44. Volume 15- Number 2 - IP Australia
44. Volume 15- Number 2 - IP Australia
44. Volume 15- Number 2 - IP Australia
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DESCR<strong>IP</strong>TIONS<br />
PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 2002 VOL <strong>15</strong> NO. 2<br />
STEM – INTENSITY OF HAIRINESS OF UPPER-MOST NODE<br />
absent/weak medium medium weak/medium weak<br />
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PLANT – LENGTH<br />
very short very short medium medium short<br />
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PLANT – HEIGHT (cm)<br />
mean 929 893 993 1163 956<br />
std deviation 26 31 50 31 41<br />
LSD/sig 26 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01<br />
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‘Wintaroo’<br />
Application No: 2001/219 Accepted: 17 Sep 2001.<br />
Applicant: Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries,<br />
Adelaide, SA.<br />
Characteristics (Table 9, Figure 54) Plant: growth habit<br />
intermediate, length (stem and panicle) long, maturity<br />
medium, seasonal type spring. Stem: hairiness of<br />
uppermost node present, intensity of hairiness of uppermost<br />
node weak. Leaf: hairiness of margins of leaf blade below<br />
the flag leaf absent or very weak. Inflorescence: orientation<br />
of branches equilateral, attitude of branches semi-erect,<br />
attitude of spikelets pendulous, length of glumes medium.<br />
Seed: husk present, primary grain tendency to be awned<br />
weak, colour yellow, glaucosity of lemma of primary grain<br />
absent, primary grain hairiness of base weak.<br />
Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent<br />
MIOLRP-86-3 x first pollen parent ‘Echidna’ in 1987. The<br />
F 1 from this cross was then crossed to the second pollen<br />
parent, ‘Wallaroo’ in 1988. The seed parent is characterised<br />
by late maturity. The first pollen parent is characterised by<br />
dwarf plant type. The second pollen parent is characterised<br />
by moderate intolerance to stem nematode and early<br />
maturity. Hybridisation took place at the Northfield<br />
Research Laboratories, Adelaide, SA. From this cross,<br />
panicles were selected from F 3 plots at Turretfield Research<br />
Centre (located near Rosedale, SA) in 1989. Selection<br />
number four was chosen in 1995 after seven cycles of<br />
selection on the basis of hay production, and disease<br />
resistance. Selection criteria: hay yield, cereal cyst<br />
nematode resistance and tolerance, and stem nematode<br />
tolerance. Propagation: by seed. Breeder: Dr. Pamela Zwer<br />
and the Oat Breeding Team of the South <strong>Australia</strong>n<br />
Research and Development Institute, Waite Campus,<br />
Urrbrae, SA.<br />
Choice of Comparators Grouping characteristics used in<br />
identifying the most similar varieties of common<br />
knowledge were – Plant: length long, maturity medium;<br />
End use: hay. On the basis of these grouping characteristics,<br />
the following comparator varieties were included in the<br />
trial: ‘Marloo’, ‘Wallaroo’, ‘Swan’, ‘Bettong’, and ‘Euro’.<br />
The pollen parent ‘Echidna’ was also included in the trial.<br />
Comparative Trial Location: Kingsford Research Centre,<br />
SA (Latitude 34º33′ Longitude 138º46′, elevation 120m),<br />
winter/spring 2001. Conditions: trial conducted in the field,<br />
sown on 29 Jun, fertiliser, herbicides and insecticides<br />
applied as required. Trial design: three replicates of each<br />
variety were sown in plots 5m x 1.3m arranged in a<br />
randomised block design. Measurements: from twenty<br />
plants at random. One sample per plant.<br />
Prior Applications and Sales<br />
No prior applications. First sold in <strong>Australia</strong> in May 2000.<br />
Description: Suzanne Hoppo, SARDI, Adelaide, SA.<br />
Table 9 Avena varieties<br />
‘Wintaroo’ *‘Marloo’ *‘Swan’ *‘Wallaroo’ *‘Bettong’ *‘Euro’ *‘Echidna’<br />
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PLANT – GROWTH HABIT<br />
intermediate intermediate intermediate intermediate semi prostrate semi-erect intermediate<br />
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LEAF BLADE – HAIRINESS OF MARGINS OF LEAF BELOW FLAG LEAF<br />
absent or absent or absent or absent or absent or weak weak<br />
very weak very weak very weak very weak very weak<br />
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TIME OF PANICLE EMERGENCE<br />
medium medium early early medium medium medium<br />
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STEM – HAIRINESS OF UPPERMOST NODE<br />
present present absent present present present present<br />
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STEM – INTENSITY OF HAIRINESS OF UPPER-MOST NODE<br />
weak medium n/a weak weak medium medium<br />
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PLANT – LENGTH<br />
long long long long long medium very short<br />
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