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Plant Variety Journal - IP Australia

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Most Similar Varieties of Common Knowledge identified (VCK)<br />

Name Comments<br />

‘Pima A8’ Pollen parent.<br />

<strong>Variety</strong> Description and Distinctness - Characteristics which distinguish the candidate from one or<br />

more of the comparators are marked with a tick.<br />

Organ/<strong>Plant</strong> Part: Context ‘Sipima 280’ ‘Pima A8’<br />

*Flower: colour of petal yellow yellow<br />

Flower: intensity of spot on petal strong strong<br />

*Flower: colour of pollen yellow yellow<br />

Flower: position of stigma relative to anthers above above<br />

Fruiting branch: length medium to long medium to long<br />

*<strong>Plant</strong>: type of flowering non-clustered non-clustered<br />

Fruiting branch: average internode length long long<br />

<strong>Plant</strong>: number of nodes to the lowest fruiting branch medium medium<br />

*Leaf: shape palmate palmate<br />

*Leaf: pubescence medium medium<br />

*Leaf: nectaries present present<br />

Boll: size small small<br />

*Boll: shape in longitudinal section ovate ovate<br />

Boll: pitting of surface medium medium<br />

*Boll: length of peduncle<br />

short to medium short to medium<br />

*<strong>Plant</strong>: shape conical conical<br />

*<strong>Plant</strong>: height medium to tall medium to tall<br />

*Boll: time of opening late late<br />

*Seed: presence of fuzz absent absent<br />

Boll: content of lint low to medium low to medium<br />

*Fibre: length very long very long<br />

Fibre: strength very strong very strong<br />

Fibre: fineness fine to medium fine to medium<br />

Fibre: colour white white<br />

<strong>Plant</strong> Varieties <strong>Journal</strong> Vol. 21 No.3<br />

Characteristics Additional to the Descriptor/TG<br />

Organ/<strong>Plant</strong> Part: Context ‘Sipima 280’ ‘Pima A8’<br />

Disease resistance: bacterial blight resistant susceptible<br />

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