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 />
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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