Plant Variety Journal - IP Australia

Plant: height (flowering plant including
inflorescence)
medium to tall medium to tall tall
*Stem: colour light green light green light green
*Time of: maturity (50% of plants with
at least one hard, dry seed)
early early early
Seed: size medium to large medium medium to large
Seed: colour of testa brown brown brown
Seed: reticulation
very weak to
weak to medium
weak
very weak
Seed: shape in lateral view semi oblate narrow elliptic broad ovate
Characteristics Additional to the Descriptor/TG
Organ/Plant Part: Context ‘Ruby’ ‘Carmen’ ‘Tegege’
Petiole: length medium to long medium medium
Leaf: THC content 0.13% 0.09% 0.21%
Leaf: colour (RHS) 137B 137A 137A
Stem: colour (RHS) 137D 137D 137C
Cotyledon: colour (RHS) 137C 137C 137B
Plant: time of maturity early early early
Stem: surface smooth smooth rough
Seed: surface raised smooth raised
Cotyledon: length medium to long medium medium to long
Cotyledon : width medium-broad medium-broad broad
Stem: bast fibre percent high medium to high high to very high
Statistical Table
Organ/Plant Part: Context ‘Ruby’ ‘Carmen’ ‘Tegege’
Stem: % bast fibre content (g/g*100)
Mean 26.89 24.03 31.03
Std. Deviation 1.94 2.19 2.90
LSD/sig 4.62 ns P≤0.01
Cotyledon: length (mm)
Mean 12.58 10.13 12.61
Std. Deviation 1.51 1.21 1.90
LSD/sig 6.17 ns ns
Cotyledon: width (mm)
Mean 5.06 3.91 5.15
Std. Deviation 0.58 0.58 0.73
LSD/sig 1.78 ns ns
Plant: time to maturity (days from sowing)
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Plant Varieties Journal Vol. 21 No.3