Plant Variety Journal - IP Australia

Inflorescence: tepal
blade colour (RHS colour 74C
chart)
66B variable 66B, 74B 61C
Inflorescence: tepal
blade venation colour
(RHS colour chart)
202D 202D 202D 202D
Inflorescence: overall mid purple bright pink
inflorescence colouration
Inflorescence:
diameter
Inflorescence: tip
shape
Inflorescence: shape
variable, light to
dark purple
cream tan/pink
medium small medium to large medium
acute acute
cylindrical to
conical
cylindrical to
conical
Characteristics Additional to the Descriptor/TG
Organ/Plant Part:
Context
‘Passion’ ‘Musk Sticks’
Plant: lodging
Stem: base betalain
pigmentation
Stem: intensity of
betalain pigmentation at
base
Leaf: attitude of leaf
apex
Leaf : curvature of
cross section
Statistical Table
Organ/Plant Part:
Context
absent or very
weak
strong to very
strong
variable, cuspidate
cuspidate
to acute
cylindrical to
conical
cylindrical to subconical
‘Passion Source
‘Poise’
Population’
variable, absent or
very weak to
very weak to very
weak
strong
present absent present present
strong
absent or very
weak
horizontal drooping
variable; absent or
very weak to strong
strong
variable; erect to
drooping
horizontal
flat strongly incurved slightly incurved slightly incurved
‘Passion’ ‘Musk Sticks’
‘Passion Source
Population’
Plant Varieties Journal Vol. 21 No.3
‘Poise’
Stem: length (cm)
Mean 70.34 78.08 76.10 76.00
Std. Deviation 6.60 9.33 9.55 9.33
LSD/sig 12.75 ns ns ns
Inflorescence: number of primary branches
Mean 16.71 9.50 12.55 11.42
Std. Deviation 2.74 3.88 3.97 3.88
LSD/sig 5.30 P≤0.01 ns ns
Inflorescence: width
Mean 47.48 36.33 49.92 46.25
Std. Deviation 1.04 1.47 1.51 1.47
LSD/sig 2.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns
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