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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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