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DESCR<strong>IP</strong>TIONS<br />

PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 2002 VOL <strong>15</strong> NO. 2<br />

BUD GROOVE LENGTH<br />

very short long to very short very short<br />

to short very long to short<br />

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BUD GROOVE DEPTH<br />

very deep very very<br />

shallow shallow shallow<br />

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BUD – PROMINENCE<br />

weak weak to weak to medium to<br />

medium medium strong<br />

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BUD – SHAPE<br />

ovate to oval to ovate pentagonal to<br />

triangular triangular triangular<br />

pointed pointed pointed<br />

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BUD – POSITION OF BASE (Above Leaf Scar)<br />

medium near fused near<br />

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BUD – POSITION OF T<strong>IP</strong> (Relative to Growth Ring)<br />

level above level level<br />

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BUD WIDTH (Excluding Wings)<br />

narrow medium narrow medium<br />

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BUD WING WIDTH<br />

medium medium medium wide<br />

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LEAF SCAR PROMINENCE<br />

medium prominent medium medium to<br />

prominent<br />

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GROWTH RING<br />

flush to depressed depressed flush<br />

swollen<br />

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LAMINA WIDTH (Longitudinal Midpoint) (mm) LSD (P≤0.01)<br />

= 3.5<br />

mean 49.3 a 47.7 a 42.5 b 41.9 b<br />

std deviation 5.5 3.6 4.5 2.2<br />

wide medium medium narrow to<br />

to wide<br />

medium<br />

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MIDRIB WIDTH (Longitudinal Midpoint) (mm) LSD (P≤0.01)<br />

= 0.4<br />

mean 4.5 a 4.2 ab 3.7 b 4.1 ab<br />

std deviation 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4<br />

medium medium narrow narrow to<br />

to wide<br />

medium<br />

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LAMINA WIDTH/MIDRIB WIDTH RATIO<br />

medium medium medium low<br />

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LAMINA ATTITUDE<br />

curve curve near curve curve<br />

near tip tip and near near tip<br />

bent near middle<br />

tip<br />

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LEAF SHEATH – ADHERENCE TO CULM<br />

weak absent to weak absent to<br />

weak<br />

weak<br />

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LENGTH OF TVD LEAF SHEATH (cm) LSD (P≤0.01) = 2.0<br />

mean 28.4 a 30.7 ab 31.5 b 32.7 b<br />

std deviation 1.0 1.3 2.6 2.2<br />

short to medium medium long<br />

medium<br />

to long<br />

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HAIR GROUP 57 – OCCURRENCE<br />

sparse to very sparse very sparse sparse to<br />

medium to sparse medium<br />

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HAIR GROUP 57 – LENGTH<br />

medium medium medium medium to<br />

long<br />

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LIGULE HEIGHT<br />

medium wide medium wide<br />

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HAIR GROUP 61 – DENSITY/OCCURRENCE<br />

very dense medium medium<br />

sparse to<br />

to dense<br />

sparse<br />

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AURICLE -PROMINENCE (Second Fully Unfurled Leaf)<br />

inconsp- medium inconsp- medium<br />

icuous<br />

icuous<br />

to medium<br />

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AURICLE SHAPE – ULP<br />

transitional lanceolate transitional deltoid<br />

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AURICLE SHAPE – OLP<br />

transitional transitional deltoid deltoid<br />

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Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P≤0.01,<br />

Duncan’s Multiple Range Test.<br />

‘Q200’<br />

Application No: 2002/029 Accepted: 4 Mar 2002.<br />

Applicant: Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations,<br />

Indooroopilly, QLD.<br />

Characteristics (Table 40, Figure 47) Ploidy: cytologically<br />

complex polyploid and aneuploid interspecific hybrid.<br />

Plant: stool growth habit semi-erect, tillering medium,<br />

number of suckers very few to few, leaf canopy medium.<br />

Stem: culm height (base to TVD leaf) medium with mean<br />

length approximately 2.80m (range 2.05 to 3.56m).<br />

Internode: length on bud side medium with mean length<br />

approximately 17.5cm (range 13.5 to 20.5cm), length on<br />

opposite to bud side medium with mean length<br />

approximately 17.4cm (range 13.5 to 20.4cm), diameter of<br />

longest internode central and perpendicular to bud very thin<br />

with mean approximately 22.5mm (range 16.9 to 28.1mm),<br />

diameter of longest internode central and dissecting bud<br />

very thin with mean approximately 23.4mm (range 17.4 to<br />

29.5mm), shape conoidal, cross-section oval, colour of<br />

dewaxed internode exposed to sun yellow-green RHS 144A<br />

and greyed-orange RHS 166A, unexposed colour yellowgreen<br />

RHS <strong>15</strong>1A and <strong>15</strong>2B, waxiness medium, wax band<br />

distinct and width medium, expression of zigzag alignment<br />

weak, growth cracks very few, cork cracks few. Bud groove:<br />

prominence medium, length medium to long, depth<br />

medium. Node: width of root band on bud side medium<br />

(mean 10.4mm), bud prominence weak to medium, bud<br />

shape ovate to triangular pointed with position of base near<br />

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