Plant Variety Journal - IP Australia

Choice of Comparators Characteristics used for grouping varieties to identify the most similar
Variety of Common Knowledge
Organ/Plant Part Context State of Expression in Group of
Varieties
Plant winter activity group 5
Plant natural height medium
Plant time of beginning of flowering medium
Stem length of the longest stem at full flowering medium
Most Similar Varieties of Common Knowledge identified (VCK)
Name Comments
‘L55’ Winter activity group 5.
‘Sardi Five’ Winter activity group 5.
‘Hunterfield’’ Colletotrichum trifolii susceptible control.
‘Venus’ Winter activity group 5.
Variety Description and Distinctness - Characteristics which distinguish the candidate from one or
more of the comparators are marked with a tick.
Organ/Plant Part:
‘PacL 501’ ‘Hunterfield’ ‘L55’ ‘Sardi Five’ ‘Venus’
Context
*Plant: natural height
2 weeks after the first
autumn equinox
following sowing
medium medium medium medium
*Plant: natural height
6 weeks after the first
autumn equinox
following sowing
medium medium medium medium
*Time of: beginning
of flowering
*Flower: frequency
of plants with very dark
blue violet flowers
*Flower: frequency
of plants with variegated
flowers
*Flower: frequency
of plants with cream,
white or yellow flowers
*Stem: length of the
longest stem at full
flowering
Resistance to:
Colletotrichum trifolii
medium medium medium medium
low to
medium
high
very low to
low
high to very
high
very low to
low
absent or very
low
high to very
high
very low to
low
absent or very
low
high to very
high
absent or very
low
absent or very
low
medium medium medium medium
medium
very low to
low
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medium to
high
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medium to
high
low to
medium