0.01
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LEAF DIVISIONS
mean 7.4 8.9
std deviation 1.05 1.48
LSD/sig 1.16 P#0.01
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FLOWER DIAMETER (mm)
mean 48.46 62.37
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