56. Volume 12- Number 2 - IP Australia

Plant Varieties 

Journal 

Quarter Two 1999 Volume 12 Number 2 

Official Journal of Plant Breeders Rights Australia 

02 

Treloar Roses 

‘Korfleur’- A 1999 release 

Cut Flower variety 

9 771039 074812

Treloar Roses 

Treloars are the Australian Agent for W. Kordes & Sons 

of Germany, who are recognised worldwide as leaders in 

producing new garden and cut flower varieties. 

The following Kordes varieties are protected under Plant Breeders Rights: 

Variety Synonym Type Applic No. 

KORSCHWAMA Black Madonna Hybrid Tea 94/094 

KORCRISETT Calibra Cut Flower 94/090 

KOROMTAR Cream Dream Cut Flower 97/204 

KORSORB Cubana Cut Flower 91/052 

KORMILLER Dream Cut Flower 96/076 

KORTANKEN Domstadt Fulda Floribunda 96/082 

KORILIS Eliza Cut Flower 96/077 

KORAZERKA Ekstase Hybrid Tea 96/078 

KORGENOMA Emely Cut Flower 97/207 

KORCILMO Escimo Cut Flower 94/093 

KORFISCHER Hansa-Park Shrub 96/085 

KOROKIS Kiss Cut Flower 89/132 

KORVERPEA Kleopatra Hybrid Tea 96/084 

KORDABA Lambada Cut Flower 94/089 

KORSULAS Limona Cut Flower 97/203 

KORBOLAK Melody Cut Flower 89/129 

KORRUICIL Our Esther Cut Flower 97/205 

KORANDERER Our Copper Queen Hybrid Tea 97/201 

SPEKES Our Sacha Cut Flower 96/080 

KORPLASINA Our Vanilla Cut Flower 96/081 

KORBASREN Pink Bassino Ground Cover 96/087 

KORMAREC Sommerabend Ground Cover 96/086 

KORPINKA Summer Fairytale Ground Cover 94/088 

KORVESTAVI Sunny Sky Cut Flower 97/200 

KORMADOR Tamara Cut Flower 89/131 

KORBACOL Texas Cut Flower 94/092 

KORKUNDE Toscana Cut Flower 89/130 

KORHOCO Vital Cut Flower 97/206 

Please contact us for further information on these excellent new varieties 

Treloar Roses Pty Ltd 

“Midwood”, Portland VIC 3305. Phone: (03) 5529 2367. Fax: (03) 5529 2511

PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1999 VOL 12 NO. 2 


Journal 

QUARTER TWO, 1999 VOLUME 12 NUMBER 2 

In this issue 

Part 1 – General Information 

Objections 2 

Applying for Plant Breeders Rights 2 

Requirement to Supply Comparative Varieties 2 

UPOV Developments 2 

Instructions to Authors 2 

Important Changes - Amendments to the PBR Act 5 

- Herbarium Specimen 5 

- Current PBR Forms 5 

- Overseas Test Reports 6 

- Descriptions from the Voluntary Cereal 

Registration Scheme 6 

Part 2 – Public Notices 

Doug Waterhouse 

Registrar 

Varieties Included in this Issue 7 

Acceptances 10 

Descriptions 16 

Key to symbols 16 

Grants 68 

Applications Varied 70 

Applications Withdrawn 71 

Grants Surrendered 71 

Change in Assignment 72 

Corrigenda 72 

Appendix 1 - Fees 72 

Appendix 2 - List of PBRAC members 74 

Appendix 3 - Index of Accredited Consultant ‘Qualified Persons’ 74 

Appendix 4 - Index of Accredited Non-Consultant ‘Qualified Persons’ 80 

Appendix 5 - Addresses of UPOV and Member States 80 

Appendix 6 - Centralised Testing Centres 84 

Appendix 7 - List of Plant Classes for Denomination Purposes 87 

Appendix 8 - Register of Plant Varieties 88 

Varietal Descriptions from the Voluntary Cereal Registration Scheme 89 

SUBSCRIPTION ENQUIRIES AND ADVERTISING SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO: 

PLANT BREEDERS RIGHTS AUSTRALIA 

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia 

GPO Box 858, Canberra ACT 2601 

Telephone: (02) 6272 4228 Facsimile: (02) 6272 3650 

Homepage: http://www.affa.gov.au/agfor/pbr/pbr.html 

Nik Hulse 

Senior Examiner 

Tanvir Hossain 

Examiner 

Katte Prakash 

Examiner 

Helen Costa 

Examiner 

CLOSING DATE FOR ISSUE VOL 12 NO 3: September 16, 

1999. Anticipated closing date for Vol. 12 No. 4 December 13, 1999. 

Citation: Anon (1999). Plant Varieties Journal. Editors, Hossain T, Hulse N, Prakash K, 

Costa H, Waterhouse D, Dawes-Read K, Kingdom S, June 1999, 12(2). 

Acknowledgments: Lyn Craven, Australian National Herbarium, Division of Plant 

Industry, CSIRO for assistance with scientific names; Iain Dawson, Australian Cultivar 

Registration Authority for scientific advice; Roger Spencer, Royal Botanic Gardens, 

Melbourne and Greenlife Database for assistance with varietal names. 

This work is copyright ©. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be 

reproduced without written permission. Inquiries should be directed to the Registrar, Plant Breeders Rights. 

ISSN: 1039–0748 

Printed by National Capital Printing, Fyshwick, ACT 

Kathryn Dawes-Read 

Administration Officer 

S. (Angie) Kingdom 

Resource Co-ordinator 

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Objections 

Formal objections to applications can be lodged by a 

person who: 

a) considers their commercial interests would be affected 

by a grant of PBR to the applicant; and 

b) considers that the applicant will not be able to fulfil all 

the conditions for the grant of PBR to the variety. 

A person submitting a formal objection must provide 

supporting evidence to substantiate the claim. A copy of the 

submission will also be sent to the applicant and the latter 

will be asked to show why the objection should not be 

upheld. 

A fee of $100 is payable at the time of lodging a formal 

objection and $75/hour will be charged if the examination 

of the objection by the PBR office takes more than 2 hours. 

Comments. Any person may make comment on the 

eligibility of any application for PBR, free of charge. If 

requested a comment will be kept confidential. If the 

comment is soundly based the person may be requested to 

lodge a formal objection. Comments may also be made 

regarding the name of a variety if it is believed to be 

scandalous or offensive. 

All formal objections and comments must be lodged with 

the Registrar not later than six months after the date the 

description of the variety is published in this journal. 

Applying For Plant Breeders 

Rights 

Applications are accepted from the original breeder of a 

new variety (from their employer if the breeder is an 

employee) or from a person who has acquired ownership 

from the original breeder. Overseas breeders need to 

appoint an agent to represent their interests in Australia. 

Interested parties should contact the PBR office and an 

accredited Qualified Person (Appendix 3) experienced in 

the plant species in question. 

Requirement to Supply 

Comparative Varieties 

Once an application has been accepted by the PBR office, it 

is covered by provisional protection. Also it immediately 

becomes a ‘variety of common knowledge’ and thus may be 

required by others as a comparator for their applications 

with a higher application number. 

Applicants are reminded that they are required to release 

propagative material for comparative testing provided that 

the material is used for no other purpose and all material 

relating to the variety is returned when the trial is complete. 

The expenses incurred in the provision of material for 

comparative trials is borne by those conducting the trials. 

As the variety is already under provisional protection, any 

use outside the conditions outlined above would qualify as 

an infringement and would be dealt with under section 53 

of the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act. 

Applicants having difficulties procuring varieties for use in 

comparative trials are urged to contact the PBR office 

immediately. 

UPOV Developments 

Information on UPOV and its activities is available on the 

INTERNET located at http://www.upov.int 

On 13 April 1999, Kenya deposited with the Secretary- 

General of the UPOV its instrument of accession to the 

1978 Act of the convention. The Act of 1978 of the 

convention thus entered into force for Kenya on May 13, 

1999. On that date, Kenya became the 40th member state of 

the UPOV. 

On 21 April 1999, Bolivia deposited with the Secretary- 

General of the UPOV its instrument of accession to the 

1978 Act of the convention. The Act of 1978 of the 

convention thus entered into force for Bolivia on May 21, 

1999. On that date, Bolivia became the 41st member state 

of the UPOV. 

On 23 April 1999, Panama and Brazil deposited with the 

Secretary-General of the UPOV their instruments of 

accession to the 1978 Act of the convention. The Act of 

1978 of the convention thus entered into force for Panama 

and Brazil on May 23, 1999. On that date, Panama and 

Brazil respectively became the 42nd and 43rd member 

states of the UPOV. 

The complete list UPOV member states with their address 

and current status of ratification is given in Appendix 5. 

Instruction to Authors: New 

Format For Preparing Varietal 

Description 

We have introduced a new format for the varietal 

description. This new format replaces the long and short 

descriptions with a single, comprehensive description 

which is known as the Detailed Description. 

We believe it will be easier for the Qualified Persons to 

work on one description instead of two. These savings will 

lower costs and improve the ease with which varieties move 

through the scheme. 

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However we are also suggesting additional information be 

included in the description eg. how comparators were 

selected (or rejected) and more information on the origin 

and breeding. This will reduce the likelihood of public 

comments or objection on the distinctness, novelty and the 

origin of the variety. 

The Detailed Description is a comprehensive summary of 

the variety’s characteristics together with its origin and 

distinctive features presented under the following headings: 

• Details of the Application 

• Characteristics 

• Origin and Breeding 

• Choice of Comparator(s) 

• Comparative Trial 

• Prior Applications and Sales 

• Name of the person who prepared the description 

• Comparative Table 

• At the discretion of the QP/Applicant, scientific 

papers and other relevant information/publications 

can be appended to the detailed description 

Please note that the PBR office retains editorial control for 

all published material. Accordingly there may be instances 

when non critical portions of a description (eg particularly 

verbose methodologies or appendices) are not published, 

although they do remain part of the detailed description. In 

some cases some non distinct characteristics presented in a 

table may be omitted for publication. 

Following are some notes for preparing descriptions under 

the above headings with some examples: 

Details of the Application 

This will include the common name of the species; the 

correct botanical name; name and synonym (if any) of the 

variety; application number and the acceptance date; details 

of the applicant; details of the agent (if any). 

For consistency, botanical and common names should 

follow those of: Hortus Third, Staff of the LH Bailey 

Hortorium, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1976; Census 

of Australian Vascular Plants, RJ Hnatiuk, AGPS, 1990; 

The Smart Gardeners Guide to Common Names of Plants, 

M Adler, Rising Sun Press, 1994; A Checklist of Economic 

Plants in Australia, CSIRO, 1994; Australian Plant Name 

Index, Australian Biological Resources Study, AGPS, 1991. 

Example 1 

COMMON NAME OF THE SPECIES 

Genus species 

‘Variety’ syn Synonym (if applicable) 

Application No: xx/xxx Accepted: dd month year. 

Applicant: Applicant’s Name, Town, State 

(abbreviation) and Country (if not Australia). 

Agent: Agent’s Name, Town, State (abbreviation). 

Characteristics 

Characteristics should be described in the following order: 

Plant, Stem, Leaf, Inflorescence, Flower and flower parts, 

Fruit and fruit parts, Seed, Other characters (disease 

resistance, stress tolerance, quality etc). Characters within 

subheadings should generally be in the following order: 

habit, height, length, width, size, shape, colour (RHS colour 

chart reference with edition), other. Use a concise 

taxonomic style in which subheadings are followed by a 

colon and characters are separated by a comma. Where 

there is a UPOV technical guideline available make sure 

that the asterisk characteristics are included in the 

description. 

Example 2 

Characteristics (Table nn, Figure nn) Plant: habit 

narrow bushy, height medium, early maturing. Stem: 

anthocyanin absent, internodes short. Leaf: length long, 

width narrow, variegation present, predominant colour 

green (RHS 137A, 1986), secondary margin colour pale 

green-yellow (RHS 1A, 1986). Inflorescence: corymb. 

Flower: early, pedicel short, diameter small (average 

12.5mm), petals 5, petal colour yellow (RHS 12A, 1986), 

sepals 5 …..etc 

Origin and Breeding 

Indicate how the variety was originated, ie. controlled 

pollination, open pollination, induced mutation, 

spontaneous mutation, introduction and selection, seedling 

selection etc. Give the name of the parents. Also give the 

characteristics of the parental material by which they differ 

from the candidate variety. Briefly describe the breeding 

procedure and selection criteria used in developing the new 

variety. Also indicate the mode of propagation used during 

breeding. Give the name(s) of the breeder. 

Example 3 

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed 

parent S90-502-1 x pollen parent S90-1202-1. The seed 

parent was characterised by early flowering, dark green 

non-variegated leaves and compact bushy habit. The 

pollen parent was characterised by late flowering, 

variegated leaves and narrow bushy habit. Hybridisation 

took place in , in . From this 

cross, seedling number S 3736 was chosen in 1993 on the 

basis of flowering time. Selection criteria: variegated 

leaves, compact bushy habit and early flowering. 

Propagation: a number mature stock plants were 

generated from this seedling through tissue culture and 

were found to be uniform and stable. The ‘Variety’ will 

be commercially propagated by vegetative cuttings from 

the stock plants. Breeder: , , 

. 

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Example 4 

Origin and Breeding Introduction and selection: 5 

cycles of selection within 

originating from and supplied by 

the under a materials transfer 

agreement. When grown CI2204 was heterogeneous with 

both hooded and non-hooded types and differences in 

seed colour. Repeated selection for hooded types 

produced seven breeding lines (726.1-726.7) which were 

evaluated for forage and seed production potential. From 

these lines, an uniform single line known as 726.2.1 was 

selected to become ‘Variety’. Selection criteria: seedling 

vigour, dry matter yield, uniformly hooded (awnless), 

seed colour (black). Propagation: by seed. Breeder: 

, , . 

Choice of Comparators 

As choosing the most appropriate comparators may be the 

most crucial part of the trial, we suggest the QPs do more 

research and record their decisions before making the final 

selection. Under this heading briefly indicate what factors 

you have considered in choosing the comparator(s) for the 

trial. It is strongly recommended that the parental materials 

or the source germplasm is included in the trial for 

comparison purposes. If the parents are excluded indicate 

the reason(s). 

Example 5 

Choice of Comparators ‘Comparator 1’, ‘Comparator 

2’ and ‘Comparator 3’ were initially considered for the 

comparative trial as these are similar varieties of 

common knowledge. ‘Comparator 1’ is a widely 

available commercial variety of the same species, 

however it has non variegated leaves. Therefore it was 

excluded from the trial. ‘Comparator 2’, was chosen for 

its variegated leaves and ‘Comparator 3’ was chosen for 

its compact growth habit and variegated leaves. The 

parents were not considered for the trial because the 

‘Variety’ is clearly distinguishable from the seed parent 

by its variegated leaves and from the pollen parent by 

flowering time and growth habit. 

Example 6 

Choice of Comparators ‘Comparator 1’ was chosen 

because it is the original source material from which the 

variety was selected. Comparator 2’ was selected for its 

similarity with the ‘Variety’ in seed colour. No other 

similar varieties of common knowledge have been 

identified. 

Comparative Trial 

List the varieties or forms used as comparators – the most 

similar varieties/forms of common knowledge. State the 

location and date of the trial. Give relevant details on 

propagation, pot/plot size and type, growing medium, 

chemical treatments, lighting, irrigation, or management 

which may be necessary to repeat the trials. State the type of 

trial design used, the total number of specimens in the trial and 

how they were arranged. State the number of specimens from 

which measurements/observations were taken. Also indicate 

how the specimen was selected and the sampling regime. 

Example 7 

Comparative Trial : Comparator(s): ‘Comparator 2’, 

‘Comparator 3’. Location: Carrum Downs, VIC 

(Latitude 38º06´ South, elevation 35m), summer-autumn 

1996/97. Conditions: trial conducted in a polyhouse, 

plants propagated from cutting, rooted cuttings planted 

into 210mm pots filed with soilless potting mix (pine 

bark base), nutrition maintained with slow release 

fertilisers, pest and disease treatments applied as 

required. Trial design: fifteen pots of each variety 

arranged in a completely randomised design. 

Measurements: from ten plants at random. One sample 

per plant. 

Prior Applications and Sales 

Indicate the prior overseas applications with Country, Year 

of lodgement, Current status and Name applied in the 

following format. 

Example 8 

Country Year Current Status Name Applied 

Germany 1994 Granted ‘Variety’ 

Denmark 1994 Granted ‘Variety’ 

Also indicate date and country of first sale and date of first 

sale in Australia. 

Example 9 

First sold in Germany in 1994. First Australian sale nil. 

Name of the person who prepared the description 

Name and address of the person who prepared the 

description. It is preferable that the description be prepared 

by the Qualified Person or at the very least the draft has 

been seen and approved by the QP before final submission. 

Please note that it is a responsibility of the QP under the 

PBR Act to verify the particulars of the detailed description 

are accurate. 

Example 10 

Description: Name, Company (optional), Town/suburb, 

State (abbreviated) 

Comparative Table 

While preparing the table NEVER use the “table creating 

features” of word processing packages as they insert hidden 

formatting blocks that are difficult to remove before 

publication. Instead, use single tabs to align columns. 

NEVER use drawing objects to create lines, boxes or 

shading. Instead use the underscore character ( _ ) to create 

lines for tables. Tables should normally be either 8.5cm 

wide (half page) or 17.5cm wide (full page). If necessary a 

very wide table can be presented in landscape orientation. 

Please note the following points when preparing the 

comparative table: 

• The candidate variety is always on the left of the table. 

If the same table is used for two or more candidate 

varieties, the candidate varieties are arranged in order of 

application numbers, higher application number to the 

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PBR AMENDMENTS 


left of the table. Comparators are always to the right of 

the candidate(s). 

• Arrange the characteristics in order - this should be the 

same as the order in the UPOV technical guidelines for 

the species. Please ensure that each characteristics 

marked with an asterisk is included. 

• If a UPOV technical guideline is not available use the 

order same as in the text part: Plant, Stem, Leaf, 

Inflorescence, Flower, Flower parts, Fruit, Fruit parts, 

Seed, special characters etc. 

• For measured characteristics Mean, Standard Deviation, 

Least Significant Difference (LSD)* at P≤ 0.01 is 

mandatory. 

• When quoting significant differences please give the 

level of probability in the following format: P≤0.001, 

P≤0.01, or ns. 

• For discrete characters do not use scores. Please give a 

word description. e.g. round, medium, tall etc. 

• For ranked characteristics just give the numbers, do not 

use ‘normal’ statistical analysis. Non-parametric 

statistical procedures may be used in such cases. 

• Use only the number of significant decimal places 

appropriate to the level of accuracy of the observations. 

• If there are two or more candidate varieties, use range 

tests rather than an LSD, such as Duncan’s Multiple 

Range Test or any other appropriate multiple range test. 

Enter the grouping characters as alphabet superscripts. 

Completed Part 2 Applications should be sent to: 

Plant Breeders Rights Australia 

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and 

Forestry – Australia 

GPO Box 858 CANBERRA ACT 2601 

To facilitate editing, descriptions may also be sent via Email 

to: Tanvir.Hossain@affa.gov.au 

Note: a signed copy of the Part 2 application along with the 

examination fee, one slide or photograph must also be sent 

by post. 

Important Changes 

AMENDMENTS TO THE PBR ACT 

‘FREEING UP’ THE USE OF VARIETY NAMES 

On 31 March 1999 an amendment of the PBR Act came 

into force that, in some cases, will allow the same name 

to being used for different varieties. 

The PBR office with support from industry has amend 

legislation that previously prevented a variety name from 

being accepted if it is already in use for any other variety. 

This limitation stopped the same name from being used 

even where the species are very different (such as a 

Turnip and a Tulip), and unlikely to cause confusion. 

The PBR Act now allows duplicate names provided that 

the varieties are not included in the same ‘Plant Class’. A 

list of ‘Plant Classes’ will be maintained by the Plant 

Breeders Rights Office. A copy of the current list is 

included in this journal at Appendix 7. An electronic 

version will also be available on the PBR web site. 

Any applicant who has previously had a variety name 

rejected as it was already in use can, if they wish, contact 

the PBR Office to discuss whether the originally 

proposed name may now be eligible. 

HERBARIUM SPECIMENS 

It is a requirement of the PBR Act that, for all native 

species, a suitable specimen be sent to the Australian 

Cultivar Registration Authority (ACRA). The processing of 

these specimens attracts a fee from ACRA (currently $50). 

Payment of the fee should be sent directly to ACRA along 

with the specimen and a completed ‘ACRA Herbarium 

Specimen’ (Herb1) form. 

CURRENT PBR FORMS 

The official forms for PBR purposes are periodically 

updated. A list of current PBR forms with their numbers and 

date of last update is given below. When a form is updated, 

the month and the year of the last update follows the form 

number within parentheses. For example, Form P1 was last 

updated in September 1998 and therefore this form gets a 

designation of Form P1 (9/98). We also encourage you to 

consult the ‘Guidelines for Completing Part 1 Application 

Form’ before filing in the Part 1 Application. To avoid 

delays we suggest that you use the latest version of the 

forms. 

The Part 2 form has been updated in May 1999 to include 

the information on the “Confirmation of Submission of 

Propagating Material to a Genetic Resource Centre”. 

Previously this was a separate form to be filled in at the time 

of final granting of PBR. We now encourage that the 

information on Genetic Resource Centre is given at the time 

of the Part 2 submission to avoid any delay to process the 

application at the final granting stage. 

If you do not have the latest version of the form(s), please 

contact the PBR office. Alternatively, forms can be 

downloaded from the PBR web site at 

http://www.affa.gov.au/agfor/pbr/pbr.html 

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Name of Form Form Number Last Updated 

Application for Plant Breeders Rights Form P1 September 1998 


Guidelines for Completing Part1 Part1ins September1998 

Application Form 

Application for Plant Breeders Rights Form P2 May 1999 

Part 2 – Description of New Variety 

Nomination of a Qualified Person Form QP 1 July 1998 

Certification by a Qualified Person From QP 2 July 1998 

Proposed Variety Names Form DEN1 December 1995 

Extension of Provisional Protection and Form EXT 1 April 1995 

Payment/Deferment of Examination Fee 

(for PVR applications) 

Extension of PBR Provisional Form EXT 2 August 1996 

Protection (for PBR applications) 

Exemption of a Taxon from Farm saved seed Form ET1 September 1998 

Status of Application Form STAT 1 November 1995 

ACRA Herbarium Specimen Form Herb 1 October 1997 

Overseas Test Reports 

Many PBR applications are based on overseas DUS test 

reports. In the past the PBR office has obtained these reports 

from the relevant overseas testing authorities. Often these 

reports duplicated information already held by the 

applicant. 

In many cases DUS test reports are accepted in lieu of 

conducting a similar trial in Australia. In this way the 

applicants are waived the costs of conducting a comparative 

trial. However, as the costs of procuring these reports were 

not passed on to the applicants, there is some cross 

subsidisation by other applications. 

The PBR office will not be responsible for obtaining 

overseas DUS test reports on behalf of applicants. It will be 

the sole responsibility of the applicants or their agents to 

obtain these reports. Where applicants already have reports 

they are advised to submit a certified true copy of the report 

with the application. 

Agents seeking test reports are advised to contact their 

principal and procure DUS test reports directly from them. 

Certified true copies of DUS test reports in English will be 

accepted by the PBR office. Some test reports in other 

languages that closely follow UPOV Technical Guidelines 

may be accepted. 

If you face difficulty in obtaining test reports directly from 

any overseas testing authorities then we can make a official 

request on behalf of you, however, please note that the 

applicant or the agent will be financially responsible for the 

report and under no circumstances the PBR office will bear 

any cost. Please contact the PBR office if you have any 

difficulties in obtaining overseas test reports. 

Descriptions from the Voluntary 

Cereal Registration Scheme 

The Plant Varieties Journal now includes descriptions of 

cultivars registered under the Voluntary Cereal Registration 

Scheme. Please note that the publication of these 

descriptions in the Plant Varieties Journal does not qualify 

the cultivars to be protected under Plant Breeder’s Rights 

(PBR). PBR is an entirely different scheme and there are 

certain requirements under the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 

1994 which must be satisfied to be eligible for registration 

under PBR. However, it is possible that some cultivars 

published under the voluntary scheme are also registered 

under PBR. When a cultivar is registered under both 

schemes, the current PBR status of the cultivar is indicated 

in the descriptions. For information on registering a new 

cereal cultivar under the voluntary scheme please refer to 

the ‘Cereal Registration Scheme’ section at the back of this 

issue. Please note there is no descriptions from the 

Voluntary Cereal Registration Scheme in this issue. 

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Part 2 – Public Notices 

Varieties Included in this Issue 

Variety 

Page 

Number 

AGLAONEMA 

‘Amelia’ 10 

‘Green Majesty’ 10 

‘Mary Ann’ 10 

‘Painted Princess’ 10 

‘Royal Ripple’ 10 

ALSTROEMERIA 

‘Amazon’ syn Inca Spice 18 

‘Ballet’ 71 

‘Delta’ syn Inca Salsa 17 

‘Inca Blaze’ 10 

‘Inca Gold’ 10 

‘Inca Moonlight’ 10 

‘Inca Sunset’ 10 

‘Little Moon’ 71 

‘Miami’ syn Carise Miami 16 

‘Roma’ syn Pink Roma 19 

‘Soleil’ 20 

‘Stalsunny’ syn Sunny Rebecca 71 

‘Staprimar’ syn Margaret 10 

‘Stapripal’ syn Paola 10 

‘Stapristef’ syn Stefanie 10 

‘Virginia’ 71 

APPLE 

‘Delblush’ A 68 

‘Mariri Red’ 10 

‘Sciearly’ 10 

‘Sciglo’ 21 

‘Scired’ 10 

‘Sciros’ 21 

APPLE ROOTSTOCK 

‘Cepiland’ 22 

‘Lancep’ 23 

APRICOT 

‘Earlicot’ A 68 

‘Poppicot’ 10 

ARGYRANTHEMUM 

‘Isabella’ 71 

ARROWLEAF CLOVER 

‘Cefalu’ 24 

AVOCADO 

‘H77’ 70 

BALANSA CLOVER 

‘Frontier’ 70 

BANKSIA 

‘Birthday Candles’ A 72 

BARLEY 

‘Keel’ 10 

BORONIA 

‘Cameo Stripe’ 71 

BOUGAINVILLEA 

‘Jazzi’ 11 

‘Jellibene’ 11 

‘Marlu’ 11 

‘Siggi’ 11 

‘Toffi’ 11 

‘Tosca’ 11 

Variety 

Page 


BOX LEAF HONEYSUCKLE 

‘Little Nikki’ 11 

BRACHYSCOME 

‘Mardi Gras’ 71 

‘Sunabell’ 25 

BUFFALO GRASS (ST AUGUSTINE GRASS) 

‘SS100’ 26 

CANOLA 

‘Bugle’ 11 

‘Emblem’ 11 

‘Trooper’ 11 

CARNATION 

‘Statropur’ A syn Gipsy A 68,72 

CLEMATIS 

‘Broughton Star’ 11 

‘Lansdowne Gem’ 11 

COCKSFOOT 

‘Grasslands Vision’ A 68 

COUCH GRASS 

‘Plateau’ 27 

CRIMSON CLOVER 

‘Blaza’ 11 

FABA BEAN 

‘Fiesta VF’ 28 

FANFLOWER 

‘Rhapsody’ 11 

‘Sweet Serenade’ 11 

FIELD BEAN 

‘Morava’ 71 

‘Taranto’ 72 

FIELD PEA 

‘Mukta’ 71 

‘Parafield’ 71 

‘Santi’ 71 

‘Soupa’ 71 

FOREST REDGUM 

‘Rainbow Wizard’ 11 

GAURA 

‘Siskiyou PGA 1’ 11 

GRAPE 

‘Cygne Blanc’ A 68 

GREVILLEA 

‘VJ 62’ A 68 

HEBE 

‘Heebie Jeebies’ 11 

IMPATIENS 

‘Fiesta White’ 31 

Lavender Orchid’ syn Fiesta Lavender 

Orchid Double 29,70 

‘Marpesia’ 71 

‘Pink Ruffle’ syn Fiesta Pink Ruffle 30,70 

‘Sparkler Rose’ syn Fiesta Sparkler 

Rose Double 30,70 

‘Octavia’ 71 

‘Tahiti’ 71 

INDIA RUBBER TREE 

‘Melany’ 12 

JAPANESE PLUM 

‘Betty Anne’ A 68 

JASMINE 

‘Gentle Giant’ 12 

KANGAROO PAW 

‘Green Dragon’ A 68 

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Variety 

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LAVENDER 

‘Pukehou’ 32 

‘Pure Harmony’ A 68 

LILLYPILLY 

‘Undercover’ 71 

LUCERNE 

‘Hallmark’ A 68 

‘Stirling’ 12 

MANDEVILLA 

‘Blushing Queen’ A 68 

‘Red Fantasy’ A 68 

MANGO 

‘TPP 1’ A 68 

MARGUERITE DAISY 

‘Holly Belle’ A 68 

MARIGOLD 

‘Polynema’ 33 

MATRUSH 

‘Joey’ 12 

MOROCCAN BINDWEED 

‘Star Struck’ 12 

NECTARINE 

‘Arctic Blaze’ 12 

‘Arctic Jay’ A 69 

‘Arctic Pride’ 12 

‘Arctic Star’ 70 

‘Arctic Sweet’ A 69 

‘Bright Pearl’ syn Bright Ice 12 

‘Diamond Bright’ syn Crimson Bright 12 

‘Fire Pearl’ syn Fire Ice 12 

‘Grand Pearl’ syn Grand Ice 12 

‘Honey Blaze’ 12 

‘Honey Kist’ 12 

‘June Pearl’ syn June Ice 12 

‘Ruby Pearl’ syn Ruby Ice 12 

‘Spring Sweet’ syn Spring Gold 12 

NEW GUINEA IMPATIENS 

‘BFP–368 Rose’ syn Rose Celebration 36,70 

‘BFP-523 Deep Red’ syn Celebration 

Deep Red 34,70 

‘BSR-152 Dark Pink’ syn Celebration 

Deep Pink 33,70 

‘BSR-186 Bonfire Orange’ syn Celebration 

Orange Bonfire 35,70 

‘Dani Goldy’ 71 

‘Dani Lily’ 71 

‘Dani Winy’ 71 

‘Kallima’ 13 

‘Kiala’ syn Moala 13 

‘Kigula’ syn Tagula 13 

‘Kilye’ syn Lycia 12 

‘Kimpgua’ 13 

‘Kinep’ syn Neptis 13 

‘Kinoc’ syn Noctua 13 

‘Kipas’ syn Pascua 13 

‘Kirawa’ syn Tarawa 13 

‘Kispix’ syn Spixis 13 

‘Kitoga’ syn Toga 13 

‘Kiwoya’ syn Woya 13 

‘Kixant’ syn Xanthia 13 

‘Micky Gini’ 71 

‘Pinky Gini’ 71 

Variety 

Page 


‘Purple Star’ syn Celebration Purple Star 36,70 

‘Ricky Gini’ 71 

OAT 

‘Gwydir’ A 69 

‘Heritage Lordship’ 72 

‘Warrego’ A 69 

‘Quoll’ 71 

PAPER DAISY 

‘Ashton Argyle’ 71 

‘Colourburst Pink’ A 69 

PEACH 

‘King Alvise’ A 69 

‘Merit’ 71 

‘Scarlet Snow’ 13 

‘September Snow’ A 69 

‘Snow Giant’ 70 

‘Snow King’ A 69 

‘Snowbrite’ 13 

‘Summer Sweet’ A 69 

‘Sweet Scarlet’ 37 

‘Tribute’ 71 

‘Vista’ A syn Vistarich A 69 

PEANUT 

‘Conder’ 38 

‘Roberts’ 38 

PERENNIAL RYEGRASS 

‘Fitzroy’ 40 

‘Meridian’ A 69 

‘Victoca’ A 69 

PETUNIA 

‘Sunbelchipi’ syn Cherry Pink 41 

‘Sunbelkubu’ syn Trailing Blue 41 

‘Sunbelkuho’ syn Trailing White 42 

‘Sunbelkupi’ syn Trailing Pink 42 

PITTOSPORUM 

‘Cathy’ 13 

‘PTGP1’ 14 

‘PTSS1’ 14 

‘PTSS2’ 14 

PLUM (INTERSPECIFIC HYBRID) 

‘Flavor Heart’ 14 

‘Flavorich’ 14 

POINSETTIA 

‘Duecabri’ syn Red Fox Tabaluga Red 14 

‘Duecohopi’ syn Red Fox Coco Hot Pink 14 

‘Duedeluxe’ syn Red Fox Delux Red 14 

‘Duenidared’ syn Red Fox Victory Red 14 

‘Duemenorca’ syn Menorca Red 71 

‘Malibu Red’ syn Red Fox Malibu Red 14 

‘Marble Star’ 71 

‘Moni’ syn Red Fox Moni 14 

POTATO 

‘Argos’ 71 

‘Azur’ 71 

‘Celeste’ 70 

‘Goldstar’ 70 

‘Forta’ 71 

‘Heather’ A 71 

‘Kestrel’ A 71 

‘Lisetta’ A 71 

‘Morene’ A 71 

‘Mondial’ A 71 

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ROSE 

Variety 

Page 


‘Nadine’ A 71 

‘Novita’ A 71 

‘Platina’ 71 

‘Pepo’ 71 

‘Red Gem’ 71 

‘Remarka’ A 71 

‘Royal Blue’ 71 

‘St Johns’ A 71 

‘Valor’ A 71 

‘Winston’ A 71 

‘Wilwash’ 71 

‘Ausbrid’ syn Mayor of Casterbridge 14 

‘Auscent’ syn John Clare 44 

‘Ausjo’ syn Jude the Obscure 44 

‘Ausland’ syn Scepter’d Isle 45 

‘Ausled’ syn A Shropshire Lad 14 

‘Ausmoon’ syn Pegasus 45 

‘Ausmum’ syn Pat Austin 14 

‘Ausway’ syn Noble Antony 14 

‘Dicsingsong’ syn Patio Kaleidoscope 46 

‘Dicstereo’ 47 

‘Dictator’ syn Pure Bliss 14 

‘Fairy Queen’ 14 

‘Jean Galbraith’ 14 

‘Korgenoma’ A syn Emely A 69 

‘Korhoco’ A syn Vital A 69 

‘Korlis’ A syn Eliza A 69 

‘Korlaper’ syn La Perla 71 

‘Koromtar’ A syn Cream Dream A 69 

‘Korrogilo’ 14 

‘Korruicil’ A syn Our Esther A 69 

‘Korsulas’ A syn Limona A 69 

‘Korvestavi’ A syn Sunny Sky A 69 

‘Meicofum’ A 69 

‘Meiqualis’ A 70 

‘Meitanet’ A 70 

‘Meilivar’ A syn Gina Lollobrigida A 71 

‘Meineble’ A syn Red Meidiland A 71 

‘Meiflopan’ A syn Alba Meidiland A 71 

‘Meiplatin’ A syn Pearl Meidiland A 71 

‘Meigronurisar’ A syn Climbing Gold Bunny A 71 

‘Meitonje’ A syn Pretty Polly A 71 

‘Meipitac’ A syn Carefree Wonder A 71 

‘Meichoiju’ A syn City of Adelaide A 71 

‘Meipopul’ A syn Coral Meidiland A 71 

‘Meitobla’ A syn Simply Magic A 71 

‘Meioffic’ A syn Sweet Sonata A 71 

‘Meideuji’ A syn Cassandre A 71 

‘Meinivoz’ A syn Spirit of Peace A 71 

‘Meicairma’ A syn Courage A 71 

‘Meitosier’ A syn Twilight Glow A 71 

‘Meijade’ A 71 

‘Meipelta’ A syn Fushia Meidiland A 71 

‘Meibonrib’ A syn Magic Meidiland A 71 

‘Meirevolt’ A syn Golden Conquest A 71 

‘Meitebros’ A syn The Children’s A 71 

‘Meiroupis’ 71 

‘Meideauri’ 71 

‘Nirpstrip’ syn Shiba 48 

‘Noala’ syn Coral Ground Cover 14 

Variety 

Page 


‘Noare’ A syn Red Ground Cover A 70 

‘Noason’ A syn Yellow Ground Cover A 70 

‘Olijcrem’ A 70,72 

‘Onkaparinga’ 15 

‘Poulhappy’ A syn Charming Parade A 70 

‘Pretaner’ 48 

‘St Peters Rose’ syn Saints 71 

‘Sunscent’ syn Scentasia 49 

‘Tanadeepdac’ 50 

‘Taniliram’ 51 

‘Tannollipa’ 52 

‘WEKblagab’ 52 

‘Welpink’ syn Muskstick 71 

SCHEFFLERA 

‘Jungle Gem’ 15 

SOYBEAN 

‘Melrose’ A 70 

SOUTHERN RATA 

‘Harlequin’ 70 

SUGARCANE 

‘Q173’ 53 

‘Q175’ 55 

‘Q176’ 15 

‘Q177’ 15 

‘Q180’ 15 

TALL WHEATGRASS 

‘Dundas’ 58 

TOMATO 

‘Rollande’ 71 

TORENIA 

‘Sunrenilabu’ syn Blue Magic 58 

TRITICALE 

‘Heritage Zephyr’ 72 

‘Maiden’ 60 

TUTSAN 

‘Bosadua’ syn Dual Flair 61 

‘Bosakin’ syn King Flair 61 

‘Bosapin’ syn Pinky Flair 62 

‘Bosaque’ syn Queen Flair 63 

‘Bosasca’ syn Scarlet Flair 63 

‘Hippie’ 71 

VERBENA 

‘Sunmarefu TP-P’ 70 

‘Sunmarefu TP-L’ 70 

‘Sunmarefu TP-V’ 70 

‘Sunmarefu TP-W’ 70 

‘Sunmariba’ syn Violet Surprise 15 

‘Sunmaririho’ syn White Sensation 15 

‘Sunmariripi’ syn Coral Pink 15 

WALLFLOWER 

‘Lilac Joy’ A 70 

WHEAT 

‘Anlace’ 15 

‘Camm’ 65 

‘H45’ 70,72 

WHITE CLOVER 

‘Grasslands Nusiral’ 65 

WHITE LUPIN 

‘Lucyanne’ 15 

ZYGOCACTUS 

‘Sunburst Fantasy’ 15 

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ACCEPTANCES 

The following varieties are under provisional protection 

from the date of acceptance. 

AGLAONEMA 

Aglaonema hybrid 

‘Amelia’ 

Application No: 99/106 Accepted: 3 May 1999. 

Applicant: Sunshine Foliage World, Zolfo Springs, 

Florida, USA. 

Agent: Futura Promotions Pty Ltd, Wellington Point, 

QLD. 

‘Mary Ann’ 



Florida, USA. 


QLD. 

‘Green Majesty’ 



Florida, USA. 


QLD. 

‘Royal Ripple’ 



Florida, USA. 


QLD. 

‘Painted Princess’ 



Florida, USA. 


QLD. 

ALSTROEMERIA 

Alstroemeria hybrid 

‘Inca Sunset’ 


Applicant: Konst Alstroemeria BV., Nieuwveen, Holland. 

Agent: Maxiflora Pty Ltd, Monbulk, VIC. 

‘Inca Blaze’ 




‘Inca Gold’ 




‘Inca Moonlight’ 




‘Stapristef’ syn Stefanie 


Applicant: Van Staaveren BV, Aalsmeer, The Netherlands. 

Agent: F & I Baguley Flower & Plant Growers, Clayton 

South, VIC. 

‘Stapripal’ syn Paola 




South, VIC. 

‘Staprimar’ syn Margaret 




South, VIC. 

APPLE 

Malus domestica 

‘Mariri Red’ 

Application No: 99/134 Accepted: 8 Jun 1999. 

Applicant: David Easton, Upper Moutere, Nelson, New 

Zealand. 

Agent: AJ Park & Son, Canberra, ACT. 

‘Sciearly’ 


Applicant: The Horticulture and Food Research 

Institute of New Zealand Ltd, Palmerston North, New 

Zealand. 


‘Scired’ 




Zealand. 


APRICOT 

Prunus armeniaca 

‘Poppicot’ 

Application No: 99/126 Accepted: 21 Jun 1999. 

Applicant: Zaiger’s Inc. Genetics, Modesto, California, 

USA. 

Agent: Fleming’s Nurseries & Associates Pty Ltd, 

Monbulk, VIC. 

BARLEY 

Hordeum vulgare 

‘Keel’ 


Applicant: Luminis Pty Ltd, Adelaide, SA & Grains 

Research & Development Corporation, Barton, ACT. 

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ACCEPTANCES 


BOUGAINVILLEA 

Bougainvillea hybrid 

‘Jazzi’ 

Application No: 99/059 Accepted: 12 Apr 1999. 

Applicant: Jan and Peter Iredell, Moggill, QLD. 

‘Siggi’ 

Application No: 99/083 Accepted: 15 Apr 1999. 


‘Marlu’ 



‘Tosca’ 



‘Toffi’ 



‘Jellibene’ 



BOX LEAF HONEYSUCKLE 

Lonicera nitida 

‘Little Nikki’ 


Applicant: David George Kent, Maryfield, QLD. 

CANOLA 

Brassica napus var oleifera 

‘Trooper’ 


Applicant: Ag-Seed Research Pty Ltd, Horsham, VIC. 

‘Emblem’ 



‘Bugle’ 



CLEMATIS 

Clematis cirrhosa 

‘Lansdowne Gem’ 


Applicant: M L Jerard & Co Ltd, Christchurch, New 

Zealand. 

Agent: Boulters Nursery Monbulk Pty Ltd, Monbulk, 

VIC. 

CLEMATIS 

Clematis montana 

‘Broughton Star’ 


Applicant: Vince Denny, Lancashire, UK. 

Agent: Boulters Nursery Monbulk Pty Ltd, Monbulk, 

VIC. 

CRIMSON CLOVER 

Trifolium incarnatum 

‘Blaza’ 


Applicant: SEEDCO, Adelaide, SA. 

FANFLOWER 

Scaevola aemula 

‘Sweet Serenade’ 


Applicant: RW Rother, Outeniqua Nursery, Monbulk, 

VIC. 

Agent: Tony Kebblewhite t/a Florabundance Wholesale 

Nursery, Verrierdale, QLD. 

‘Rhapsody’ 


Applicant: RW Rother, Outeniqua Nursery, Monbulk, 

VIC. 

Agent: Tony Kebblewhite t/a Florabundance Wholesale 

Nursery, Verrierdale, QLD. 

FOREST REDGUM 

Eucalyptus tereticornis 

‘Rainbow Wizard’ 


Applicant: Ian Cecil Haak & Monica Irene Haak, 

Toowoomba, QLD. 

GAURA 

Gaura lindheimeri 

‘Siskiyou PGA 1’ 


Applicant: Baldassare Mineo, Medord, Oregon, USA. 

Agent: Plant Growers Australia Pty Ltd, Wonga Park, 

VIC. 

HEBE 

Hebe hybrid 

‘Heebie Jeebies’ 


Applicant: Stephen Membrey, Five Ways, VIC. 

Agent: Plants Management Australia Pty Ltd, Warragul, 

VIC. 

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INDIA RUBBER TREE 

Ficus elastica 

‘Melany’ 


Applicant: Plantenkwekerij J van Geest BV, 

‘-s-Gravenzande, The Netherlands. 

Agent: Futura Promotions Pty Ltd, Wellington Point, QLD. 

JASMINE 

Jasminum polyanthum 

‘Gentle Giant’ 

Application No: 99/112 Accepted: 28 Apr 1999. 

Applicant: RJ Cherry, Kulnura, NSW. 

LUCERNE 

Medicago sativa 

‘Stirling’ 


Applicant: University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD. 

MATRUSH 

Lomandra spicata 

‘Joey’ 


Applicant: Russell and Sharon Costin, Limpinwood, 

NSW. 

MOROCCAN BINDWEED 

Convolvulus sabiatus 

‘Star Struck’ 


Applicant: Peter Lalor and Robert Gourlay, Forest Hill, 

VIC. 

Agent: D & A Mansfield and Sons Pty Ltd, Box Hill, VIC. 

NECTARINE 

Prunus persica var nucipersica 

‘Diamond Bright’ syn Crimson Bright 


Applicant: Lowell G Bradford and Norman G Bradford, 

Le Grand, California, USA. 

Agent: Buchanan’s Nursery, Tenterfield, NSW. 

‘Ruby Pearl’ syn Ruby Ice 





‘June Pearl’ syn June Ice 





‘Spring Sweet’ syn Spring Gold 





‘Grand Pearl’ syn Grand Ice 





‘Fire Pearl’ syn Fire Ice 





‘Bright Pearl’ syn Bright Ice 





‘Arctic Pride’ 

Application No: 98/124 Accepted: 13 Apr 1999. 


USA. 


Monbulk, VIC. 

‘Honey Blaze’ 



USA. 


Monbulk, VIC. 

‘Honey Kist’ 



USA. 


Monbulk, VIC. 

‘Arctic Blaze’ 



USA. 


Monbulk, VIC. 


Impatiens hybrid 

‘Kilye’ syn Lycia 


Applicant: InnovaPlant GMBH & CO KG, Gensingen, 

Germany. 

Agent: Protected Plant Promotions Aust Pty Ltd, 

Macquarie Fields, NSW. 

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ACCEPTANCES 


‘Kinoc’ syn Noctua 



Germany. 



‘Kispix’ syn Spixis 



Germany. 



‘Kinep’ syn Neptis 



Germany. 



‘Kixant’ syn Xanthia 



Germany. 



‘Kipas’ syn Pascua 



Germany. 



‘Kitoga’ syn Toga 



Germany. 



‘Kiwoya’ syn Woya 



Germany. 



‘Kigula’ syn Tagula 



Germany. 



‘Kiala’ syn Moala 



Germany. 



‘Kirawa’ syn Tarawa 



Germany. 



‘Kallima’ 



Germany. 



‘Kimpgua’ 



Germany. 



PEACH 

Prunus persica 

‘Snowbrite’ 



USA. 


Monbulk, VIC. 

‘Scarlet Snow’ 



USA. 


Monbulk, VIC. 

PETUNIA 

Petunia hybrid 

‘Sunbelkupi’ syn Trailing Pink 


Applicant: Suntory Limited, Osaka, Japan. 

Agent: Forbio Plants Pty Ltd, Somersby, NSW. 

‘Sunbelkubu’ syn Trailing Blue 




‘Sunbelkuho’ syn Trailing White 




‘Sunbelchipi’ syn Cherry Pink 




PITTOSPORUM 

Pittosporum ralphii 

‘Cathy’ 

Application No: 99/123 Accepted: 10 May 1999. 

Applicant: Alfred Bullock, Bentleigh, VIC. 

Agent: Greenhills Propagation Nursery Pty Ltd, Tynong, 

VIC. 

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PITTOSPORUM 

Pittosporum tenuifolium 

‘PTSS1’ 


Applicant: All Grow Wholesale Nursery, Cranbourne 

South, VIC. 


VIC. 

‘PTSS2’ 


Applicant: Greenhills Propagation Nursery, Tynong, 

VIC. 

‘PTGP1’ 


Applicant: All Grow Wholesale Nursery, Cranborne 

South, VIC. 


VIC. 

PLUM (INTERSPECIFIC HYBRID) 

Prunus hybrid 

‘Flavorich’ 



USA. 


Monbulk, VIC. 

‘Flavor Heart’ 



USA. 


Monbulk, VIC. 

POINSETTIA 

Euphorbia pulcherrima 

‘Duenidared’ syn Red Fox Victory Red 


Applicant: Marga Dummen, Rheinberg, Germany. 


South, VIC. 

‘Malibu Red’ syn Red Fox Malibu Red 




South, VIC. 

‘Duecabri’ syn Red Fox Tabaluga Red 




South, VIC. 

‘Duedeluxe’ syn Red Fox De luxe 




South, VIC. 

‘Moni’ syn Red Fox Moni 




South, VIC. 

‘Duecohopi’ syn Red Fox Coco Hot Pink 




South, VIC. 

ROSE 

Rosa hybrid 

‘Noala’ syn Coral Ground Cover 


Applicant: Reinhard Noack, Gutersloh, Germany. 

Agent: Flower Carpet Pty Ltd, Silvan, VIC. 

‘Dictator’ syn Pure Bliss 


Applicant: Dickson Nurseries Ltd, Newtownards, 

Northern Ireland, UK. 

Agent: Grandiflora Nurseries Pty Ltd, Cranbourne, VIC. 

‘Korrogilo’ 


Applicant: W Kordes’ Sohne, Offenseth-Sparriershoop, 

Germany. 

Agent: Treloar Roses Pty Ltd, Portland, VIC. 

‘Jean Galbraith’ 


Applicant: Nieuwesteeg Rose Nursery Pty Ltd, 

Coldstream, VIC. 

‘Ausmum’ syn Pat Austin 


Applicant: David Austin Roses Ltd, Wolverhampton, UK. 

Agent: Perfumed Roses Pty Ltd, Moorooduc, VIC. 

‘Ausbrid’ syn Mayor of Casterbridge 




‘Ausway’ syn Noble Antony 




‘Ausled’ syn A Shropshire Lad 




‘Fairy Queen’ 


Applicant: Jan Spek Rozen BV, Boskoop, Holland. 


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ACCEPTANCES 


‘Onkaparinga’ 


Applicant: Mr George Thomsan, Mt Barker, SA. 

Agent: Ross Roses, Willunga,SA. 

SCHEFFLERA 

Schefflera heptaphylla 

‘Jungle Gem’ 


Applicant: RJ Cherry, Kulnura, NSW. 

SUGARCANE 

Saccharum hybrid 

‘Q176’ 


Applicant: Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, 

Indooroopilly, QLD. 

‘Q177’ 




‘Q180’ 




TORENIA 

Torenia fournieri 

‘Sunrenilabu’ syn Blue Magic 




VERBENA 

Verbena hybrid 

‘Sunmaririho’ syn White Sensation 




‘Sunmariripi’ syn Coral Pink 




‘Sunmariba’ syn Violet Surprise 




WHEAT 

Triticum aestivum 

‘Anlace’ 


Applicant: Luminis Pty Ltd, Adelaide, SA and Grains 

Research and Development Corporation, Barton, ACT. 

WHITE CLOVER 

Trifolium repens 

‘Grasslands Nusiral’ 


Applicant: New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research 

Institute Limited, Hamilton, New Zealand. 

Agent: Mr Peter Neilson, AgResearch Grasslands, 

Bowna, NSW. 

WHITE LUPIN 

Lupinus albus 

‘Lucyanne’ 


Applicant: Agri Obtentions SA, Guyancourt, France. 

Agent: Westvic Agservices, Horsham, VIC. 

ZYGOCACTUS 

Schlumbergera truncata 

‘Sunburst Fantasy’ 


Applicant: BL Cobia Inc, Winter Garden, Florida, USA. 

Agent: Brindley’s Nurseries, Coffs Harbour, NSW. 

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DESCRIPTIONS 

Key to definitions/symbols/words used in the short 

descriptions 

* = variety(s) used as comparator(s) 

Agent = Australian agent acting on behalf of an 

applicant (usually where application is 

from overseas). 

ca = about 

DUS = Distinctiveness, Uniformity and Stability 

LSD = Least Significant Difference 

LSD/sig = The numerical value for the LSD (at 

P≤0.01) is in the first column and the level 

of significance between the candidate and 

the relevant comparator in subsequent 

columns 

n/a = not available 

ns = not significant 

RHS = Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart 

(Chip Number) 

std deviation = Standard deviation of the sample 

syn = synonym 

UPOV = International Union for the Protection of 

New Plant Varieties 

+ = When used in conjunction with an RHS 

colour, ‘+’ indicates a notional extension of 

a colour series when a precise match can 

not be made. It is most commonly used 

when the adjacent colour chip(s) are of a 

different sequence 

# = Values followed by the same letter are not 

significantly different at P≤0.01 

Origin = unless otherwise stated the female parent 

of the cross precedes the male parent 

A = variety(s) for which PBR has been granted 

ALSTROEMERIA 

Alstroemeria hybrid 

‘Miami’ syn Carise Miami 

Application No. 98/032 Accepted: 7 Jul 1998. 

Applicant: Konst Alstroemeria BV, Nieuwveen, The 

Netherlands. 

Australian: Maxiflora Pty Ltd, Monbulk, VIC. 

Characteristics (Table 1, Figure 23) Plant: stem length 

medium, stem thickness thin, density of foliage medium to 

dense. Leaf: shape narrow elliptic, longitudinal axis of 

blade recurved, length medium, width broad. Inflorescence: 

umbel branch number few, length medium, pedicel length 

long. Flower: colour red, size large, tepal spread medium to 

broad; outer tepal shape obovate, depth of emargination 

very deep, stripes very few, colour red RHS 53C at centre 

and apex, RHS 53D at margins with orange tinge at base; 

inner lateral tepals shape obovate, colour yellow RHS 14A 

at centre and margins, red RHS 55B at apex, stripes medium 

to many; inner median tepal yellow colour absent, stripes 

medium. Stamens: filament orange red, spots absent, anther 

colour brownish. Ovary: anthocyanin absent to very weak; 

style orange red, stigma colour orange red, spots absent. 

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent 

85-34 x pollen parent 91-0-1 in a planned breeding program 

at the applicant’s nursery at Nieuwveen, The Netherlands. 

The female parent is dark pink/yellow flowered orchid type 

Alstroemeria with stem length approx. 150cm. The male 

parent is a pink butterfly type Alstroemeria with stem length 

approx. 60cm. Both parents are proprietary breeding lines 

developed by the applicant. Selection criteria: from this 

cross, ‘Miami’ was chosen on the basis of flower 

characteristics and growth habit. Propagation: a number of 

mature stock plants were generated from the original 

seedling by tissue culture through 10 generations to confirm 

uniformity and stability. ‘Miami’ will be commercially 

propagated by tissue culture. Breeder: Konst Alstroemeria 

BV, Nieuwveen, The Netherlands. 

Choice of Comparator On the basis of flower colour 

‘Stalona’ A was chosen as the most similar variety of 

common knowledge. No other similar varieties have been 

identified. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Stalona’ A . Comparisons 

of most of the characteristics are based on Dutch trials, 

which were assessed under conditions of controlled 

environment in glasshouses. Characteristics of the 

comparator are derived from a previous description in the 

Plant Varieties Journal (PVJ 10.4 p17). Detailed flower 

descriptions of the candidate variety are based on plants 

growing in red kraznozem soil in a multispan polyhouse in 

Monbulk, VIC. Flowers from these plants were cut in bud in 

Jan 1999 and transported to Rye, VIC and placed in a 

solution of 5% sugar and 1 ml/l chlorine bleach. The 

flowers were assessed four to five days later. 



The Netherlands 1995 Granted ‘Miami’ 

No prior sale in Australia. 

Description: David Nichols, Rye, VIC. 

Table 1 Alstroemeria varieties 

‘Miami’ 

*‘Stalona’ A 

STEM CHARACTERISTICS 

length medium medium 

thickness thin medium 

density of foliage medium to dense 

dense 

LEAF CHARACTERISTICS 


width broad medium 

shape of blade narrow elliptic narrow elliptic 

longitudinal axis recurved recurved 

of blade 

INFLORESCENCE CHARACTERISTICS 

number of umbel branches 

few 

medium 

length of umbels medium long 

pedicel length long short 

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FLOWER CHARACTERISTICS 

main colour red red 

size large medium 

spread of tepals medium to medium to broad 

broad 

OUTER TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS 

shape of blade obovate obovate 

depth of emargination very deep medium 

main colour (RHS) 53C-53D 46A,47B,51B 

stripes present absent 

number of stripes very few absent 

INNER LATERAL TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS 

shape of blade obovate elliptic 

colour (RHS) 14A 8C 

number of stripes medium to few 

many 

stripe thickness medium to medium 

thick 

INNER MEDIAN TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS 

yellow colour absent absent 

stripes present present 

OTHER FLOWER CHARACTERISTICS 

filament colour orange red red purple 

filament spots absent absent 

anther colour brownish greyed orange 

style colour orange red red purple 

stigma colour orange red red purple 

spots on stigma absent absent 

anthocyanin in ovary very weak to weak 

weak 

__________________________________________________ 

‘Delta’ syn Inca Salsa 



Netherlands. 



short, stem thickness thin, density of foliage dense. Leaf: 

shape narrow elliptic, longitudinal axis of blade straight, 

length medium, width narrow. Inflorescence: umbel branch 

number medium, length short, pedicel length long. Flower: 

colour red purple, size small, tepal spread small to medium; 

outer tepal shape elliptic, depth of emargination shallow, 

stripes very few at upper margins, colour red purple RHS 

64B at apex, RHS 64C-64D at centre and base, yellow RHS 

11C-11D at margins; inner lateral tepals shape obovate, 

colour yellow RHS 9B at centre and margins, red purple 

RHS 64A at apex, RHS 64C-64D at edge of base, stripes 

few; inner median tepal yellow colour present, stripes 

present. Stamens: filament red purple, spots absent; anther 

colour brownish. Ovary: anthocyanin medium to strong; 

style pink, stigma pink, spots present. 


76-42 x pollen parent 87.72-9 in a planned breeding 

program at the applicant’s nursery at Nieuwveen, The 

Netherlands. The female parent is a pink coloured butterfly 

type Alstroemeria with stem approx. 150cm tall. The male 

parent is an A. caryophyllea selection. Both parents are 

proprietary breeding lines developed by the applicant. 

Selection criteria: from this cross, ‘Delta’ was chosen on the 

basis of flower characteristics and dwarf growth habit. 

Propagation: a number of mature stock plants were 

generated from the original seedling by tissue culture 

through 10 generations to confirm uniformity and stability. 

‘Delta’ will be commercially propagated by tissue culture. 

Breeder: Konst Alstroemeria BV, Nieuwveen, The 

Netherlands. 

Choice of comparator On the basis of dwarf growth habit 

and flower colour ‘Staprisis’ was chosen as the most similar 

variety of common knowledge. No other similar varieties 

have been identified. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Staprisis’. Comparisons 




comparator are derived from previous descriptions in the 

Plant Varieties Journal (PVJ 12.1 p19). Detailed flower 


growing in 200mm pots in a standard soilless potting 

mixture under open ambient conditions in Monbulk, VIC. 

Flowers from these plants were assessed in Jan 1999 at Rye, 

VIC. 



The Netherlands 1993 Granted ‘Delta’ 

New Zealand 1995 Granted ‘Delta’ 




‘Delta’ 

*‘Staprisis’ 


length short very short 

thickness thin very thin 

density of foliage dense very dense 


length medium very short 

width narrow very narrow 

shape of blade narrow elliptic narrow ovate 

longitudinal axis straight straight 

of blade 


number of umbel medium very few 

branches 

length of umbels short short 

pedicel length long short 


main colour red purple red purple 

size small medium 

spread of tepals small to small to 

medium 

medium 

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Table 2 Continued 


shape of blade elliptic broad obovate 

depth of emargination shallow shallow 

main colour (RHS) 64C-64D, 11C 65A-65B 

stripes present absent 

number of stripes few absent 


shape of blade obovate obovate 

colour (RHS) 9B 8D 

number of stripes few few to medium 

stripe thickness small small to medium 


yellow colour present absent 

stripes few to medium few 


filament colour red purple red purple 


anther colour brownish brownish 

style colour pink pink 

stigma colour pink pink 

spots on stigma present present 

anthocyanin in ovary medium to absent to 

strong 

very weak 

‘Amazon’ syn Inca Spice 



Netherlands. 



short, stem thickness thin, density of foliage sparse to 

medium. Leaf: shape narrow elliptic, longitudinal axis of 

blade straight, length medium, width medium. 

Inflorescence: umbel branch number medium to many, 

length short, pedicel length medium. Flower: colour orange 

red, size small, tepal spread medium; outer tepal shape 

obovate, depth of emargination very shallow, stripes absent, 

colour red RHS 42A at apex and centre, RHS 42C at base 

and orange RHS 24C at margins; inner lateral tepals shape 

elliptic, colour yellow RHS 5A at centre and margins, red 

RHS 45A at apex and RHS 42D at base, stripes few to 

medium; inner median tepal yellow colour present, stripes 

present. Stamens: filament red, spots absent; anther colour 

brownish. Ovary: anthocyanin strong; style pink, stigma 

pink, spots absent. 


89-106-2 x pollen parent 91-0-1 in a planned breeding 


Netherlands. The seed parent, a cross between two 

unnamed Alstroemeria brasiliensis, is characterised by 

small orange/yellow flowers with a stem length of 120cm. 

The male parent is a pink butterfly type Alstroemeria with 

stem length approx. 60cm. Both parents are breeding lines 


cross, ‘Amazon’ was chosen on the basis of flower 

characteristics and dwarf growth habit. Propagation: a 

number of mature stock plants were generated from the 

original seedling by tissue culture through 10 generations to 

confirm uniformity and stability. ‘Amazon’ will be 

commercially propagated by tissue culture. Breeder: Konst 

Alstroemeria BV, Nieuwveen, The Netherlands. 

Choice of comparators On the basis of dwarf growth habit 

and flower colour ‘Staprizsa’ and ‘First Love’ A were 

chosen as the most similar varieties of common knowledge. 

No other similar varieties have been identified. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Staprizsa’ and ‘First 

Love’ A . Comparisons of most of the characteristics are 

based on Dutch trials which were assessed under conditions 

of controlled environment in glasshouses. Characteristics of 

the comparators are derived from previous descriptions in 

the Plant Varieties Journal (PVJ 12.1 p20 and PVJ 10.3 

p12). Detailed flower descriptions of the candidate variety 

are based on plants growing in 200mm pots in a standard 

soilless potting mixture under open ambient conditions in 

Monbulk, VIC. Flowers from these plants were assessed in 

Jan 1999 at Rye, VIC. 



The Netherlands 1993 Granted ‘Amazon’ 

No Prior Sale in Australia. 



‘Amazon’ *‘Staprizsa’ *‘First Love’ A 


length short very short short 

thickness thin very thin very thick 

density of sparse to dense to dense 

foliage medium very dense 


length medium very short short 

width medium very narrow narrow 

shape of blade narrow elliptic narrow ovate narrow elliptic 

to narrow ovate 

longitudinal axis of blade 

straight recurved recurved 


number of medium to very few few 

umbel branches many 

length of umbels short short short 

pedicel length medium short very short 


main colour orange red pink purple pink 

size small medium medium 

spread of tepals medium medium medium 


shape of blade obovate broad obovate obovate 

depth of very shallow medium medium 

emargination 

main colour 42A 52C 42A-54A 

(RHS) 

Stripes absent present absent 

number of absent very few absent 

stripes 

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shape of blade elliptic obovate elliptic 

colour (RHS) 5A 12A 13B 

number of few to medium few to 

stripes medium medium 

stripe thickness small to medium small to 

medium 

medium 


yellow colour present present n/a 

stripes medium medium n/a 


filament colour red pink pink 

filament spots absent absent absent 

anther colour brownish greenish greenish 

style colour pink pink n/a 

stigma colour pink pink n/a 

spots on stigma absent absent present 

anthocyanin in strong absent to absent to 

ovary very weak very weak 

‘Roma’ syn Pink Roma 



Netherlands. 



medium, stem thickness medium, density of foliage 

medium. Leaf: shape narrow elliptic, longitudinal axis of 

blade recurved, length medium, width medium. 

Inflorescence: umbel branch number medium, length 

medium, pedicel length long. Flower: colour red purple, 

size large, tepal spread medium to broad; outer tepal shape 

broad obovate, depth of emargination deep, stripes very 

few, colour red purple RHS 61D at margins, RHS 61B at 

apex and cream with pink tinge at base; inner lateral tepals 

shape elliptic, colour yellow RHS 5A (RHS 14A) at centre 

and margins, red purple RHS 61C at apex, stripes medium 

to many; inner median tepal yellow colour present, stripes 

present. Stamens: filament red, spots absent; anther colour 

brownish. Ovary: anthocyanin weak (medium to strong); 

style pink, stigma colour pink, spots absent. (Characteristics 

given in parenthesis are from Dutch observations). 


85-34 x pollen parent 91-0-1 in a planned breeding program 

at the applicant’s nursery at Nieuwveen, The Netherlands. 

The female parent is dark pink/yellow flowered orchid type 

Alstroemeria with stem length approx. 150cm. The male 

parent is a pink butterfly type Alstroemeria with stem length 

approx. 60cm. Both parents are proprietary breeding lines 


cross, ‘Roma’ was chosen on the basis of flower 

characteristics and growth habit. Propagation: a number of 

mature stock plants were generated from the original 

seedling by tissue culture through 10 generations to confirm 

uniformity and stability. ‘Roma’ will be commercially 

propagated by tissue culture. Breeder: Konst Alstroemeria 

BV, Nieuwveen, The Netherlands. 

Choice of comparator On the basis of flower colour 

‘Cobra’ A was chosen as the most similar variety of common 

knowledge. ‘Cobra’ A is a variety also developed from the 

same breeding programme. No other similar varieties have 

been identified. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Cobra’ A . Comparisons 




comparator are derived from a previous description in the 

Plant Varieties Journal (PVJ 8.1 pp7). Detailed flower 



Monbulk, Victoria. Flowers from these plants were cut in 

bud in Jan 1999 and transported to Rye, Victoria, and placed 

in a solution of 5% sugar and 1 ml/litre chlorine bleach. The 




The Netherlands 1995 Granted ‘Roma’ 

Japan 1997 Applied ‘Roma’ 




‘Roma’ 

*‘Cobra’ A 


length medium tall 

thickness medium thick 

density of foliage medium medium 



width medium medium 

shape of blade narrow elliptic elliptic 

longitudinal axis recurved recurved 

of blade 


number of umbel medium many 

branches 

length of umbels medium short 

pedicel length long very short 


main colour red purple red purple 

size large medium 

spread of tepals medium to medium 

large 


shape of blade broad obovate obovate 

depth of emargination deep n/a 

main colour (RHS) 61D 61B 


number of stripes very few very few 


shape of blade elliptic elliptic 

colour (RHS) 14A 6A 

number of stripes medium to many medium to many 

stripe thickness medium small to medium 

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yellow colour present present 



filament colour red red purple 


anther colour brownish reddish 

style colour pink red purple 

stigma colour pink n/a 

spots on stigma absent present 

anthocyanin in ovary medium to weak 

strong 

‘Soleil’ 



Netherlands. 



long, stem thickness thick, density of foliage medium to 

dense. Leaf: shape narrow elliptic, longitudinal axis of 

blade recurved, length medium, width broad. Inflorescence: 

umbel branch number medium, length long, pedicel length 

medium. Flower: colour yellow, size medium, tepal spread 

medium; outer tepal shape obovate, depth of emargination 

shallow, stripes very few, colour yellow RHS 5A (yellow 

orange RHS 14B); inner lateral tepals shape elliptic, colour 

yellow RHS 12A, stripes few to medium; inner median 

tepal yellow RHS 7A, stripes medium. Stamens: filament 

yellow green (orange), spots absent; anther colour yellow 

green (orange like). Ovary: anthocyanin medium (very 

weak to weak); style yellow green, stigma pink, spots 

absent. (Characteristics given in parenthesis are from Dutch 

observations). 


89-106-2 x pollen parent ‘Rio’ in a planned breeding 


Netherlands. The seed parent, a cross between two 

unnamed Alstroemeria brasiliensis, is characterised by 

small orange/yellow flowers with a stem length of 120cm. 

The seed parent is a breeding line developed by the breeder. 

The pollen parent ‘Rio’ is a proprietary variety of the 

breeder. Selection criteria: from this cross, ‘Soleil’ was 

chosen on the basis of flower characteristics and growth 

habit. Propagation: a number of mature stock plants were 

generated from the original seedling by tissue culture 

through 10 generations to confirm uniformity and stability. 

‘Soleil’ will be commercially propagated by tissue culture. 

Breeder: Konst Alstroemeria BV, Nieuwveen, The 

Netherlands. 

Choice of Comparators On the basis of flower colour 

‘Golden Delight’ was chosen as the most similar variety of 

common knowledge. No other similar varieties have been 

identified. The male parent ‘Rio’ was not considered 

because of obvious colour differences in outer tepal (RHS 

9A) and inner tepal (RHS 17B). 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Golden Delight’. 

Comparisons of most of the characteristics are based on 

Dutch trials, which were assessed under conditions of 

controlled environment in glasshouses. Characteristics of 

the comparator are derived from a previous description in 

the Plant Varieties Journal (PVJ 7.2 p13). Detailed flower 



Monbulk, VIC. Flowers from these plants were cut in bud in 

Jan 1999 and transported to Rye, VIC and placed in a 

solution of 5% sugar and 1 ml/l chlorine bleach. The 




The Netherlands 1994 Granted ‘Soleil’ 

EU 1995 Granted ‘Soleil’ 

Japan 1996 Applied ‘Soleil’ 




‘Soleil’ 


length long long 

thickness thick thick 

density of foliage medium to n/a 

thick 


length long long 

width broad broad 

shape of blade narrow elliptic n/a 

longitudinal axis recurved n/a 

of blade 

*‘Golden Delight’ 


number of umbel medium medium 

branches 

length of umbels long long 

pedicel length medium medium to long 


main colour yellow orange yellow orange 

size medium medium to large 

spread of tepals medium medium 


shape of blade obovate ovate 

depth of emargination shallow n/a 

main colour (RHS) 14B 14A-B 


number of stripes very few very few 


shape of blade elliptic elliptic 

colour (RHS) 12A 17A, 21A 

number of stripes few to medium 

medium 

stripe thickness medium thick 


main colour (RHS) 7A n/a 

stripes medium n/a 


filament colour orange pink 

filament spots absent n/a 

anther colour orange like yellow green 

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style colour yellow green yellow 

stigma colour pink yellow 

spots on stigma absent absent 

anthocyanin in ovary very weak to weak 

weak 

APPLE 


‘Sciglo’ 




Zealand. 

Agent: Spruson & Ferguson, Sydney, NSW. 

Characteristics (Table 6, Figure 32) Plant: medium-large, 

spreading habit, medium vigour, bearing on spurs. Dormant 

one year old shoot: medium pubescence on upper half, 

medium thickness, medium number of lenticels. Leaf: 

attitude in relation to shoot outwards, length of blade 

medium (8.3cm), width of blade medium (4.5cm), ratio 

length/width medium, shape of incisions of margin serrate, 

petiole length medium. Flower: beginning of flowering 

(10%) medium, unopened flower pink, diameter medium, 

pelative position touching. Fruit: size medium, shape 

uniform medium-long conical, symmetrical, ribbing 

present, medium crowning at distal end, aperture of eye 

medium sized and open, length of sepal long and touching, 

depth of eye basin shallow-medium, width of eye basin 

medium-broad, thickness of stalk medium, length of stalk 

long, bloom of skin present, greasiness of skin present, 

ground colour of skin yellow-green (RHS 10B), amount of 

overcolour high, colour of overcolour red (RHS 46C), solid 

flush, weak amount of russet around stem cavity, lenticels 

medium, firm crisp flesh, colour of flesh cream (RHS 

158C), flesh texture melting, aperture of locules open, time 

of maturity late February, flavour strong sweetness and 

slight acidity, resistance to insects and disease good. (Note: 

all RHS colour chart numbers refer to 1986 edition). 


‘Gala’ x pollen parent ‘Splendour’. The cross was made in 

1978 at Havelock North, New Zealand. Seed from the cross 

was planted and grown on to fruiting where seedling GS330 

was selected from the family for outstanding fruit quality. 

Trees were propagated onto clonal rootstock. GS330 was 

later commercially released as ‘Sciglo’. The new variety 

differs from the seed parent ‘Gala’ in the following 

combination of characteristics; fruits are darker in colour, 

more conical in shape, later in maturity and more aromatic 

in flavour and from the pollen parent ‘Splendour’ in the 

following combination of characteristics; earlier in 

maturity, smaller in size, darker in colour, conical in shape, 

having a striped colour pattern. Selection criteria: eating 

and storage quality. Propagation: vegetatively on clonal 

rootstock. Breeder: Dr Don McKenzie and Mr Alan White, 

The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New 

Zealand Ltd, Palmerston North, New Zealand. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Royal Gala’ and ‘Splendour’ 

were considered as comparators as these are the similar 

varieties of common knowledge. ‘Splendour’ is also the 

pollen parent. ‘Royal Gala’ was chosen instead of ‘Gala’ 

(seed parent) because it is a highly coloured strain similar to 

the candidate, standard ‘Gala’ has very low colour and 

therefore, was excluded. 

Comparative Trial The information is based on overseas 

data sourced from the New Zealand Plant Variety Rights 

Office DUS Test Report. Testing was done in HortResearch, 

Havelock North, New Zealand between 1987-90. Where 

possible the characteristics were verified by the Qualified 

Person. The essential difference in fruit characteristics of 

‘Sicglo’ and the comparators are presented in the 

comparative table. 


Country Year Current status Name Applied 

New Zealand 1989 Granted ‘Sciglo’ 

USA 1990 Granted ‘Sciglo’ 

Canada 1996 Applied ‘Sciglo’ 

EU 1996 Applied ‘Sciglo’ 

Argentina 1997 Granted ‘Sciglo’ 

Chile 1997 Granted ‘Sciglo’ 

Japan 1997 Applied ‘Sciglo’ 

South Africa 1997 Applied ‘Sciglo’ 

Switzerland 1997 Granted ‘Sciglo’ 

First sold in New Zealand in 1991. First Australian sale Nil. 

Description: Nicola Hall, HortResearch, Havelock North, New Zealand. 

‘Sciros’ 




Zealand. 


Characteristics (Table 6, Figure 31) Plant: medium-small, 

upright habit, medium vigour, bearing on spurs. Dormant 

one year old shoot: medium pubescence on upper half, 

medium thickness, medium number of lenticels. Leaf: 

attitude in relation to shoot outward, length of blade 

medium (average 125mm), width of blade medium (average 

60mm), ratio length/width medium, shape of incisions of 

margins serrate, petiole length medium. Flower: beginning 

of flowering (10%) medium, unopened flower pink, 

diameter medium, pelative position overlapping. Fruit: 

large, uniform shape, long cylindrical to ellipsoid, 

symmetrical, ribbing present not prominent, crowning at 

calyx medium, aperture of eye open and large, length of 

sepal medium and free spacing, depth of eye basin medium 

to deep, width of eye basin medium to broad, thickness and 

length of stalk medium, depth of stalk cavity medium, 

bloom of skin present, greasiness of skin absent, ground 

colour of skin yellow (RHS 2C) amount of overcolour high, 

colour of overcolour rose pink blush (red) (RHS 46C), solid 

flush, weak amount of russet around stalk cavity, lenticels 

large, firm crisp flesh, colour of flesh yellowish (RHS 

158B) flesh texture fine, aperture of locules fully open, time 

of maturity early march, flavour strong sweetness with 

slight acidity, resistance to insects and disease good. (Note: 


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‘Gala’ x pollen parent ‘Splendour’. The cross was made in 

1978 at Havelock North, New Zealand. Seed from the cross 

was planted and grown on to fruiting where seedling 

GS2085 was selected from the family for outstanding fruit 

quality. Trees were propagated onto clonal rootstock. 

GS2085 was later commercially released as ‘Sciros’. The 

new variety differs from the seed parent ‘Gala’ in the 

following combination of characteristics; later in season, 

larger in fruit size, block colour pattern, rose pink colour, 

and more rounded shape and from the pollen parent 

‘Splendour’ in the following combination of characteristics; 

later harvest, taller fruit shape, less russet, firmer flesh and 

thicker skin. Selection criteria: fruit quality and storage 

ability. Propagation: vegetatively on clonal rootstock. 

Breeder: Dr Don McKenzie and Mr Alan White, The 

Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand 

Ltd, Palmerston North, New Zealand. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Royal Gala’, ‘Splendour’ and 

‘Pink Lady’ were considered as comparators as these are the 

similar varieties of common knowledge. ‘Splendour’ is also 

the pollen parent. ‘Pink Lady’ was chosen because of its late 

harvest maturity and is a bi-coloured apple. ‘Royal Gala’ 

was chosen instead of ‘Gala’ (seed parent) because it is a 

highly coloured strain similar to the candidate, standard 

‘Gala’ has very low colour and therefore, was excluded. 

Table 6 Malus varieties 

Comparative Trial The information is based on overseas 

data sourced from the New Zealand Plant Variety Rights 

Office DUS Test Report. Testing was done in HortResearch, 

Havelock North, New Zealand between 1987-90. Where 

possible the characteristics were verified by the Qualified 

Person. The essential difference in fruit characteristics of 

‘Sicros’ and the comparators are presented in the 

comparative table. 


Country Year Current status Name Applied 

New Zealand 1989 Granted ‘Sciros’ 

USA 1990 Granted ‘Sciros’ 

Canada 1996 Applied ‘Sciros’ 

EU 1996 Applied ‘Sciros’ 

Argentina 1997 Granted ‘Sciros’ 

Chile 1997 Granted ‘Sciros’ 

Japan 1997 Applied ‘Sciros’ 

South Africa 1997 Applied ‘Sciros’ 

Switzerland 1997 Granted ‘Sciros’ 

First sold in New Zealand in 1991. First Australian sale Nil. 

Description: Nicola Hall, HortResearch, Havelock North, New Zealand. 

‘Sciros’ ‘Sciglo’ *‘Royal *‘Splendour’ *‘Pink Lady’ 

Gala’ 

FRUIT 

size large medium medium medium-large medium-large 

shape cylindrical conical conical round ellipsoid 

ribbing present present absent absent present 

aperture of eye open open open open half open 

size of eye large medium medium medium medium 

depth basin medium-deep shallow medium deep medium 

width basin medium-broad medium-broad medium medium medium 

thickness of stalk medium medium medium medium medium 

ground colour yellow yellow-green cream yellow-green yellow-green 

overcolour pink-red dark red red pink-red red 

pattern of overcolour solid flush flush stripe flush washed out 

amount russet weak weak weak weak absent 

size of lenticels large medium medium large medium 

firmness of flesh firm firm firm medium firm 

colour of flesh yellowish cream white cream cream 

aperture of locules open open open partly closed 

time of maturity late medium early medium-late late 

APPLE ROOTSTOCK 


‘Cepiland’ 

Application No: 89/053 Accepted: 4 Aug 1989. 

Applicant: Centre D’ Experimentation De Pepinieres, 

Paris, France and Centre Technique Interprofessionnel 

Des Fruits et Legumes, Paris, France. 


Characteristics (Figure 30) Plant: vigor strong, habit fairly 

spreading, appearance of branching very filiform, internode 

length long, roots brittle. Leaf: size small. Behaviour in 

orchard: compatibility fairly good (presence of a graft 

ridge), level of vigour average to weak (+15 to +30 % of 

ordinary ‘M9’). Setting of fruit very good, productivity 

good. Characteristics of the fruit: good caliber, improved 

colour and early maturity. Anchoring weak (staking 

necessary). Multiplication capability: layering good, 

propagation of cuttings average, micropropagation average, 

behaviour in the grafting nursery fairly good. Sensitivities: 

gnarls slightly sensitive, shoots average sensitivity, root 

suffocation average sensitivity, limestone slight to average 

sensitivity, winter cold sensitive, Phytophthora slightly 

sensitive, root rot average sensitivity to sensitive, crown gall 

sensitive, virus slightly sensitive, wooly aphid sensitive. 

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Origin and Breeding Spontaneous mutation: apple 

rootstock Malus domestica ‘M9’, selected from a stool bed 

planting of the Paradis-Jaune-de-Metz population in 

France. During 1974, a selection program was commenced 

amongst the Paradis-Jaune-de-Metz ‘M9’ population and in 

the following winter 425 types were identified and 

underwent virus indexing, layering and grafting 

experiments at the Lanxade Centre of the Centre Technique 

Interprofessionnel des Fruits et Legumes, Paris, France. In 

1981, originating from this original selection, the clone F 

was retained to become the variety now known as Malus 

domestica ‘Cepiland’. As a rootstock, this mutant is virusfree 

and supports vigorous growth of the scion cultivar. 

Selection criteria: outstanding rooting and dwarfing 

capacity differences. Propagation: ‘Cepiland’ is 

commercially propagated by layering in stool beds. 

Breeder: Alain Masseron, Castillon la Batille, France and 

Elisa Grillet, Lyons, France. 

Choice of Comparators ‘M9 EMLA’ (heat treatment of the 

original M9) was selected as a comparator as it has similar 

qualities to those of Malus domestica ‘Cepiland’. However, 

it has larger leaves, fewer feathers or fruit spurs, inferior 

production of layers, broader twigs, lower height in stool 

bed, lesser quality of root development when compared to 

‘Cepiland’. ‘Cepiland’ is distinct from any other known 

varieties (including original M9 parental type) by having a 

very small leaf, a very filiform twig, high number of 

feathers and a distinctive internode length and production of 

layers. 

Comparative Trial Description based on official United 

States Plant Patent 7715, dated Nov 19, 1991. The trial was 

conducted in France, where plants were grown at three sites, 

1. Lanxade: Station of the CTIFL, Prigonrieux 24130 La 

Force, France, 2. Balandran: Station of the CTIFL, 30127, 

Bellegarde, France and 3. Valence: Station of the CTIFL, 

Domain de Golheron 26320, St Marcel, Les Valence, 

France. Several trials were conducted testing the clones 

behaviour in both nursery and orchard situations, the 

number of trees of each clone in the tests ranged from 8 to 

60, with 2 repetitions. 



France 1981 Granted ‘Cepiland’ 

Belgium 1985 Granted ‘Cepiland’ 

Denmark 1985 Surrendered ‘Cepiland’ 

Germany 1985 Granted ‘Cepiland’ 

Sweden 1985 Terminated ‘Cepiland’ 

The Netherlands 1987 Granted ‘Cepiland’ 

Hungary 1988 Granted ‘Cepiland’ 

Spain 1988 Applied ‘Cepiland’ 

New Zealand 1989 Granted ‘Cepiland’ 

USA 1989 Granted ‘Cepiland’ 

South Africa 1989 Applied ‘Cepiland’ 

UK 1990 Terminated ‘Cepiland’ 

First date of sale 8 July 1983, France. Australian Sales Nil. 

Description: Zoee Maddox, Fleming’s Nurseries, Monbulk, VIC 

‘Lancep’ 


Applicant: Centre D’ Experimentation De Pepinieres, 

Paris, France and Centre Technique Interprofessionnel 

Des Fruits et Legumes, Paris, France. 


Characteristics (Figure 30) Plant: vigor average, habit 

semi-spreading, appearance of branching filiform, 

internode length fairly long, roots brittle. Leaf: size average. 

Behaviour in orchard: compatibility fairly good (presence 

of a graft ridge), level of vigor weak (+10 to +20% of 

ordinary ‘M9’), setting of fruit very good, productivity 

good, characteristics of the fruit good caliber, improved 

colour and early maturity. Anchoring weak (staking 

necessary). Multiplication capability: layering good, 

propagation of cuttings average, micropropagation average, 

behaviour in the grafting nursery fairly good. Sensitivities: 

gnarls slight to average sensitivity, shoots average 

sensitivity, root suffocation average sensitivity, limestone 

slight to average sensitivity, winter cold sensitive, 

phytophthora slightly sensitive, root rot average sensitivity 

to sensitive, crown gall sensitive, virus slightly sensitive, 

wooly aphid sensitive. 

Origin and Breeding Spontaneous mutation: apple 

rootstock Malus domestica ‘M9’, selected from a stool bed 

planting of the Paradis-Jaune-de-Metz population in 

France. During 1974, a selection program was commenced 

amongst the Paradis-Jaune-de-Metz ‘M9’ population and in 

the following winter 425 types were identified and 

underwent virus indexing, layering and grafting 

experiments at the Lanxade Centre of the Centre Technique 

Interprofessionnel des Fruits et Legumes, Paris, France. In 

1981, originating from this original selection, the clone G 

was retained to become the variety now known as Malus 

domestica ‘Lancep’. As a rootstock, this mutant is virusfree 

and supports vigorous growth of the scion cultivar. 

Selection criteria: superior aptitude to be propagated by 

layering than ‘M9’. Propagation: ‘Lancep’ is commercially 

propagated by layering in stool beds. Breeder: Alain 

Masseron, Castillon la Batille, France and Elisa Grillet, 

Lyons, France. 

Choice of Comparators ‘M9 EMLA’ (heat treatment of the 

original M9) was selected as a comparator as it has similar 

qualities to those of Malus domestica ‘Lancep’. However, it 

has larger leaves than broader twigs and has less feathers or 

fruit spurs than ‘Lancep’. ‘Lancep’ is distinct from any 

other known variety (including original M9 parental type) 

in having the following combination of characteristics; 

small leaf, filiform twig with many feathers, distinctive 

internode length and production of layers. 


States Plant Patent 7715, dated Nov 19, 1991 . The trial was 

conducted in France, where plants were grown at three sites, 

1. Lanxade: Station of the CTIFL, Prigonrieux 24130 La 

Force, France, 2. Balandran: Station of the CTIFL, 30127, 

Bellegarde, France and 3. Valence: Station of the CTIFL, 

Domain de Golheron 26320, St Marcel, Les Valence, 

France. Several trials were conducted testing the clones 

behavior in both nursery and orchard situations, the number 

of trees of each clone in the tests ranged from 8 to 60, with 

2 repetitions. 

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France 1981 Granted ‘Lancep’ 

Belgium 1985 Granted ‘Lancep’ 

Denmark 1985 Surrendered ‘Lancep’ 

Germany 1985 Granted ‘Lancep’ 

Sweden 1985 Terminated ‘Lancep’ 

The Netherlands 1987 Granted ‘Lancep’ 

Hungary 1988 Granted ‘Lancep’ 

Spain 1988 Applied ‘Lancep’ 

New Zealand 1989 Granted ‘Lancep’ 

USA 1989 Granted ‘Lancep’ 

South Africa 1989 Applied ‘Lancep’ 

UK 1990 Terminated ‘Lancep’ 

First date of sale 8 July 1983, France. Australian Sales Nil. 

Description: Zoee Maddox, Fleming’s Nurseries, Monbulk, VIC 

ARROWLEAF CLOVER 

Trifolium vesiculosum 

‘Cefalu’ 

Application No: 97/149 Accepted: 7 July 1997. 

Applicant: Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean 

Agriculture, Nedlands, WA. 

Characteristics (Table 7, Figure 44) Plant: prostrate to 

upright, medium maturing, herbaceous annual. Stem: mean 

length 63cm, mean width 4.2mm, upright stems occurring 

in 78% of plants, stem colour green with some reddening 

(40% of plants) to completely red (60% of plants). Leaf: 

mean length 49mm, mean width 21mm. Leaf markers: 

white V shape (RHS 194A-B, 1995) occurrence – 85% of 

plants, green V shape (RHS 144A-146B, 1995) occurrence 

– 71% of plants, green triangular shape (RHS 144A-146B, 

1995) occurrence – 18% of plants, red V shape (RHS 185A- 

187A, 1995) occurrence – 5% of plants, red midrib (RHS 

185A-187A, 1995) occurrence – 50% of plants, white V 

shape width – 5.4mm, green V shape width – 10.2mm. Leaf 

reddening: 1% of plants. Leaf anthocyanin flecking: absent 

in 34% of plants, rare in 45% of plants, occasional in 19% 

of plants, frequent in 2% of plants. Flower and flower parts: 

mean flowering time 135 days from sowing. Fruit and fruit 

parts: mean fruiting inflorescence length 61mm. Seed: yield 

422mg per inflorescence, weight 1.5mg per seed, colours 

brown yellow and green. 

Origin and Breeding Phenotypic Selection: derived from 3 

cycles of single plant selection within ‘Seelu’ – an 

Australian public variety. ‘Seelu’ is late flowering and 

upright in habit. ‘Cefalu’ is earlier flowering and more 

prostrate in comparison. In 1990 seed was harvested from 

an early flowering plant from the variety ‘Seelu’. This seed 

was sown in 1991 to produce approximately 500 plants. 

One very vigorous, prostrate plant was identified and 

harvested separately. From this seed approximately 200 

plants were grown in 1993. Early flowering, prostrate plants 

were retained (approximately 100), while later more upright 

plants were removed before they flowered. All seed was 

harvested from these remaining plants to produce a stable 

population known as ‘Cefalu’. Field testing this selection 

was undertaken at several sites and was shown to be 

superior to ‘Seelu’ in herbage and seed production. 

Selection criteria: early flowering and prostrate growth 

habit. Propagation: by seed. Breeders: Richard Snowball 

and Steve Carr, Western Australia. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Seelu’ and ‘Zulu’ were chosen 

because they are the varieties of common knowledge. 

‘Arrotas’ was chosen because it is a newly developed variety 

from Tasmania. ‘Seelu’ is also the parent material of the 

new variety, ‘Cefalu’. 

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Seelu’, ‘Zulu’, 

‘Arrotas’. Location: Medina Research Station, Western 

Australia (Latitude 13º13.7´ South, Longitude 115º48.3´ 

East), autumn 1997-summer 1997/98. Conditions: 

individual seeds were sown into peat jiffy pots in the 

glasshouse, single seedlings were transplanted to the field 

into white plastic mulch film at 0.8m spacings, blocks and 

treatments were separated by 2m, nutrition maintained with 

super phosphate, potash and trace elements, rhizobium 

innoculant applied before transplanting seedlings, pest and 

disease treatments applied as required. Trial design: plants 

arranged in five randomised blocks of 20 plants. Total of 

100 plants per comparator. Measurements: from all 20 

plants. One sample per plant. 


No Prior Applications. First sold in Australia in March 

1999. 

Description: Richard Snowball 1 , Bradley Wintle 1 and Jane Speijers 2 , 

1 Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA), University 

of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA. 

2 Agriculture WA, Baron-Hay Court, South Perth, WA. 

Table 7 Trifolium varieties 

‘Cefalu’ *‘Seelu’ *‘Zulu’ * ‘Arrotas’ 

LEAF WIDTH (mm) 

– middle leaflet on the 4th or 5th trifoliate from base of plant on 

the earliest flowering, prostrate stem. 

mean 21.5 23.3 22.5 15.9 

std deviation 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.7 

LSD/sig 1.4 P≤0.01 ns P≤0.01 

FLOWERING TIME (days) 

– from sowing to the first visible corolla. 

mean 135 148 151 178 


LSD/sig 4 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

PRESENCE OF UPRIGHT STEM (percentage of plants) 

– single upright stem emerging from crown. 

mean 78 44 31 3 

χ 2 ‘Cefalu’ vs. comparators 

24.30 44.54 116.70 

sig P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

STEM ANTHOCYANIN (percentage of plants with all red 

stems) 

mean 60 76 84 83 


5.88 14.29 16.18 

sig ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

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PRESENCE OF WHITE V SHAPED LEAF MARK 

(percentage of plants) 

mean 85 68 68 30 


8.04 8.04 61.32 

sig P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

PRESENCE OF GREEN V SHAPED LEAF MARK 


Pale 3 10 7 5 

Strong 68 78 73 89 

Very strong 0 1 0 0 


13.55 3.43 17.68 

sig P≤0.01 ns P≤0.01 

PRESENCE OF RED V SHAPED LEAF MARK 


Faint 3 15 11 16 

Strong 2 4 9 19 


9.78 10.31 28.14 

sig P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

PRESENCE OF RED MIDRIB LEAF MARK 


Faint 43 26 37 22 

Strong 7 27 24 22 


16.05 11.13 14.76 

sig P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

PRESENCE OF GREEN TRIANGULAR SHAPED LEAF 

MARK (percentage of plants) 

– situated on the midrib immediately above the green or white 

V shaped leaf mark. 

mean 18 19 13 2 


0.03 0.95 14.22 

sig ns ns P≤0.01 

PINK COLOURATION OF WHITE V SHAPED LEAF 

MARK (percentage of plants) 

Slight 0 10 15 0 

Strong 0 1 2 0 


11.64 18.58 0 

sig P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns 

LEAF ANTHOCYANIN FLECKING (percentage of plants) 

Rare 45 34 42 33 

Occasional 19 34 34 11 

Frequent 2 14 6 1 

Extreme 0 0 2 0 


19.7 14.83 8.76 

sig P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns 

LEAF REDDENING (percentage of plants) 

Slight 1 19 28 13 

Moderate 0 13 19 3 

Strong 0 0 2 0 


34.96 61.5 15.04 

sig P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

STATUS OF PLANTS AT FIRST FLOWER 


Rosette 0 6 5 33 

Slight 

elongation 10 56 62 66 

Moderate 

elongation 37 35 31 1 

Elongated 31 1 2 0 

Bud visible 20 2 0 0 

Corolla 

visible 2 0 0 0 


82.97 90.57 161.4 

sig P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

BRACHYSCOME 

Brachyscome hybrid 

‘Sunabell’ 

Application No: 98/197 Accepted: 2 Dec 1998. 

Applicant: The University of Sydney, Plant Breeding 

Institute, Cobbitty NSW. 

Characteristics (Table 8, Figure 20). Plant: compact, nonsuckering 

spreading perennial herb. Leaf: simple, alternate 

bipinnatisect, glabrous. Ray floret colour violet group 

(RHS 85C, 1995). 

Origin and Breeding Controlled Pollination: seed parent 

Brachyscome multifida ‘Bright Eyes’ x pollen parent 

Brachyscome ‘Valencia’. Hybridisation took place at Plant 

Breeding Institute, Cobbitty NSW in 1995. Selection 

criteria: Flower size, presentation and colour as well as 

plant habit and foliage. Propagation: a number of stock 

plants have been produced from the selected seedling plant 

by vegetative cuttings, and have been uniform and stable 

over 8 generations. ‘Sunabell’ is commercially propagated 

by vegetative cuttings from stock plants. Breeder: Peter 

Abell, University of Sydney, Plant Breeding Institute, 

Cobbitty NSW. 

Choice of Comparator(s) The comparator used as the 

closest commercial variety is ‘Misty Mauve’ A It has similar 

flower colour and size but differs mostly in habit and leaf 

shape. The parents ‘Bright Eyes’ and ‘Valencia’ (both 

public cultivars) were included in the trial. No other 

varieties of common knowledge were considered to be 

appropriate. 

Comparative Trial Comparator(s): The two parents plus 

the variety ‘Misty Mauve’ A were include in the trial. 

Location: University of Sydney, Plant Breeding Institute, 

Cobbitty NSW (latitude 34°01´, longitude 150°40´, 

elevation 75m), summer 1999. Conditions: trials were 

conducted in an open sided tunnel house. Plants propagated 

from cuttings, were planted into 200mm squat pots in 

soiless pine bark based potting mix with slow release 

fertiliser. Trial design: 12 plants of each line were placed 

randomly. Measurements: from 10 plants at random. 


Nil. First sold in Australia in June 1998. 

Description: Peter G. Abell University of Sydney, Plant Breeding 

Institute, Cobbitty NSW. 

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Table 8 Brachyscome varieties 

‘Sunabell’ *‘Misty *‘Valencia’ *‘Bright 

Mauve’ A 

Eyes’ 

LEAF LENGTH (mm) 

mean 33.3 54.3 66.4 26.5 

std deviation 7.5 6.2 10.7 5.5 

LSD/sig 11.9 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns 

LEAF WIDTH (mm) 

mean 17.9 22.9 31.5 17.8 


LSD/sig 8.9 ns P≤0.01 ns 

SCAPE LENGTH (mm) 

mean 72.1 91.5 128.2 35.0 

std deviation 9.9 14.6 16.9 3.2 

LSD/sig 17.8 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

INFLORESCENCE DIAMETER (mm) 

Mean 21.4 27 28.2 12.4 


LSD/sig 2.7 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

RAY FLORET COLOUR (RHS) 

violet purple purple violet 

(85C) (76A) (76A-76B) (87B) 

BUFFALO GRASS (ST AUGUSTINE GRASS) 

Stenotaphrum secundatum 

‘SS100’ 


Applicant: Sod Solutions, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 

USA. 

Agent: Davies Collison Cave Patent Attorneys, 

Melbourne, VIC. 

Characteristics (Table 9, Figure 35) Plant: perennial, 

stoloniferous grass. Stem: green, internodes medium. Leaf: 

sheath medium length, green (RHS 138B, 1986), blade 

medium length and width, green (RHS 137C, 1986). 

Inflorescence: spike – like panicle. Flower: anther orange 

yellow, stigma white. 

Origin and Breeding Spontaneous mutation: ‘SS100’ was 

identified in proximity to buffalo grass (also known as St 

Augustine grass in USA) plantings including ‘Bitterblue’, 

‘Floratam’ on a turf farm near Samsula, Florida, USA. ‘SS 

100’ differs from commonly grown varieties ‘Bitterblue’, 

‘Raleigh’ and ‘Floratam’ in several characteristics. For 

example, ‘SS100’ had shorter internodes and ‘Bitterblue’, 

‘Raleigh’ and ‘Floratam’ had much longer internodes. 

‘SS100’ had orange yellow anthers whereas ‘Raleigh’ had 

sulphur yellow anthers. ‘SS100’ and ‘Raleigh’ differed from 

‘Bitterblue’ and ‘Floratam’ in having white compared with 

purple stigmas and 18 compared with 27 chromosomes. 

Selection criteria: distinctive dark green colour, tolerance to 

shade, cold temperature, frost and drought. Propagation: 

asexual propagation was carried out by cutting stolons into 

segments, each segment containing at least one node, and 

planting segments directly into soil and into plug trays. 

Selected traits were maintained when propagated asexually. 

‘SS100’ will be commercially propagated vegetatively by 

turf and stolons to maintain uniformity and stability. 

Breeder: Elmer R. Kirkland and Tobey A. Wagner, New 

Smyrna, Florida. and Mt Pleasant, South Carolina, USA. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Sir Walter’ A , ‘Shademaster’, ‘ST 

85’ and a common form from Sydney were chosen as 

comparators as these are the most similar varieties of 

common knowledge in Australia. Naturalised clones from 

Moonta SA, Tamworth NSW, Toowoomba and Redland 

Bay QLD were collected and compared with the above 

comparators. They were morphologically similar to the 

common buffalo grass and were excluded from the 

comparative trial. The candidate putative parents were not 

considered for the trial because they were distinctive from 

‘SS100’ in characteristics mentioned above. 

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Sir Walter’ A , 

‘Shademaster’, ‘ST 85’ and a common form from Sydney. 

Location: Clifton Park Turf Supplies, 282 Mountain Ridge 

Road, Maclean, QLD. Trial planted on 24 Dec 1998. 

Conditions: plants raised vegetatively under irrigated 

conditions. Trial design: randomised blocks with four 

replicates, in each a 2x2m irrigated field plot, five varieties 

were planted vegetatively from 75mm diameter, 50mm 

deep cores, one core per variety in each plot. 

Measurements: mean leaf blade length and width, leaf 

sheath length and internode length were recorded for five 

stolons per plant (plot) on 20 March 1999 and leaf blade, 

leaf sheath (RHS, 1986), stolon, anther and stigma colours 

were recorded for each variety. 



USA 1994 Granted ‘SS-100’ 

Plant Patent 9,395 

First sold in USA on 5 April 1995. First Australian sale nil. 

Description: Dr. Walter Scattini, Agricultural Consultant, Kelvin 

Grove, Brisbane, QLD. 

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Table 9 Stenotaphrum varieties 

‘SS100’ *‘Sir Walter’ *‘Shademaster’ *‘ST 85’ *Common 

LENGTH OF FIRST LEAF ON FOURTH NODE FROM TIP OF STOLON (mm) 

mean 19.4 27.0 21.3 11.9 24.1 

std deviation 6.30 6.28 6.38 1.10 2.88 

LSD/sig 9.50 ns ns ns ns 

WIDTH OF FIRST LEAF ON FOURTH NODE FROM TIP OF STOLON (mm) 

mean 5.8 7.7 6.0 4.5 7.6 

std deviation 1.19 0.84 1.23 0.16 1.06 

LSD/sig 1.77 P≤0.01 ns ns P≤0.01 

LENGTH OF SHEATH OF FIRST LEAF ON FOURTH NODE FROM TIP OF STOLON (mm) 

mean 21.1 23.0 23.6 14.4 26.8 

std deviation 1.66 1.04 1.89 0.95 3.72 

LSD/sig 3.59 ns ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

LENGTH OF FOURTH INTERNODE FROM TIP OF STOLON (mm) 

mean 46.7 58.6 55.7 34.9 60.0 

std deviation 9.18 6.74 6.99 6.55 7.55 

LSD/sig 12.1 ns ns ns P≤0.01 

LEAF BLADE COLOUR (RHS) 

137C 137C 137C 137C 137C 

LEAF SHEATH COLOUR (RHS) 

138B 138B 138B 138B 138B 

STOLON COLOUR green green mottled red red red red 

ANTHER COLOUR orange yellow orange yellow orange yellow purple sulphur yellow 

STIGMA COLOUR white purple purple purple purple 

COUCH GRASS 

Cynodon dactylon 

‘Plateau’ 

Application No: 98/023 Accepted: 23 Mar 1998. 

Applicant: Triodia Pty Ltd, Narrabeen, NSW. 

Characteristics (Table 10, Figure 34) Plant: habit prostrate, 

dense, spreading. Unmown height short (mean 35.09mm). 

Stem: long spreading stolons (mean width 1.06mm), 

internode short (mean node frequency 5.03 per cm length), 

strongly rhizomatous (mean width 1.93mm). Leaf: length 

short (mean 20.83mm), width narrow (mean 2.31mm), 

colour green (RHS 137A-B, 1995). Inflorescence: digitate, 

anther colour red/purple (RHS 74D 1986.), seed head 

frequency medium (9.17 per 100 cm). 

Origin and Breeding Spontaneous mutation: of common 

couch grass (Cynodon dactylon) growing on the property of 

the breeder at Collaroy Plateau, NSW in 1975. The parent 

plant was characterised by upright shoot growth, thick 

stolons, long internode length, long leaf length and high 

seed head frequency. The mutant variety ‘Plateau’ differs in 

the following characteristics by low growing height, 

prostrate shoot growth, short internode length, narrow 

stolon to rhizome width ratio and medium seed head 

frequency. Vegetative propagation of the mutant stolons was 

carried out in 1975. Ten stolon sections were planted in pots 

and grown on. The potted material was further divided and 

planted out to 50 pots in 1976. From this material, a section 

of lawn was established at the breeders property in 1978. 

From the lawn planting, vegetative material of ‘Plateau’ was 

planted into 12 pots. This potted material was transferred 

and planted into the ground as one plot measuring 3x2 m 2 at 

the Narrabeen RSL bowling green trial site in 1997. From 

this plot, stolons of ‘Plateau’ were transferred to the 

prepared trial site on the same green. At all generations, 

‘Plateau’ has remained uniform and stable. Selection 

criteria: low growth, prostrate spreading habit, short 

internode length and high sward density. Propagation: 

‘Plateau’ will be commercially propagated by vegetative 

sod and stolons from stock plants. Breeder: Peter Brown, 

Collaroy Plateau, NSW. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Riley’s Super Sport’ A was 

chosen as the most similar variety of common knowledge, 

forming a dense turf of low growing height. The second 

comparator, ‘Greenlees Park’ is a widely available 

commercial variety of the same species and is the parent of 

‘Riley’s Super Sport’. Although ‘Greenlees Park’ has a 

higher growth height and more upright shoot habit than the 

candidate variety, it was chosen as being representative in 

growth habit of the majority of commercially available 

varieties of common knowledge. The parent of the 

candidate variety ‘Plateau’ was not included in the trial 

because of its obvious difference in growth habit mentioned 

above. 

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Riley’s Super Sport’ A , 

‘Greenlees Park’, Narrabeen RSL Bowling Club, Nareen 

Parade, Narrabeen, NSW. Summer 1998-99. Conditions: 

twelve turf plot established in the field, trial irrigated and 

fertilized as required at standard rates. Two insecticide 

treatments applied in the growing season. No mowing was 

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carried out. Trial design: twelve plots measuring 2 x 1 m 2 

planted in the field in loamy sand of uniform texture, using 

4 replicates each of the candidate and comparator varieties. 

One hundred stolons were used to establish individual trial 

plot replicates from pre-trial field plantings of each variety, 

established at the site in 1997. Measurements: 100 random 

samples for unmown height, leaf length and width, node 

frequency, 25 for rhizome/stolon thickness, angle of shoot 

emergence, 12 grid counts for seed head density. 

Prior Applications and Sales Nil. 

Description: Jyri Kaapro, Turfgrass Technology Pty Ltd, Granville, 

NSW. 

Table 10 Cynodon varieties 

‘Plateau’ *‘Riley’s Super *‘Greenlees 

Sport’ A Park’ 

PLANT GROWT HABIT 

prostrate, very prostrate, bunched, 

spreading spreading spreading 

NODE DENSITY 

high very high medium 

UNMOWN HEIGHT (mm) 

mean 35.09 30.01 301.63 

std deviation 1.53 1.57 13.80 

LSD/sig 2.65 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

LEAF LENGTH (mm) Measured 3rd leaf down from terminal 

shoot 

mean 20.83 13.95 75.31 


LSD/sig 1.40 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

LEAF WIDTH (mm) Measured 3rd leaf down from terminal 

shoot 

mean 2.31 2.26 2.39 


LSD/sig 0.09 ns ns 

LEAF LENGTH / WIDTH RATIO Measured 3rd leaf down 

from terminal shoot 

mean 9.12 6.24 31.81 


LSD/sig 0.63 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

NODE FREQUENCY (number/cm) 

Measured down from base of terminal shoot in established sward 

mean 5.03 6.60 4.30 


LSD/sig 0.38 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

RHIZOME THICKNESS (mm) Measured 1cm below soil 

surface 

mean 1.93 1.62 1.18 


LSD/sig 0.21 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

STOLON THICKNESS (mm) 

mean 1.06 1.29 1.00 


LSD/sig 0.17 P≤0.01 ns 

RHIZOME/STOLON THICKNESS RATIO 

mean 1.83 1.29 1.26 


LSD/sig 0.26 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

SEED HEAD DENSITY (number/100cm 2 ) 

mean 9.17 12.33 3.83 


LSD/sig 3.71 ns P≤0.01 

SHOOT EMERGENCE ANGLE (0 o = vertical, 90 o = 

horizontal) 

mean 79.96 o 85.00 o 71.04 o 


LSD/sig 0.90 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

LEAF COLOUR (RHS 1995) 

137A-B 147A 137C 

FABA BEAN 

Vicia faba 

‘Fiesta VF’ 

Application No: 97 / 327 Accepted: 11 Dec 1997. 

Applicant: Luminis Pty Ltd (as assignee from The 

University of Adelaide), Adelaide, SA and 

Grains Research and Development Corporation, Barton, 

ACT. 

Characteristics (Table 11, Figure 38) Plant: indeterminate 

growth habit, height medium, flowering intermediate, 

maturity intermediate. Flowers: white, standard petal slight 

– moderate streaks, melanin spot on wing petal. Pod: length 

medium, curvature absent or slight. Seed: medium (mean 

0.75g), shape broad elliptical, colour beige, hilum black. 

Disease reaction: more resistant to foliar diseases than other 

Australian faba bean varieties, moderately susceptible to 

chocolate spot, caused by Botrytis fabae and heterogeneous 

for reaction to Ascochyta blight caused by Ascochyta fabae 

with an overall population rating of moderately resistant. 

Origin and Breeding Phenotypic selection followed by 

open pollination: ‘Fiesta VF’ was originally designated as 

Acc483 in the University of Adelaide Faba bean Breeding 

Program. Acc483 was selected from the inbred line 

BPL1196 seln B8817 obtained from the International 

Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Syria. 

The parent population was characterised by uneven seed 

size. Following multiplication in quarantine at the Waite 

Campus in 1991, progeny of single plants of BPL1196 seln 

B8817 were divided into two selections, Acc483 (100 seed 

weight 67g) and Acc649 (100 seed weight 109g). Acc483 

was multiplied in an isolation plot (200m from other faba 

beans) at Glenthorne Research Farm, O’Halloran Hill, SA, 

in 1992 and sorted to remove off-type seeds. Seed produced 

from a multiplication of Acc483 in 1994, and graded over 

9mm and 11.5mm sieves, was selected to become the 

variety ‘Fiesta VF’. Grading to improve uniformity of seed 

size occurred during all subsequent generations of 

multiplication (1994-1997). Intra-population crosspollination 

was allowed at all stages of multiplication to 

ensure inbreeding depression did not occur within the 

population. Selection criteria: seed characteristics (size and 

colour), grain yield and disease resistance (chocolate spot, 

moderately susceptible and Ascochyta blight moderately 

resistant). Propagation: seed grown in spatial isolation from 

other faba beans through 5 generations. Breeders: Ron 

Knight and Jeff Paull, Waite Campus, University of 

Adelaide, Glen Osmond, SA. 

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Choice of Comparators ‘Fiord’, ‘Ascot’, ‘Barkool’ A , 

‘Icarus’ and ‘Aquadulce’ were initially considered for the 

comparative trial, as these are current Australian faba bean 

varieties of common knowledge. ‘Barkool’ A was excluded 

because it has similar sized seed to ‘Fiord’ and ‘Ascot’ and 

‘Aquadulce’ was excluded because it has much larger seed 

than ‘Fiesta VF’. The variation in the original population 

and the fact that ‘Fiesta VF’ differs from the original 

population can be demonstrated indirectly by comparison 

of ‘Fiesta VF’ with other selections from the same 

population. ‘Fiesta VF’ and sister lines Acc649/1 and 

Acc649/2 were included in a yield trial at Turretfield, SA in 

1997. 100 seed weight of these three lines was 60g, 88g and 

112g, respectively. 

Comparative Trial Comparators ‘Fiord’, ‘Ascot’ and 

‘Icarus’ Location: Waite Campus, Glen Osmond, SA, Jun 

1997 – Dec 1997. Conditions: plants were raised in open 

beds with supplementary irrigation available to prevent 

moisture stress. Trial design: 5m x 2 row plots with seeds 

spaced at 20cm within rows and 25cm between rows (50 

seeds/plot), sown by hand on 18 Jun 1997, arranged in a 

randomised complete block design with 4 replicates. 

Measurements: all plants were observed for time of 

flowering, measurements were taken from 20 randomly 

selected plants per plot for plant height and pod length and 

seed weight was determined from a bulk sample of each 

plot. 


Description: Dr Jeff Paull, Waite Campus, University of Adelaide, Glen 

Osmond, SA. 

Table 11 Vicia varieties 

‘Fiesta VF’ * ‘Fiord’ *‘Ascot’ *‘Icarus’ 

DAYS TO 50% FLOWERING 

mean 82.3 83.3 83.5 91.8 

std deviation 0.91 1.00 0.96 0.96 

LSD/sig 1.80 ns ns P≤0.01 

PLANT HEIGHT (mid-podding) (cm) 

mean 82.2 73.3 67.9 78.1 

std deviation 4.86 6.02 6.88 5.01 

LSD/sig 10.6 ns P≤0.01 ns 

POD LENGTH (mm) 

mean 81.2 65.4 65.1 75.0 

std deviation 2.07 0.79 1.29 3.34 

LSD/sig 7.95 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns 

100 SEED WEIGHT (g) 

mean 74.9 53.3 53.3 94.5 

std deviation 2.03 1.50 4.35 5.69 

LSD/sig 6.66 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

SEED 

colour of testa beige beige beige green 

IMPATIENS 

Impatiens wallerana 

‘Lavender Orchid’ syn Fiesta Lavender 

Orchid Double 


Applicant: Ball FloraPlant – Division of Ball 

Horticultural Company, Illinois, USA. 

Agent: A. J. Newport and Son Pty Ltd, Winmalee, NSW. 

Characteristics (Table 12, Figure 14) Plant: height of 

foliage short (216mm), width medium (382mm). Leaf: 

length medium (96mm), width medium (48mm), 

length/width ratio 2.02, ground colour of upper side yellow 

green (ca RHS 146A, 1986), marking of upper side absent, 

colour of lower side between veins yellow green (RHS 

147C, 1986). Flower: type double, diameter medium 

(46mm), number of colours (eyezone excluded) one, main 

colour of upper side of petal red purple (RHS 75B, 1986), 

eyezone present, size of eyezone small to medium, colour of 

eyezone red purple (RHS 61B, 1986). Time of beginning of 

flowering: early to medium. 


359-1x pollen parent 170-1-3 in a planned breeding 

program. The seed parent exhibits light pink semi double 

flowers and medium green foliage and the pollen parent 

exhibits pink double flowers with medium green foliage. 

Hybridisation took place at Pan American Seed, Elburn, 

Illinois, USA. From this cross a seedling designated 

‘Lavender Orchid’ was chosen on the basis of flower and 

habit characters. Selection criteria: double flowers, 

floriferousness, and branching character. Propagation: 

vegetatively propagated by cutting over more than eight 

generations and is uniform and stable. Breeder: Dr. Ellen 

Leue, Elburn, USA. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Candy Floss’ and ‘Pink Ruffle’ 

syn Fiesta Pink Ruffle were chosen as the most similar 

varieties of common knowledge on the basis of flower 

colour and plant habit. The parental lines were not 

considered for obvious differences in flower and foliage 

colour as stated above. No other similar varieties of 

common knowledge have been identified. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Pink Ruffle’ syn Fiesta 

Pink Ruffle, ‘Candy Floss’. Location: A.J. Newport and Son 

Pty Ltd, Winmalee, NSW, Jan 1999 – May 1999. 

Conditions: trials conducted in a greenhouse, plants 

propagated from cuttings, rooted cuttings planted in 150mm 

pots containing commercial media, dripper irrigated, 

spacing at 40cm, nutrition, pest and disease treatment as 

required Trial design: twenty plants of each variety 


Measurements: from all trial plants, one sample per plant. 



USA 1995 Granted (PP 9615)‘Lavender Orchid’ 

EU 1995 Applied ‘LavenderOrchid’ 

Japan 1995 Applied ‘Fiesta Lavender 

Orchid’ 

South Africa 1997 Granted ‘Lavender Orchid’ 

Poland 1998 Granted ‘Fiesta Lavender 

Orchid’ 

First sold in USA in March 1995. 

Description: Matthew Turner, A.J.Newport and Son Pty Ltd, Winmalee, 

NSW. 

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‘Pink Ruffle’ syn Fiesta Pink Ruffle 






foliage tall (279mm), width broad (413mm). Leaf: length 

medium (102mm), width medium (46mm), length/width 

ratio 2.19, ground colour of upper side yellow green (ca 

RHS 144A, 1986), marking of upper side absent, colour of 

lower side between veins yellow green (RHS 147C, 1986). 

Flower: type double, diameter medium (48mm), number of 

colours (eyezone excluded) one, main colour of upper side 

of petal red purple (RHS 58D, 1986), eyezone present, size 

of eyezone small to medium, colour of eyezone red purple 

(RHS 60B, 1986). Time of beginning of flowering: early to 

medium. 


359-2 x pollen parent 30-2-2 in a planned breeding 

program. The seed parent exhibits orange semi-double 

flowers and medium green foliage. The pollen parent 

exhibits orange double flowers with medium to deep green 

foliage. Hybridisation took place at Pan American Seed, 

Elburn, Illinois, USA. From this cross a seedling designated 

‘Pink Ruffle’ was chosen on the basis of flower and habit 

characters. Selection criteria: double flowers, 

floriferousness, and branching character. Propagation: 

vegetatively propagated by cutting over more than eight 

generations and is uniform and stable. Breeder: Dr. Ellen 

Leue, Elburn, USA. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Sparkler Salmon’ A and 

‘Lavender Orchid’ syn Fiesta Lavender Orchid Double were 

chosen as the most similar varieties of common knowledge 

on the basis of primary flower colour and plant habit. 

‘Candy Floss’ was chosen on the basis of primary flower 

colour. The parental lines were not considered for obvious 

differences in flower and foliage colour as stated above. No 

other similar varieties of common knowledge have been 

identified. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Lavender Orchid’ syn 

Fiesta Lavender Orchid Double, ‘Sparkler Salmon’ A , 

‘Candy Floss’. Location: A.J.Newport and Son Pty Ltd, 

Winmalee, NSW, Jan 1999 – May 1999. Conditions: trials 

conducted in a greenhouse, plants propagated from cuttings, 

rooted cuttings planted in 150mm pots containing 

commercial media, dripper irrigated, spacing at 40cm, 

nutrition, pest and disease treatment as required Trial 

design: twenty plants of each variety arranged in a 

completely randomised design. Measurements: from all 

trial plants, one sample per plant. 



USA 1995 Granted (PP 9619) ‘Pink Ruffle’ 

EU 1995 Applied ‘Pink Ruffle’ 

Japan 1995 Applied ‘Fiesta Pink Ruffle’ 

South Africa 1997 Granted ‘Pink Ruffle’ 

Poland 1997 Granted ‘Fiesta Pink Ruffle’ 



NSW. 

‘Sparkler Rose’ syn Fiesta Sparkler Rose 

Double 






foliage medium (244mm), width narrow (352mm). Leaf: 

length medium (94mm), width medium (44mm), 

length/width ratio 2.12, ground colour of upper side yellow 

green (RHS 146B, 1986), marking of upper side absent, 

colour of lower side between veins yellow green (ca RHS 


(47mm), number of colours (eyezone excluded) two, main 

colour of upper side of petal red purple (RHS 57A, 1986), 

secondary colour of upper side of petal red (RHS 56B, 

1986), eyezone absent. Time of beginning of flowering: 

medium to late. 


464-1 x pollen parent 481-2 in a planned breeding program. 

The seed parent exhibits single red flowers and dark green 

foliage. The pollen parent exhibits cherry/rose semi-double 

flowers with medium green foliage. Hybridisation took 

place at Pan American Seed, Elburn, Illinois, USA. From 

this cross a seedling designated ‘Sparkler Rose’ was chosen 

on the basis of flower and habit characters. Selection 

criteria: double flowers, floriferousness, and branching 

character. Propagation: vegetatively propagated by cutting 

over more than eight generations and is uniform and stable. 

Breeder: Dr. Ellen Leue, Elburn, USA. 

Choice of Comparator ‘Burgundy Rose’ was chosen as the 

most similar variety of common knowledge on the basis of 

primary flower colour and plant habit. No other similar 

varieties of common knowledge have been identified. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Burgundy Rose’ A . 

Location: A.J.Newport and Son Pty Ltd, Winmalee, NSW, 

Jan 1999 – May 1999. Conditions: trials conducted in a 

greenhouse, plants propagated from cuttings, rooted 

cuttings planted in 150mm pots containing commercial 

media, dripper irrigated, spacing at 40cm, nutrition, pest 

and disease treatment as required Trial design: twenty 

plants of each variety arranged in a completely randomised 

design. Measurements: from all trial plants, one sample per 

plant. 



USA 1995 Granted (PP 9603) ‘Sparkler Rose’ 

EU 1995 Applied ‘Sparkler Rose’ 

Japan 1995 Applied ‘Fiesta Sparkler Rose’ 

South Africa 1997 Granted ‘Sparkler Rose’ 

Poland 1997 Granted ‘Fiesta Sparkler Rose’ 



NSW. 

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‘Fiesta White’ 






foliage very short (197mm), width very narrow (314mm). 

Leaf: length medium (93mm), width narrow (43mm), 


green (ca RHS 146A, 1986), marking of upper side absent, 




colour of upper side of petal white (RHS 155D, 1986), 

eyezone present, size of eyezone very small, colour of 

eyezone red (RHS 56D, 1986). Time of beginning of 

flowering: early to medium. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Sparkler Salmon’ A was chosen 

as the closest variety of common knowledge on the basis of 

flower colour and plant habit. Other Fiesta Impatiens 

candidate varieties display similar vegetative and plant habit 

characteristics and for this reason were considered closest 

comparators. No other similar varieties of common 

knowledge have been identified. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Sparkler Salmon’ A . 









plant. 


487-1-1x pollen parent 840-4-3 in a planned breeding 

program. Both parents are proprietary breeding lines 

developed by the same breeder Hybridisation took place at 

Pan American Seed, Elburn, Illinois, USA. From this cross 

seedling number BFP-7812 was chosen on the basis of 

flower and growth habit characters. Selection criteria: 

floriferousness, flower size and colour, branching character 

and compact growth habit. Propagation: vegetatively 

propagated by cutting over more than eight generations and 

is uniform and stable. Breeder: Dr. Ellen Leue, Elburn, 

USA. 



EU 1996 Granted ‘Fiesta White’ 

Canada 1997 Applied ‘BFP-7812’ 

South Africa 1997 Granted ‘Fiesta White’ 

Poland 1997 Granted ‘Fiesta White’ 

First sold in USA in July 1997. 


NSW. 

Table 12 Impatiens varieties 

‘Sparkler Rose’ ‘Lavender Orchid’ ‘Fiesta White’ ‘Pink Ruffle’ *‘Burgundy Rose’ A *‘Candy Floss’ *‘Sparkler 

syn Fiesta Sparkler syn Fiesta Lavender syn Fiesta Pink Salmon’ A 

Rose Double Orchid Double Ruffle 

PLANT: HEIGHT OF FOLIAGE (mm) LSD (P≤0.01)=27 

mean 244b 216cd 197d 279a 248b 237bc 249b 

std deviation 30 25 36 27 24 48 31 

PLANT: WIDTH (mm) LSD (P≤0.01)=35 

mean 352bcd 382ab 314e 413a 341cde 330de 370bc 

std deviation 30 48 57 28 48 41 41 

LEAF: LENGTH (mm) LSD (P≤0.01)=10 

mean 94bc 96bc 93bc 102b 114a 113a 88c 

std deviation 8 13 19 10 12 14 7 

LEAF: WIDTH (mm) LSD (P≤0.01)=4 

mean 44cd 48abc 43d 46bcd 50ab 52a 46bcd 

std deviation 3 5 8 3 5 6 4 

LEAF: LENGTH/ WIDTH RATIO 

2.12 2.02 2.19 2.20 2.29 2.17 1.93 

LEAF: GROUND COLOUR OF UPPER SIDE (RHS) 

146B ca 146A ca 146A ca 144A 146A ca 147A 146A 

LEAF: MARKING OF UPPER SIDE 

absent absent absent absent absent absent absent 

LEAF: COLOUR OF LOWER SIDE BETWEEN VEINS (RHS) 

ca 147C 147C 147C 147C 147C 147C 147C 

FLOWER: TYPE 

double double double double double double double 

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Table 12 Continued 

FLOWER: DIAMETER (mm) LSD (P≤0.01)=3 

mean 47b 46b 45b 48b 47b 46b 55a 

std deviation 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 

FLOWER: NUMBER OF COLOURS 

two one one one one one two 

FLOWER: MAIN COLOUR OF UPPER SIDE OF PETAL (RHS) 

57A 75B 155D 58D 61B 68B 52C 

FLOWER: SECONDARY COLOUR OF UPPER SIDE OF PETAL (RHS) 

56B – – – – – 56D 

FLOWER: EYEZONE 

absent present present present absent present absent 

FLOWER: SIZE OF EYEZONE 

– small to very small small to – medium – 

medium 

medium 

FLOWER: COLOUR OF EYEZONE (RHS) 

– 61B 56D 60B – 66A – 

TIME OF BEGINNING OF FLOWERING 

medium to late early to early to early to early to late medium to 

medium medium medium medium late 

LAVENDER 

Lavandula stoechas ssp. pedunculata 

‘Pukehou’ 

Application No: 96/140 Accepted 22 Jul 1996. 

Applicant: Pukehou Nursery, Manakau, New Zealand. 


VIC. 

Characteristics (Table 13, Figure 28) Plant: compact 

aromatic shrub Stem: erect, pubescent. Leaf: short, linear, 

strongly aromatic, pubescent, grey green (RHS 189B). 

Inflorescence: terminal spike (mean length 37.9mm) with 

basal flower whorl persistent below spike, conspicuous 

large terminal bracts, oblanceolate, undulating margin, 

purple (RHS 86D). Corolla dark purple (RHS 88A). (Note: 


Origin and Breeding Open pollination followed by 

seedling selection: ‘Pukehou’ arose as the result of a single 

cycle of selection from a large number of open pollinated L. 

stoechas ssp. pedunculata seedlings grown at applicant’s 

property in Manakau, New Zealand. The open pollinated 

seedlings were raised as part of a planned breeding program 

to develop novel floral characteristics. The resultant 

seedling selection has a unique flower colour, which is 

darker than common L. stoechas ssp. pedunculata 

seedlings. The selection has been propagated vegetatively 

through many generations to confirm uniformity and 

stability of its floral characteristics. Selection criteria: dark 

bract and corolla colour. Propagation: ‘Pukehou’ is 

commercially propagated by vegetative cuttings. Breeder: 

Mary Robertson, Pukehou Nursery, Manakau, New 

Zealand. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Helmsdale’ A , ‘Magenta 

Aurora’ A , ‘Marshwood’ A , ‘Major’ and ‘Merle’ were 

initially considered as comparators. ‘Helmsdale’ A was 

excluded because it is more compact in habit with shorter 

internodes. ‘Magenta Aurora’ A was not finally considered 

for its pink bract colour. ‘Major’ and ‘Merle’ both were 

excluded because of their shorter flowering stem. Only 

‘Marshwood’ A was finally chosen for its similarity in floral 

characteristics. At the time of the trial this was considered 

the most similar variety of common knowledge although 

subsequent releases such as ‘Avonview’ would be more 

appropriate comparators now. ‘Avonview’ can be easily 

distinguished form ‘Pukehou’ on the basis of habit, leaf and 

internode length and the consistent presence of a basal 

whorl of florets below the spike in ‘Pukehou’ which is 

absent in ‘Avonview’. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Marshwood’ A . Location: 

Wonga Park, VIC, Winter-Spring 1997. Conditions : plants 

were propagated in Dec 1996 and raised in 150mm 

containers in a pinebark-based medium with Osmocote, 

grown outdoors under overhead irrigation. Trial design: 

twenty plants of each variety were incorporated in the trial 

with four random blocks of five plants. Measurements: one 

sample per plant. 


No prior applications. 

First sold in New Zealand in 1996. First sold in Australia in 

1996. 

Description: Mr A. Salmon, Florabella Australia, Gapsted, VIC. 

Table 13 Lavandula varieties 

‘Pukehou’ 

PLANT HEIGHT (mm) 

mean 468.5 389.0 

std deviation 36.89 41.28 

LSD/sig 33.57 P≤0.01 

*‘Marshwood’ A 

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mean 54.25 70.85 


LSD/sig 8.76 P≤0.01 

INTERNODE LENGTH (mm) 

mean 23.90 34.90 


LSD/sig 4.70 P≤0.01 

NODES TO FLOWER 

mean 18.55 9.55 


LSD/sig 1.47 P≤0.01 

SPIKE LENGTH (mm) 

mean 37.90 34.50 


LSD/sig 3.70 ns 

BRACT COLOUR 

COROLLA COLOUR 

purple 

RHS 86D 

dark purple 

RHS 88A 

AROMA FOLIAGE (CRUSHED) 

sharp/strong 

BASAL WHORL FLORETS 

present 

MARIGOLD 

Tagetes hybrid 

mauve 

RHS 84B 

purple 

RHS 86A 

medium 

absent 

‘Polynema’ 

Application No: 97/150 Accepted: 21 Jul 1997. 

Applicant : Dr Thomas van der Heijden, Enkhuizen, 

Netherlands. 

Agent: Pauline Foster, Jerd Seeds, Ringwood, VIC. 

Characteristics (Figure 42) Plant: tall, height up to 250cm, 

erect with short flowering season. Stem: anthocyanin 

absent, straight, flexible. Leaf: leaflets narrow lanceolate, 

dentate margins, dark green, leaf length 21.6cm, leaflet 

length 8cm-9cm, 19mm width, strong marigold odour. 

Inflorescence: flowers in corymbs, i.e,. umbelliform 

racemes, very small. Flower head diameter 3mm-4mm, 

lemon yellow RHS 154C. Seed vessel: size medium, funnel 

shape. 

Origin and Breeding Controlled Pollination: ‘Nemanon’ x 

‘L71’. Both parents are derivatives of a cross between 

‘Naughty Marietta’ (Tagetes patula) x ‘ITAL-line’ (Tagetes 

minuta). Originally isolated ‘Nemanon’ as a good manure 

crop for nematode control. Selection criteria: ‘Polynema’ 

selected as faster grower, better upright growth and taller 

variety. Propagation: by seed. Breeder: Dr Thomas van der 

Heijden, Netherlands. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Nemanon’ is the closest 

comparator though not available in Australia. ‘Polynema’ 

differs from ‘Nemanon’ in having taller plants with less 

number of branches, higher stem diameter, shorter leaflets 

being wider at dentate edge. It is also later flowering than 

its comparator. 

Comparative Trial Based on overseas UPOV data from 

The Netherlands comparing ‘Polynema’ to ‘Nemanon’. The 

trial was conducted at CPRO-DLO ‘Nergena’, Wageningen, 

The Netherlands. Overseas test report was confirmed by 

local observations made when grown under garden 

conditions in Ringwood, VIC. Under low light conditions 

leaflet width averaged 15mm. All other characteristics were 

verified under Australian condition. 



Netherlands 1994 Granted ‘Polynema’ 

USA 1994 Granted ‘Polynema’ 

EU 1995 Granted ‘Polynema’ 

New Zealand 1998 Applied ‘Polynema’ 

Israel 1998 Applied ‘Polynema’ 

Description: Pauline Foster, Jerd Seeds, Ringwood, VIC. 


Impatiens hybrid 

‘BSR–152 Dark Pink’ syn Celebration Deep 

Pink 





Characteristics (Table 14, Figure 16) Plant: height of 

foliage tall (258mm), width medium (346mm). Leaf: length 

medium (131mm), width narrow (32mm), length/width 

ratio 4.11, ground colour of upper side yellow green (RHS 

147A, 1986), marking of upper side absent, colour of lower 

side between veins greyed purple (RHS 183C, 1986). 

Flower: type single, diameter medium (59mm), number of 


of petal red (RHS 55A, 1986), eyezone present, size of 

eyezone medium, colour of eyezone red purple (RHS 61B, 

1986). Time of beginning of flowering: early. 


‘Caligo’ x pollen parent ‘Eurema’ in a planned breeding 

program. The seed parent exhibits blush pink blossoms with 

dark bronze foliage and the pollen parent exhibits coral 

orange blossoms with variegated dark green foliage. 

Hybridisation took place in Ball FloraPlant Breeding 

Station, Santa Maria, California, USA. From this cross 

seedling number BSR-152 was chosen on the basis of 

flower and habit characters. Selection criteria: flower size 

and colour, branching character and compact growth habit. 

Propagation: vegetatively propagated by cutting over more 

than eight generations and is uniform and stable. Breeder: 

Dr. S. Trees, Ball FloraPlant, Arroyo Grande, USA. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Argus’ was chosen as the most 

similar variety of common knowledge on the basis of flower 

colour. The parental varieties were not considered for 

obvious differences in flower and foliage colour as stated 

above. No other similar varieties of common knowledge 

have been identified. 

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Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Argus’. Location: 

A.J.Newport and Son Pty Ltd, Winmalee, NSW, Jan 1999 – 

May 1999. Conditions: trials conducted in a greenhouse, 

plants propagated from cuttings, rooted cuttings planted in 

150mm pots containing commercial media, dripper 

irrigated, spacing at 40cm, nutrition, pest and disease 

treatment as required Trial design: twenty plants of each 

variety arranged in a completely randomised design. 




USA 1992 Granted (PP 8409) ‘BSR-152 Dark Pink’ 

Japan 1995 Applied ‘Celebration Deep 

Pink’ 

First sold in USA in July 1994. First Australian sale 

February 1998. 


NSW. 

Table 14 Impatiens varieties 

‘BSR-152 Dark Pink’ syn 

Celebration Deep Pink 

PLANT: HEIGHT OF FOLIAGE (mm) 

mean 258 190 

std deviation 48 20 

LSD/sig 27 P≤0.01 

WIDTH (mm) 

mean 346 199 


LSD/sig 46 P≤0.01 


4.11 3.52 

*‘Argus’ 

LEAF: COLOUR OF LOWER SIDE BETWEEN VEINS (RHS, 

1986) 

183C 

147B 

FLOWER: DIAMETER (mm) 

mean 59 52 


LSD/sig 3 P≤0.01 

FLOWER: MAIN COLOUR OF UPPER SIDE OF PETAL 

(RHS, 1986) 

55A 

58C 

FLOWER: COLOUR OF EYEZONE (RHS, 1986) 

61B 

66B 


early 

medium 

‘BFP–523 Deep Red’ syn Celebration Deep 

Red 






foliage medium (234mm), width medium (328mm). Leaf: 

length medium (129mm), width medium (35mm), 


green (RHS 147A, 1986), marking of upper side absent, 


147B, 1986). Flower: type single, diameter medium 


colour of upper side of petal red ca (RHS 45A, 1986), 

eyezone absent. Time of beginning of flowering: early. 


‘BFP-364 Deep Coral’ x pollen parent BFP-307 in a 

planned breeding program. The seed parent exhibits large 

dark coral flowers with variegated bronze foliage and the 

pollen parent exhibits large red flowers with medium green 

foliage. Hybridisation took place in Ball FloraPlant 

Breeding Station, Arroyo Grande, California, USA. From 

this cross seedling number BFP-523 was chosen on the 

basis of flower and habit characters. Selection criteria: 

flower size and colour, branching character, foliage colour 

and compact growth habit. Propagation: vegetatively 


is uniform and stable. Breeder: Dr. S. Trees, Ball FloraPlant, 

Arroyo Grande, USA. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Moala New Paradise’ was chosen 

as the most similar variety of common knowledge on the 

basis of flower colour. The parental varieties were not 




Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Moala New Paradise’. 









plant. 



USA 1996 Granted (PP 9521) ‘BFP-523 Deep Red’ 

EU 1993 Refused ‘Celebration Deep 

Red’ 

First sold in USA in July 1995. First Australian sale April 

1998. 


NSW. 


‘BFP–523 Deep Red’ syn 

Celebration Deep Red 

*‘Moala New 

Paradise’ 


mean 234 171 


LSD/sig 27 P≤0.01 

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PLANT: WIDTH (mm) 

mean 328 229 


LSD/sig 46 P≤0.01 

LEAF: LENGTH (mm) 

mean 129 142 


LSD/sig 10 P≤0.01 

LEAF: WIDTH (mm) 

mean 35 38 


LSD/sig 2.8 P≤0.01 


3.69 3.74 


mean 59 66 




(RHS, 1986) 

ca 45A 

45A 


early 

late 

‘BSR–186 Bonfire Orange’ syn Celebration 

Orange Bonfire 






foliage short (221mm), width broad (373mm). Leaf: length 

short (102mm), width medium (36mm), length/width ratio 

2.86, ground colour of upper side yellow green (RHS 147A, 

1986), marking of upper side absent, colour of lower side 

between veins greyed purple (RHS 183B, 1986). Flower: 

type single, diameter small (52mm), number of colours 

(eyezone excluded) one, main colour of upper side of petal 

brighter than red (RHS 40A, 1986), eyezone present, size of 

eyezone medium, colour of eyezone red (RHS 53B, 1986). 

Time of beginning of flowering: early. 

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent N 

2275-1 x pollen parent N2317-1 in a planned breeding 

program. The seed parent exhibits bright orange mediumsized 

blossoms with green foliage and the pollen parent 

exhibits large-sized blossoms with bronze green foliage. 

Hybridisation took place in Linda Vista Cartago, Costa 

Rica. From this cross seedling number BSR-186 was 

chosen on the basis of flower and habit characters. Selection 

criteria: flower size and colour, branching character and 

compact growth habit. Propagation: vegetatively 


is uniform and stable. Breeder: M. Guillen, Cartago, Costa 

Rica. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Epia’ was chosen as the most 

similar varieties of common knowledge on the basis of 

flower colour and plant habit. The parental lines were not 




Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Epia’. Location: 











USA 1992 Granted (PP 8398) ‘BSR-186 Bonfire 

Orange’ 

Japan 1995 Applied ‘Celebration 

Bonfire Orange’ 

First sold in USA in July 1994, First Australian sale 



NSW. 


‘BSR-186 

Bonfire Orange’ 

syn Celebration 

Orange Bonfire 

*‘Epia’ 


mean 221 251 


LSD/sig 27 P≤0.01 


mean 373 285 


LSD/sig 46 P≤0.01 


mean 102 124 


LSD/sig 10 P≤0.01 


mean 36 41 




2.86 3.05 

FLOWER: MAIN COLOUR OF UPPER SIDE OF PETAL (RHS) 

brighter than 40A ca. 32A 


medium 

large 

FLOWER: COLOUR OF EYEZONE (RHS) 

53B 

47A 


early 

medium 

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‘Purple Star’ syn Celebration Purple Star 






foliage tall (265mm), width broad (371mm). Leaf: length 

short (105mm), width narrow (29mm), length/width ratio 

3.61, ground colour of upper side yellow green (RHS 147A, 

1986), marking of upper side absent, colour of lower side 

between veins greyed purple (RHS 183C, 1986). Flower: 

type single, diameter medium (58mm), number of colours 

(eyezone excluded) two, main colour of upper side of petal 

purple (RHS 75A, 1986), secondary colour of upper side of 

petal red purple (RHS 74A, 1986), eyezone present, size of 

eyezone medium, colour of eyezone red purple (RHS 61C, 

1986). Time of beginning of flowering: very early. 


198 x pollen parent ‘Tonga’ in a planned breeding program. 

The seed parent exhibits bicoloured orange blossoms and 

dark green foliage and the pollen parent exhibits bicoloured 

lavender/purple blooms, glossy dark bronze-green foliage 

with a red midvein, and a compact growth habit. 


Station, Arroyo Grande, California, USA. From this cross a 

seedling designated ‘Purple Star’ was chosen on the basis of 


and colour, branching character, foliage colour and compact 

growth habit. Propagation: vegetatively propagated by 

cutting over more than eight generations and is uniform and 

stable. Breeder: Dr. S. Trees, Ball FloraPlant, Arroyo 

Grande, USA. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Octavia’ was chosen as the most 

similar variety of common knowledge on the basis of plant 

habit and flower colour. The parental lines were not 




Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Octavia’. Location: 











USA 1996 Granted (PP 10091) ‘Purple Star’ 

First sold in USA in July 1996. First Australian sale April 

1998. 


NSW. 


‘Purple Star’ syn * ‘Octavia’ 

Celebration Purple Star 


mean 265 215 


LSD/sig 27 P≤0.01 


mean 371 299 


LSD/sig 46 P≤0.01 




LSD/sig 10 P≤0.01 


mean 29 36 




3.61 3.52 

LEAF: GROUND COLOUR OF UPPER SIDE (RHS, 1986) 

ca 147A 

147A 

LEAF: COLOUR OF LOWER SIDE BETWEEN VEINS (RHS, 1986) 

183C 

183B 


(RHS, 1986) 

75A 

81C 

FLOWER: SECONDARY COLOUR OF UPPER SIDE OF 

PETAL (RHS, 1986) 

74A 

66A 

FLOWER: COLOUR OF EYEZONE (RHS, 1986) 

61C 

66A 


very early 

late 

‘BFP–368 Rose’ syn Rose Celebration 






foliage medium (239mm), width broad (394mm). Leaf: 

length long (146mm), width broad (38mm), length/width 

ratio 3.81, ground colour of upper side yellow green (RHS 

146A, 1986), marking of upper side absent, colour of lower 

side between veins yellow green (RHS 147C, 1986). 

Flower: type single, diameter very large (70mm), number of 


of petal red purple (RHS 57A, 1986), eyezone present, size 

of eyezone medium, colour of eyezone red purple (RHS 

73C, 1986). Time of beginning of flowering: early. 


N2507-3 x pollen parent 3616-A in a planned breeding 

program. The seed parent exhibits bright salmon flowers 

with medium green foliage and the pollen parent exhibits 

very large rose pink flowers, and dark foliage. 


Station, Arroyo Grande, California, USA. From this cross 

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seedling number BFP-368 was chosen on the basis of 


and colour, branching character and growth habit. 

Propagation: vegetatively propagated by cutting over more 

than eight generations and is uniform and stable. Breeder: 

Dr. S. Trees, Ball FloraPlant, Arroyo Grande, USA. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Isopa’ was chosen as the most 

similar variety of common knowledge on the basis of 

flower colour and plant habit. The parental lines were not 




Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Isopa’. Location: 











USA 1995 Granted (PP 95321) ‘BFP-368 Rose’ 

Japan 1996 Applied ‘Celebration 

Rose’ 

First sold in USA in May 1995 First Australian sale 



NSW. 


‘BFP-368 Rose’ syn *‘Isopa’ 

Rose Celebration 


mean 239 275 


LSD/sig 27 P≤0.01 


mean 394 344 


LSD/sig 46 P≤0.01 




LSD/sig 10 P≤0.01 


3.81 3.51 

LEAF: GROUND COLOUR OF UPPER SIDE (RHS,1986) 

146A 

147B 

LEAF: COLOUR OF LOWER SIDE BETWEEN VEINS 

(RHS,1986) 

147C 

183C 


mean 70 58 




(RHS,1986) 

57A 

52A 


medium 


early 

PEACH 


large 

medium 

‘Sweet Scarlet’ 

Application No: 96/215 Accepted: 30 Oct 1996. 


USA. 


Monbulk, VIC. 

Characteristics (Figure 33) Plant: size large, vigor 

vigorous, growth upright, density medium dense, 

productive, bearing regular, trunk size medium-large, 

surface medium shaggy, branches size medium, surface 

texture smooth to medium rough – varying depending on 

the age of the growth, lenticels numerous, medium in size, 

colour light brown-brown varying with the age of the 

growth. Leaf: size large, mean length 165mm, mean width 

38mm, form lanceolate, pointed, texture smooth, margin 

serrulate, petiole medium length, medium thickness, 

nectaries reniform, the number varying from 2 to 3 the 

mean number being 2. Nectaries are medium sized and 

located on the upper portion of the petiole and lower portion 

of the leaf blade. Leaf colour upper surface green to dark 

green, lower surface green to dull green. Flower: bud size 

large, form plump, size large, form showy, pollen present, 

colour pink. Fruit: size large diametre axially 73mm to 

76mm, transversely in suture plane 73mm to 76mm, form 

nearly globose, suture shallow extending from the base to 

the apex, ventral surface round, nearly smooth, apex usually 

round varying from slight pistil point to rounded, base 

retuse, cavity rounded to slightly elongated insuture plane, 

mean depth 12.7mm, mean width 25.4mm. Flesh: ripens 

evenly, texture firm, fibers moderate number, small, tender, 

juice moderate, aroma moderate, flavor good very mild, 

subacid, sweet, amygadalin undetected, colour yellow RHS 

20A. Skin: thickness medium, texture medium, down 

moderate short, colour yellow ground colour RHS 19A with 

a red overcolour RHS 39A to RHS 41A. Stone: size large, 

mean length 35mm, mean breadth 25.4mm, mean thickness 

12.7mm, type clingstone, form ovoid, apex acute, base 

usually rounded varying from rounded to straight, sides 

equal to unequal, tendency to split none, surface irregular 

furrowed toward apex, pitted towards base, pits varying 

from round to elongated, ridges round, colour light brown 

RHS 165B. Keeping and shipping qualities both good. 

(Note: all RHS colour chart numbers refer to 1986 edition). 


39EB706 x pollen parent ‘Sweet Gem’ (US Plant Patent 

No: 7952). The seed parent 39EB706 originated from a 

cross between two selected seedlings. In comparison to the 

pollen parent ‘Sweet Gem’, the fruit of the new variety is 

approximately one week earlier in maturity. Hybridisation 

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took place in an experimental orchard located near 

Modesto, California. A large group of the first generation 

seedlings from the cross were grown and maintained for 

selecting desirable fruit characteristics. Selection criteria: 

regular and productive bearer of large, firm, yellow flesh, 

clingstone fruit with an attractive red skin colour and good 

handling and storage qualities. Propagation: mature stock 

plants were generated by budding onto peach rootstock in 

the experimental orchard of Zaiger’s Inc. Genetics, 

Modesto, California which showed that reproduction was 

true to the original tree. Breeder: Zaiger’s Inc. Genetics, 

Modesto, California, USA. 

Choice of Comparators Prunus persica ‘Junecrest’ and 

Prunus persica ‘Royal Gem’ were selected as comparators 

for the new variety on the basis of similarities in maturity, 

fruit size, flesh colour, as well they are both known in 

Australia as varieties of common knowledge. The new 

variety differs from the two comparators as it has a 

clingstone type stone compared to ‘Royal Gem’ having 

semi-clingstone type stone and ‘Junecrest’ having freestone 

type stone. The seed parent 39EB706 was not included as it 

is a proprietary breeding line within applicant’s own 

breeding program. 

Comparative Trial The information contained herein is 

based on overseas data sourced from the United States Plant 

Patent 9695, dated Nov 19, 1996. Some data was verified by 

the qualified person in Australia. Location: Fleming’s 

nurseries scionwood multiplication orchard, Monbulk, VIC 

(Latitude 38´, elevation approximately 205 m). 



USA 1996 Granted ‘Sweet Scarlet’ 

First Australian sale July 1997. 

Description: Zoee Maddox, Fleming’s Nurseries Pty. Ltd., Monbulk, 

VIC. 

PEANUT 

Arachis hypogaea 

‘Conder’ 

Application No: 99/010 Accepted: 18 Jan 1999. 

Applicant: State of Queensland through the Department 

of Primary Industries, Brisbane, QLD and 


ACT. 

Characteristics (Table 19, Figure 40) Plant: erect habit, 

branching profuse, maturity medium to late, flowering 

pattern alternate, flowers absent from main stem. Pod: 

constriction shallow, beak straight and inconspicuous. 

Kernel: outer testa colour pink (monochrome), inside testa 

surface white, long dormancy period, oil and protein 

content 53% and 29% respectively in the test environment. 

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination followed by 

progeny selection: derived from the cross A140 (seed parent 

UF 791533 x pollen parent NC 8C) made at Kingaroy, QLD 

in 1985. Progeny of the cross were advanced for four 

generations with no conscious selection. Single F4 plants 

were harvested in 1988. A140 L31 was first selected as an 

F 4:6 line in the 1989-90 summer in an Cylindrocladium 

Black Rot (CBR) disease screening nursery at Kingaroy. 

Subsequent evaluation in preliminary tests and a CBR 

nursery at Kairi, QLD indicated that A140 L31 had modest 

yield in dryland conditions and intermediate resistance to 

CBR. In summer 1992-93, A140 L31 was included in fully 

irrigated regional variety trials. Since that time A140 L31 

has shown a consistent adaptation to high yield potential 

environments. Seed increase commenced in 1995-96. In 

1996-97, a random sample of F11:12 progeny rows were 

compared with the F4 derived line and were found to 

uniform and stable. A140 L31 was later released as 

‘Conder’. The seed parent UF 791533 has a semi-prostrate 

plant habit and is completely susceptible to CBR while the 

pollen parent NC 8C has a prostrate plant habit and is 

resistant to CBR. Selection criteria: high yield and 

resistance to CBR. Propagation: by seed. Breeders: parents 

for this cross were chosen by Dr Ray Shorter, selection and 

evaluation was led by Alan Cruickshank, Kingaroy 

Research Station, QDPI. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Conder’ is distinguishable from 

both of its parents because of its erect “bunch” habit. It is 

distinguishable from PBR registered variety ‘Shosh’ A , 

which has prostrate growth habit, larger kernel and a kernel 

oleic/linoleic acid ratio greater than two. It is also 

distinguishable from the popular bunch variety ‘Streeton’. 

‘Conder’ has slight pod reticulation, whereas ‘Streeton’ has 

prominent pod reticulation. ‘Conder’ is much more difficult 

to distinguish from the variety ‘Shulamit’ and another PBR 

candidate variety ‘Roberts.’ Accordingly ‘Shulamit’ and 

‘Roberts’ were chosen as the most similar varieties of 

common knowledge to use as comparators. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Shulamit’ and ‘Roberts’. 

Location: trial was planted at the J.Bjelke-Peterson 

Research Station (26º 33´ S, 151º 50´ E; 470 m elevation), 

Dec 1997-May 1998. Conditions: trial received 

supplementary irrigation to avoid stress. Fungicidal 

protection was applied, according to standard peanut 

recommendations, to avoid development of foliar diseases 

Trial design: randomised complete block with six 

replicates. Each plot was 5m in length and contained from 

10 to 15 plants. Measurements: for plant height and width, 

four random plants per plot were measured. Pod and kernel 

traits were measured on bulk samples from each of the six 

replicates. For oil and protein content analyses only three 

replicates were included. 


No prior application. First sold in Australia in October 

1998. 

Description: Alan William Cruickshank, QPDI, Kingaroy, QLD. 

‘Roberts’ 

Application No: 98/118 Accepted: 18 Jan 1999. 

Applicant: North Carolina Agricultural Research 

Service, Raleigh, NC, USA 

Agent: State of Queensland through the Department of 

Primary Industries, Brisbane, QLD 

Characteristics (Table 19, Figure 40) Plant: erect habit, 

branching profuse, maturity medium to late, flowering 

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pattern alternate, flowers absent from main stem, 

moderately resistant to Cylindrocladium Black Rot disease. 

Pod: constriction shallow, beak straight and inconspicuous. 

Kernel: outer testa colour pink (monochrome), inside testa 

surface white, long dormancy period, oil and protein 

content 51% and 27% respectively in the test environment. 

Origin and Breeding Backcross: ‘Roberts’ was developed 

as part of a backcrossing program to transfer desirable 

quantitative traits individually from five non-recurrent 

breeding lines into an agronomically superior recurrent 

parent. ‘Roberts’ was selected as the progeny of a single 

BC 2 F 2 plant from the cross NC Ac 17921*3 / NC Ac 18229. 

It was the sixteenth such progeny in preliminary evaluation. 

Prior to 1989, NC Ac 18480 was identified as 

“NC Ac 17921*3 / NC Ac 18229 – 16’’. The North Carolina 

number NC Ac 18480, was assigned in 1989 prior to entry 

of the line in the 1990 Peanut Variety and Quality 

Evaluation program, the multiple-site peanut performance 

testing program supported jointly by the Virginia 

Agricultural Experiment Station and the North Carolina 

Agricultural Research Service. In Australia, DPI 

Queensland have extensively tested the yield and disease 

resistance of NC Ac 18480. The variety was recommended 

and then approved for release as ‘Roberts’ in 1997. 

Selection criteria: Cylindrocladium Black Rot disease 

resistance. Propagation: by seed. Breeder: Dr. Johnny 

Wynne, North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, 

Raleigh, NC, USA. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Roberts’ is distinguishable from 

its recurrent parent because of its erect “bunch” habit. 

‘Roberts’ has greater yield, larger seed and more branches 

than its non-recurrent parent NC Ac 18229. It is 

distinguishable from PBR registered variety ‘Shosh’ A , 

which has prostrate growth habit, larger kernel and a kernel 

oleic/linoleic acid ratio greater than two. It is also 

distinguishable from the popular bunch variety ‘Streeton’. 

‘Roberts’ has slight pod reticulation, whereas ‘Streeton’ has 

prominent pod reticulation. ‘Roberts’ is much more difficult 

to distinguish from the variety ‘Shulamit’. Accordingly 

‘Shulamit’ was chosen as the most appropriate variety of 

common knowledge to use as a comparator. 

Comparative Trial Field Trial. Comparator: ‘Shulamit’. 

Location: trial was planted at the J.Bjelke-Peterson 

Research Station (26º 33´ S, 151º 50´ E; 470 m elevation), 

Dec 1997-May 1998. Conditions: trial received 

supplementary irrigation to avoid stress. Fungicidal 

protection was applied, according to standard peanut 

recommendations, to avoid development of foliar diseases 

Trial design: randomised complete block with six 

replicates. Each plot was 5m in length and contained from 

10 to 15 plants. Measurements: for plant height and width, 

four random plants per plot were measured. Pod and kernel 

traits were measured on bulk samples from each of the six 

replicates. 

Glasshouse screening for CBR. Temperature controlled 

trays are filled with a steam sterilised potting mix (Equal 

parts coarse sand and peat moss, containing the essential 

nutrients for plant growth.) containing microsclerotia of 

Cylindrocladium parasiticum at a concentration of 5 

microsclerotia per gram soil. Peanut seed are pregerminated 

in a temperature-controlled incubator. Peanut plants, which 

have germinated, and have blemish free roots, are selected 

and planted into the trays, care being taken not to damage 

the roots. The tray temperature is set to 26º C Five seed are 

planted per replicate, and there were six replicates. The 

experiment was repeated once. The numbers of days to first 

wilt symptoms and to plant death are recorded. After 28 

days the plants are carefully removed from the trays, roots 

washed and rated for disease symptoms. Root symptoms 

are recorded on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being no symptoms to 5, 

all roots including the taproot blackened with lesions from 

C. parasiticum. The disease data was transformed by 

angular transformation and analysed by using a pretransformed 

scale representing equal increments of 

percentages. 


No prior application. First sold in Australia in October 

1998. 

Description: Alan William Cruickshank, QPDI, Kingaroy, QLD. 

Table 19 Arachis varieties 

‘Conder’ ‘Roberts’ *‘Shulamit’ 

PLANT: GROWTH HABIT 

erect erect erect 

PLANT: FLOWERING PATTERN 

alternate alternate alternate 

PLANT: HEIGHT OF MAIN STEM (cm) (LSD=2.1) 

mean 28 b 34 a 33 a 


PLANT: WIDTH OF BUSH (cm) (LSD= 4.5) 

mean 85 a 81 a 80 a 


PLANT: TIME OF MATURITY 

medium medium medium 

PLANT INFECTED TO CBR DISEASE (LSD = 20.5) 

(arc sine transformed data expressed in percentage) 

mean 77 ab 57 a 95 b 


POD: CONSTRICTION 

shallow shallow shallow 

POD: PROMINENCE OF BEAK 

inconspicuous inconspicuous inconspicuous 

POD: SHAPE OF BEAK 

straight straight straight 

POD: PERCENTAGE OF SHELL (LSD=2.1) 

mean 29 a 32 a 28 a 


KERNEL: SHAPE 

cylindrical cylindrical cylindrical 

KERNEL: TESTA COLOUR 

pink pink pink 

KERNEL: TESTA UNDERSIDE COLOUR 

white white white 

KERNEL: DORMANCY PERIOD 

long long long 

Mean values followed by different superscript letters are significantly 

different at P≤0.01 by Duncan’s Multiple Range Test. 

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Lolium perenne 

‘Fitzroy’ 

Application No: 97/179 Accepted: 16 Sep 1997. 

Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd, 

Melbourne, VIC and 

The New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research 

Institute Limited (AgResearch), Hamilton, New Zealand. 

Agent: Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 

VIC. 

Characteristics (Table 20) Plant: habit bushy, height tall 

(mean 96.4cm), early maturing. Leaf: length short (mean 

20.5cm), width medium (mean 6.7mm). Inflorescence: 

early emergence, early flowering, spikelet length medium 

(mean 25.9cm), number of spikelets average (mean 275.0). 

Origin and Breeding Recurrent phenotypic selection: open 

pollinated plants were selected from 46 Kangaroo Valley 

seed lines based on phenotypic selection for winter dry 

matter yield, resistance to crown rust infection and overall 

dry matter production at Balmoral, VIC. Syn I seed was 

produced from seven genotypes (B2, B159, B287, B490, 

B559, B418 and B480) cloned fourteen times. ‘Fitzroy’ is 

winter active, densely tillered with improved resistance to 

crown rust compared to existing Kangaroo Valley cultivars. 

‘Fitzroy’ is also more uniform than other Kangaroo Valley 

cultivars. Propagation: seed. Breeder: Peter Cunningham, 

Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Mt. 

Napier, VIC. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Matilda’ A was chosen because it 

is also derived from the same Kangaroo Valley source 

material as ‘Fitzroy’. The comparator varieties ‘Ellett’, 

‘Banks’ A , ‘Vedette’ A and ‘Victorian’ were chosen to 

represent the range of perennial ryegrass cultivars in 

commerce in Australia. They represent both modern 

cultivars (‘Ellett’, ‘Banks’ A ‘Vedette’ A and ‘Matilda’ A ) and 

older ecotypes (‘Victorian’). 

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Victorian’, ‘Ellett’, 

‘Vedette’ A , ‘Matilda’ A , ‘Banks’ A . Location: The Pastoral 

and Veterinary Institute, Hamilton, VIC (Latitude 37º 44´, 

Longitude 142º 01´) spring-summer 1997/98. Conditions: 

plants grown from seed in seedling trays in a glass house 

and transplanted into the field at week eight. Trial area 

fertilised at transplanting with 200kg/ha of an NPK 

compound fertiliser. The row component of the trial was 

sown as seed directly into the field area. Trial design: sixty 

single spaced plants of each variety were arranged into six 

replicates in a completely randomised block design. The 

row component of the trial consisted of 10 meters of row for 

each variety arranged into two completely randomised 

replicates. Measurements: carried out on each individual 

spaced plant. 


Description: Valerie Croft, Agriculture Victoria, Hamilton VIC. 

Table 20 Lolium varieties 

‘Fitzroy’ *‘Matilda’ A *‘Ellett’ *‘ Banks’ A *‘Vedette’ A *‘Victorian’ 

FLAG LEAF LENGTH 

mean 20.5 19.8 22.9 23.4 25.1 19.4 

std deviation 4.04 3.21 3.40 3.41 5.70 3.23 

LSD/sig 1.77 ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns 

FLAG LEAF WIDTH 

mean 6.7 6.4 6.7 6.4 7.0 6.3 

std deviation 0.94 1.08 0.95 0.93 1.00 0.98 

LSD/sig 0.43 ns ns ns ns ns 

GROWTH HABIT IN AUTUMN 

mean 1.4 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.3 

std deviation 0.60 0.60 0.64 0.59 0.68 0.45 

LSD/sig 0.29 ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns 

GROWTH HABIT IN SPRING 

mean 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.4 2.3 1.5 

std deviation 0.55 0.51 0.80 0.60 0.66 0.67 

LSD/sig 0.308 ns ns P≤0.01 ns P≤0.01 

FLOWERING DATE (Days from 1/8/98) 

mean 39.2 30.1 58.5 58.2 58.9 53.5 

std deviation 12.67 12.12 6.62 7.04 7.49 7.45 

LSD/sig 4.55 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

PLANT HEIGHT AT INFLOURESCENCE EMERGENCE (cm) 

mean 96.4 92.2 94.5 93.0 92.7 83.5 

std deviation 12.33 13.52 12.45 9.24 15.35 11.03 

LSD/sig 5.39 ns ns ns ns P≤0.01 

SPIKELET LENGTH (cm) 

mean 25.9 24.0 28.0 27.8 29.7 25.2 

std deviation 4.85 3.19 3.77 4.20 4.98 3.47 

LSD/sig 1.80 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns 

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SPIKELET NO. 

mean 275.0 203.9 255.3 233.7 243.2 246.4 

std deviation 111.21 83.33 100.02 78.31 112.59 107.01 

LSD/sig 47.98 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

PETUNIA 

Petunia hybrid 

‘Sunbelchipi’ syn Cherry Pink 




Characteristics (Table 21, Figure 27) Plant: habit upright, 

clumping (average height 18.3cm, average width 52cm), 

branches many, highly floriferous. Stem: internodes short, 

anthocyanin absent, pubescence weak, colour yellow green 

(RHS 144A, 1995), flowers distributed along the axis. Leaf: 

small, (average length 24.5mm, average width 7.1mm), 

shape elliptic-oblanceolate, cross sectional shape straight, 

margin entire, margin undulation absent or very weak, apex 

acute, upper side colour green (RHS 137A, 1995), lower 

side colour green (RHS 137C, 1995), anthocyanin absent, 

sessile, pubescence weak. Inflorescence: solitary. Epicalyx: 

length medium, width narrow, shape elliptic, pubescence 

weak, apex acuminate. Flower: single, funnelform, attitude 

semi-erect, diameter small (average 33.0mm), corolla tube 

length short (average 30.0mm), main colour red purple 

(RHS 57A, 1995), reverse colour red purple (RHS 64A, 

1995), with throat yellow (RHS 13A, 1995) and veins 

purple (RHS 79B, 1995). 

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: ‘(C1 x C2) x 

(C1 x C2)’. ‘C1’ has an erect habit, abundant branching, 

many single small flowers of purplish pink colour and 

elliptic leaf shape. ‘C2’ has a semi-decumbent habit, long 

stems, abundant branching, many single very small flowers 

of reddish purple colour and lanceolate leaf shape. 

Selection took place in Osaka, Japan in 1995. Selection 

criteria: semi-decumbent plant habit, flower colour. 

Propagation: stock plants were created from cuttings and 

micropropagation and were found to be uniform and stable 

through many generations. ‘Sunbelkupi’ will be 

commercially propagated by vegetative cuttings from 

micropropagated motherstock created from the stock plants. 

Breeder: Yasuyuki Murakami, Suntory Ltd, Japan. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Sanberupi’ A and ‘Sanberubu’ A 

were used for the comparative trial as these are varieties 

with similar habits, though differing flower colours, that 

arise from the same breeding programme. “Liricashower 

Rose’ was considered and excluded on the basis of differing 

flower colour (RHS 74A) and smaller flower diameter. 

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Sanberupi’ A , 

‘Sanberubu’ A . Location: Somersby, NSW, summer-autumn 

1998-1999. Conditions: trial conducted in a retractable roof 

polyhouse, plants propagated from cutting, rooted cuttings 

planted into 200mm pots filled with soilless potting mix 

(pine bark & copra peat base), nutrition maintained with 

slow release fertilisers, pest and disease treatments applied 

as required. Trial design: fifteen pots of each variety 


Measurements: from ten plants at random. One sample per 

plant. 



Japan 1995 Applied ‘Sunbelchipi’ 

USA 1996 Granted ‘Sunbelchipi’ 

EU 1997 Applied ‘Sunbelchipi’ 

Israel 1998 Applied ‘Sunbelchipi’ 

Norway 1998 Applied ‘Sunbelchipi’ 

Poland 1997 Applied ‘Sunbelchipi’ 

South Africa 1997 Applied ‘Sunbelchipi’ 

First sold in Japan in Apr 1996. First sold in Australia in Sep 

1998. 

Description: Ian Paananen, Crop & Nursery Services, Central Coast, 

NSW. 

‘Sunbelkubu’ syn Trailing Blue 




Characteristics (Table 21, Figure 27) Plant: habit creeping 

(average width 61cm), branches many, highly floriferous, 

roots formed at nodes. Stem: internodes short, anthocyanin 

absent, pubescence weak, colour yellow green (RHS 144A, 

1995), flowers distributed along the axis. Leaf: small, 

(average length 20.6mm, average width 5.2mm), shape 

elliptic-oblanceolate, cross sectional shape straight, margin 

entire, margin undulation absent or very weak, apex acute, 

upper side colour green (RHS 137A, 1995), lower side 

colour green (RHS 137C, 1995), anthocyanin absent, 





length short (average 29.2mm), main colour purple violet 

(RHS 82A, 1995), reverse colour purple violet (RHS 82B, 

1995), with throat yellow (RHS 8B, 1995), dark band 

around throat coloured violet (RHS 86A, 1995) and veins 

violet (RHS 86A, 1995). 

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: ‘(A1 x B2) x 

B2’. The parents are characterised by decumbent habits 

with long stems, single flowers of small diameter. ‘A1’ has 

reddish purple flower colour and elliptic leaf shape. ‘B2’ 

has strong bluish purple flower colour and lanceolate leaf 

shape. Selection took place in Osaka, Japan in 1995. 

Selection criteria: trailing plant habit, flower colour. 

Propagation: stock plants were created from cuttings and 


through many generations. ‘Sunbelkubu’ will be 




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Choice of Comparators ‘Sanberubu’ A was used for the 

comparative trial as this is a variety with similar flower 

colours and arises from the same breeding programme. 

‘Liricashower Blue’ was also considered as a comparator 

but differed due to a more upright plant habit compared to 

‘Sunbelkubu’. 

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Sanberubu’ A . Location: 

Somersby, NSW, summer-autumn 1998-1999. Conditions: 

trial conducted in a retractable roof polyhouse, plants 

propagated from cutting, rooted cuttings planted into 

200mm pots filled with soilless potting mix (pine bark & 

copra peat base), nutrition maintained with slow release 

fertilisers, pest and disease treatments applied as required. 

Trial design: fifteen pots of each variety arranged in a 

completely randomised design. Measurements: from ten 

plants at random. One sample per plant. 



Japan 1995 Applied ‘Sunbelkubu’ 

USA 1996 Granted ‘Sunbelkubu’ 

EU 1997 Applied ‘Sunbelkubu’ 

Israel 1998 Applied ‘Sunbelkubu’ 

Norway 1998 Applied ‘Sunbelkubu’ 

Poland 1997 Granted ‘Sunbelkubu’ 

First sold in Japan in Apr 1996. First sold in Australia in Sep 

1998. 


NSW. 

‘Sunbelkuho’ syn Trailing White 









(average length 32mm, average width 11.2mm), shape 



upper side colour green (RHS 137A, 1995), lower side 






length short (average 25.4mm), main colour white (RHS 

155C, 1995), reverse colour white (RHS 155C, 1995), with 

throat yellow green (RHS 1B-1C, 1995) and veins yellow 

green (RHS 151A, 1995). 





has white flower colours and lanceolate leaf shape. 

Selection took place in Osaka, Japan in 1995. Selection 

criteria: trailing plant habit, flower colour. Propagation: 

stock plants were created from cuttings and 


through many generations. ‘Sunbelkupi’ will be 




Choice of Comparators ‘Sunbelkupi’ and ‘Sunbelkubu’ 

were used for the comparative trial as these are varieties 

with similar habits, though differing flower colours, that 

arise from the same breeding programme. No white 

flowering Petunias of this type are available as comparators. 

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Sunbelkupi’, 

‘Sunbelkubu’. Location: Somersby, NSW, summer-autumn 

1998-1999. Conditions: trial conducted in a retractable roof 

polyhouse, plants propagated from cutting, rooted cuttings 

planted into 200mm pots filled with soilless potting mix 

(pine bark & copra peat base), nutrition maintained with 

slow release fertilisers, pest and disease treatments applied 

as required. Trial design: fifteen pots of each variety 



plant. 



Japan 1995 Applied ‘Sunbelkuho’ 

USA 1996 Granted ‘Sunbelkuho’ 

EU 1997 Applied ‘Sunbelkuho’ 

Israel 1998 Applied ‘Sunbelkuho’ 

Norway 1998 Applied ‘Sunbelkuho’ 

Poland 1997 Granted ‘Sunbelkuho’ 

South Africa 1996 Granted ‘Sunbelkuho’ 

First sold in Japan in Apr 1996. First sold in Australia in 

Sep 1998. 


NSW. 

‘Sunbelkupi’ syn Trailing Pink 









(average length 26mm, average width 6.5mm), shape 



upper side colour green (RHS 137B, 1995), lower side 






length short (average 29.2mm), main colour red purple 

(RHS 74A, 1995), reverse colour purple (RHS 78B, 1995), 

with throat yellow (RHS 9A, 1995), dark band around 

throat coloured violet (RHS 83A, 1995) and veins violet 

(RHS 83A, 1995). 

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and ‘B3’ have strong bluish purple flower colours and 

lanceolate leaf shape. Selection took place in Osaka, Japan 

in 1995. Selection criteria: trailing plant habit, flower 

colour. Propagation: stock plants were created from cuttings 

and micropropagation and were found to be uniform and 

stable through many generations. ‘Sunbelkupi’ will be 




Choice of Comparators ‘Sanberupi’ A was used for the 

comparative trial as this is a variety with similar flower 

colours and arises from the same breeding programme. 

‘Liricashower’ was also considered as a comparator but 

differed due to a more upright plant habit compared to 

‘Sunbelkubu’. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Sanberupi’ A . Location: 

Somersby, NSW, summer-autumn 1998-1999. Conditions: 

trial conducted in a retractable roof polyhouse, plants 

propagated from cutting, rooted cuttings planted into 

200mm pots filled with soilless potting mix (pine bark & 

copra peat base), nutrition maintained with slow release 

fertilisers, pest and disease treatments applied as required. 

Trial design: fifteen pots of each variety arranged in a 

completely randomised design. Measurements: from ten 

plants at random. One sample per plant. 



Japan 1995 Applied ‘Sunbelkupi’ 

USA 1996 Granted ‘Sunbelkupi’ 

EU 1997 Applied ‘Sunbelkupi’ 

Israel 1998 Applied ‘Sunbelkupi’ 

Norway 1998 Applied ‘Sunbelkupi’ 

Poland 1997 Granted ‘Sunbelkupi’ 

First sold in Japan in Apr 1996. First sold in Australia in 

Sep 1998. 


NSW. 

Table 21 Petunia varieties 

‘Sunbelkupi’ ‘Sunbelkubu’ ‘Sunbelkuho’ ‘Sunbelchipi’ *‘Sanberubu’ A *‘Sanberupi’ A 

PLANT HABIT prostrate prostrate prostrate upright upright upright 

PLANT HEIGHT (cm) LSD (P≤0.01) = 2.8 

mean 9.15 a 9.7 a 8.3 a 18.3 25 22 

std deviation 1.6 2.2 2.1 2.6 2.6 3.2 

PLANT WIDTH (cm) LSD (P≤0.01) = 5.3 

mean 63.2 a 60.5 a 43.2 c 51.6 bc 52.9 bc 46.3 c 

std deviation 5.1 3.7 5.8 3.5 4.9 4.5 

LEAF LENGTH (mm) LSD (P≤0.01) = 5.0 

mean 26.0 ab 20.6 b 32.2 a 24.5 ab 21.6 b 25.3 ab 

std deviation 5.6 3.3 3.1 2.4 4.7 5.8 

LEAF WIDTH (mm) LSD (P≤0.01) = 2.0 

mean 6.52 bc 5.22 d 11.22 7.11 ab 6.33 bcd 8.03 a 

std deviation 1.7 1.0 1.8 1.2 1.6 2.6 

PEDICEL LENGTH (mm) LSD (P≤0.01) = 4.9 

mean 23.7 a 19.3 ab 24.1 a 19.2 abc 12.2 bc 12.4 b 

std deviation 5.5 4.8 6.1 2.9 1.4 3.0 

FLOWER WIDTH (mm) LSD (P≤0.01) = 2.3 

mean 31.5 bcd 29.6 31.8 ad 33.0 ab 32.4 ac 33.5 a 

std deviation 1.3 2.6 2.4 1.7 1.1 2.5 

FLOWER COLOURS (RHS, 1995) 

main petal 74A 82A 155C 57A 82A to 81A 74A 

(near throat) 

reverse 78B 82B 155C 64A 81B 78B 

throat 9A 8B 1B-C 13A 9A 9A 

dark band 

around throat 83A 86A absent 60A 83A 83B 

veins 83A 83A 151A 79B 81A 81A 

Mean values followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P≤0.01 according to S-N-K test. 

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Fig 1 

Rose - flowers and plant parts of ‘Auscent’ syn 

John Clare 

Fig 2 

Rose - flowers and plant parts of ‘Ausjo’ syn 

Jude the Obscure 

Fig 3 

Rose - flowers and plant parts of ‘Ausland’ syn 

Scepter'd Isle 

Fig 4 

Rose - flowers and plant parts of ‘Ausmoon’ syn 

Pegasus 

Fig 5 

Rose - flowers and plant parts of ‘Dicsingsong’ 

syn Patio Kaleidoscope 

Fig 6 

Rose - flowers and plant parts of ‘Dicstereo’


Fig 7 

Rose - flowers and plant parts of ‘Nirpstrip’ syn 

Shiba 

Fig 8 

Rose - flowers and plant parts of ‘Pretaner’ 

Fig 9 

Rose - flowers and plant parts of ‘Sunscent’ syn 

Scentasia 

Fig 10 Rose - flowers and plant 

parts of ‘Tanadeepdac’ 

Fig 11 Rose - flowers and plant 

parts of ‘Taniliram’ 

Fig 12 Rose - flowers, petals of flower, 

outside surface of petal from 

bud and plant parts of ‘Tannollipa’


Fig 13 Rose - flowers of ‘WEKblagab’ (left) with 

comparators ‘Golden Gloves’(centre) and ‘City 

Lights’ (right) 

Fig 14 Impatiens - flowers of candidate varieties 

‘Fiesta White’, ‘Fiesta Lavender Orchid 

Double’, ‘Fiesta Sparkler Rose Double’, and 

‘Fiesta Pink Ruffle’ with comparator varieties 

‘Candy Floss’, ‘Sparkler Salmon’ A and 

‘Burgundy Rose’ A 

Fig 15 New Guinea Impatiens - flowers and leaves 

(upper and lower sides) of ‘BFP-368 Rose’ syn 

Rose Celebration (left) and its comparator 

‘Isopa’ (right) 


(upper and lower sides) of ‘BSR-152 Dark Pink’ 

syn Celebration Deep Pink (left) and its 

comparator ‘Argus’ (right) 


(upper and lower sides) of ‘Purple Star’ syn 

Celebration Purple Star (left) and its 

comparator ‘Octavia’ (right) 


(upper and lower sides) of ‘BSR-186 Bonfire 

Orange’ syn Celebration Orange Bonfire (left) 

and its comparator ‘Epia’ (right)



(upper and lower sides) of ‘BFP-523 Deep Red’ 

syn Celebration Deep Red (left) and its 

comparator ‘Moala New Paradise’ (right) 

Fig 20 Brachyscome - flowers, scape, stem and leaves 

of (left to right), ‘Sunabell’, ‘Misty Mauve’ A , 

‘Bright Eyes’ and ‘Valencia’. Showing the 

differences in colour and size of these 

characters. Grid = 10mm. 

Fig 21 Alstroemeria - flowers of ‘Amazon’ syn Inca 

Spice 

Fig 22 Alstroemeria - flowers of ‘Delta’ syn Inca Salsa 

Fig 23 Alstroemeria - flowers of ‘Miami’ 

syn Carise Miami 

Fig 24 Alstroemeria - flowers of ‘Soleil’


Fig 25 Alstroemeria - flowers of ‘Roma’ syn Pink 

Roma 

Fig 26 Torenia - flowers of (from left) ‘Sunrenilabu’ 

and its comparators ‘Clown’, ‘Extra Dwarf 

Panda’ and T. fournieri 

Fig 27 Petunia - flowers of (from top left) 

‘Sunbelkuho’, ‘Sunbelchipi’, ‘Sunbelkupi’ and 

(from bottom left) ‘Sunbelkubu’, ‘Sanberupi’ A 

and ‘Sanberubu’ A 

Fig 28 Lavender - flowering stem and inflorescence 

of ‘Pukehou’ (left) with comparator 

‘Marshwood’ A (right) 

Fig 29 Tutsan - berries of candidate varieties ‘Bosakin’ 

syn King Flair, ‘Bosapin’ syn Pinky Flair, 

‘Bosaque’ syn Queen Flair, ‘Bosadua’ syn Dual 

Flair and ‘Bosasca’ syn Scarlet Flair with 

comparators ‘Hippy’ and Wild Type 

Fig 30 Apple Rootstock - layers of ‘Cepiland’ (right), 

‘Lancep’ (2nd from right) compared with M9 

parental types


Fig 31 Apple - fruits of ‘Sciros’ (shown as GS 2085 at 

the left) with comparators ‘Royal Gala’(2nd 

from left), ‘Splendour’ (2nd from right) and 

‘Pink Lady’ (right) 

Fig 32 Apple - fruits of ‘Sciglo’ (shown as GS 330 at 

the left) with comparators ‘Royal Gala’ 

(middle) and ‘Splendour’ (right) 

Fig 33 Peach - fruits of ‘Sweet Scarlet’ 

Fig 34 Couch Grass - ‘Plateau’ (left) with comparators 

‘Riley’s Super Sport’ A (middle) and ‘Greenlees 

Park’ (right) showing differences in growth 

habit, node frequency and stolon thickness 

Fig 35 Buffalo grass (St Augustine grass) - seedheads of ‘SS100’ , ‘Sir Walter’ A , ‘Shademaster’, ‘ST85’ and 

common (left) and stolons of ‘SS100’, ‘Sir Walter’ A , ‘Shademaster’, ‘ST 85’ and common (right) showing 

the shorter internodes of SS100 and ST 85 and the green stolon of ‘SS100’, green mottled red stolon of 

‘Sir Walter’ A and red stolons of other comparators


Fig 36 Sugarcane - ‘Q173’ (bottom) with comparators 

‘Q170’ A (middle) and ‘Q120’ (top) showing 

culm with leaves removed (base of culm to 

right). Differences in the alignment, length, 

width, wax covering, and wax band are clearly 

visible 

Fig 37 Sugarcane - ‘Q175’ (bottom) with ‘Q138’( 2nd 

from bottom) and ‘Q152’ (2nd from top) and 

male parent ‘Q172’ A (top) showing culm with 

leaves removed (base of culm to right). 

Differences in the alignment, length, width, 

shape, wax covering, and colour of the 

internodes are clearly visible. Bud prominence 

difference are also visible 

Fig 38 Faba Bean - ‘Fiesta VF’ (left) with comparators 

‘Fiord’, ‘Ascot’ and ‘Icarus’. The size of seeds 

and pods distinguishes ‘Fiesta VF’ from ‘Fiord’ 

and ‘Ascot’ and the colour of seed distinguishes 

‘Fiesta VF’ from ‘Icarus’ 

Fig 39 Triticale - ‘Maiden’ (left) with comparators 

‘Madonna’ (centre) and ‘Empat’ (right) 

showing differences in plant height 

Fig 40 Peanut - roots of ‘Roberts’ and ‘Conder’ with 

comparator ‘Shulamit’ showing different degree 

of black rot disease resistance 

Fig 41 Wheat - extensograph showing the distinctly 

different dough properties of ‘Camm’ (centre) 

extensibility 23.1 cm and strength 390 Bu. 

Comparators ‘Spear’ and ‘Trident’ have dough 

properties of extensibility 19.5 and 19.1 cm 

respectively and dough strength 265 and 305 Bu 

respectively


Fig 42 Marigold - ‘Polynema’ (left) with comparator 

‘Nemanon’ (right) showing differences in plant 

height 

Fig 43 White Clover - flowering plants 

of ‘Grasslands Nusiral’ 

Fig 44 Arrowleaf clover - trifoliate leaflets from 

‘Cefalu’, ‘Seelu’, ‘Zulu’ and ‘Arrotas’ showing 

a range of leaf marks that occur at different 

proportions in the population of plants that 

make up each variety. 

Fig 45 Tall Wheatgrass – ‘Dundas’ (left) and 

comparator ‘Tyrell’ (right) showing the 

difference in reproductive tillers.


ROSE 

Rosa hybrid 

‘Auscent’ syn John Clare 

Application No. 98/084 Accepted: 5 Jun 1998. 



Characteristics ( Figure 1) Plant: growth habit: small bush 

rose, growth semi dense, height medium, width medium to 

broad, flower stems stained purplish red to red. Young 

shoot: anthocyanin colouration strong, colour reddish 

brown to purple. Thorns: present, shape (upper surface 

catena), lower surface flat (strongly concave), density high, 

length short (mean 3.9mm). Leaf: size medium to large, 

colour medium, upper surface dull to weak gloss, cross 

section slightly concave, margin undulation absent to very 

weak. Terminal leaflet: length medium (mean 43.8mm), 

width broad (mean 34.0mm), petiolule length medium 

(mean 20.9mm), base shape round. Flowering shoot: 

flower number few to medium. Flower pedicel: hairs or 

prickles medium. Bud: shape broad ovate to ovate. Flower: 

type double, petal number many to very many, diameter 

medium to large (mean 107.9mm), viewed from above 

round, side profile; upper half flattened convex, lower 

convex (to flat), fragrance weak. Sepal: extensions strong, 

(length mean 26.8mm). Petal: size medium to large, inside 

surface colour; marginal and midzone near red purple RHS 

72C but slightly paler, basal spot present, size small, colour 

yellow RHS 4C (RHS 9B, 1986); outside surface; marginal 

and midzone near RHS 74C but paler, basal spot present, 

size small to medium, colour yellow RHS 4D (RHS 9C, 

1986), petal margin undulation very weak to weak, 

reflexing of margin weak. Stamen filament: colour yellow. 

(Style: colour yellow. Stigma height slightly below anther). 

Seed vessel: small to medium. Hip: shape pitcher. 

Flowering habit: twice flowering (remontant). (Note: Data 

in parenthesis from local observations and measurements). 

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: ‘Wife of 

Bath’ x unnamed seedling. Selection criteria: prolific flower 

production, quality flower of attractive form and colour. 

Propagation: vegetatively through numerous generations. 

Breeder: David Austin, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, 

England, UK. 

Choice of Comparators ‘The Reeve’ was chosen as the 

comparator because of a similarity in flower colour and 

plant size. Petal colour both surfaces of outer petals in 

colour range RHS 73C-73D ,1986. ‘The Reeve’ differed in 

having weak anthocyanin staining of shoot, round bud, style 

stained red, large seed vessel. The parent plant ‘Wife of 

Bath’ was not considered because of its clearly different 

flower colour. 


Kingdom PBR documents, and data confirmed by local 

observations and measurements. Location: Moorooduc, 

VIC, Autumn 1999. Conditions: In 1997, variety budded 

onto virus tested Rosa multiflora rootstock and in Jul 1998 

transferred to 300mm pots filled with a pinebark based 

potting mixture, and held in a non-heated greenhouse until 

Nov 1998 when trial set up in a wind protected outdoor 

area; nutrition maintained with slow release fertilisers and 

liquid feeds; plants sprayed regularly to ensure good health. 

Trial design: randomised block of pots to provide a 

minimum of 10 mature plants each of the variety and 

comparators. Growth and phenotypic characteristics of 

fully grown plants in a display garden also monitored. 

Measurements: minimum of 20 taken at random from all 

plants. Leaf measurements made on first or second 5-7 

leaflet leaf down from inflorescence, thorns assessed on 

stem tissue in vicinity of measured leaves. Climatic 

condition: high light intensity and temperatures. 



UK 1994 Granted ‘Auscent’ 

EU 1996 Granted ‘Auscent’ 

Japan 1995 Applied ‘Auscent’ 

New Zealand 1995 Applied ‘Auscent’ 

First sold in England in 1994. 

Description: Dr Brian Hanger, Rosemary Ridge Pty Ltd, Monbulk, 

VIC. 

‘Ausjo’ syn Jude the Obscure 

Application No. 98/244 Accepted: 2 Feb 1999. 



Characteristics (Figure 2) Plant: growth habit bush rose, 

open growth, height medium, width medium to broad, stem 

growth strong, slightly arching. Young shoot: anthocyanin 

colouration weak to medium, colour reddish hue. Thorns: 

present, density medium, size uniform, length long (mean 

6.4mm), shape upper surface slightly concave to flat, lower 

surface strongly concave. Leaf: size medium to large, 

colour medium to dark green, upper surface dull to weak 

gloss, cross section concave to flat, margin undulation weak 

to medium. Terminal leaflet: length medium (mean 

57.5mm), width medium (mean 39.5mm), petiolule length 

medium (mean 17.0mm) base shape obtuse. Flowering 

shoot: flowers as singles or small clusters up to 5 (usually 

2-3). Flower pedicel: few stiff glandular hairs. Bud: shape 

broad ovate. Flower: type double, colour group yellow, 

petal number very many, diameter medium (to large, mean 

102.8mm), shape globular, viewed from above round, side 

profile; upper convex, lower flat, fragrance strong. (Sepal: 

extensions weak, length 27.9mm). Petal: size medium to 

large, cupped, inside surface colour; marginal zone RHS 

16D (RHS 11D, 1986), midzone RHS 13C (RHS 10D, 

1986), basal spot absent, point of attachment colour yellow 

RHS 9A; outside surface; marginal zone RHS 20C (RHS 

11D, 1986), midzone RHS 13C (RHS 9D, 1986) basal spot 

absent, (point of attachment colour yellow RHS 9A 1986), 

petal margin undulation absent to very weak, reflexing of 

margin nil to very weak. Stamen filament: colour rich 

yellow. Style: colour pale greenish white, streaked red near 

stigma. (Stigma lower than anther). Seed vessel: size 

medium, shape pitcher. Flowering habit: remontant. (Note: 

Data in parenthesis from local observations and 

measurements) 

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: unnamed 

seedlings within breeder’s collection. Selection criteria: 

quality flower of attractive colour and perfume, healthy 

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vigorous growth. Propagation: vegetatively through 

numerous generations. Breeder: David Austin, Albrighton, 

Wolverhampton, England, UK. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Ausgold’ A syn Golden 

CelebrationA was chosen as the sole comparator for similar 

flower colour and plant size. The comparator is 

distinguished by smooth flower pedicel, weak to medium 

sepal extension. 

Comparative Trial Description based on data submitted 

for United States Patent (number: Plant 10,757 Jan 1999), 

and data confirmed by local observations and 

measurements. Location: Moorooduc, VIC, Autumn 1999. 

Conditions: In 1997, variety budded onto virus tested Rosa 

multiflora rootstock and in Jul 1998 transferred to 300mm 

pots filled with a pinebark based potting mixture, and held 

in a non-heated greenhouse until Nov 1998 when trial set up 

in a wind protected outdoor area; nutrition maintained with 

slow release fertilisers and liquid feeds; plants sprayed 

regularly to ensure good health. Trial design: randomised 

block of pots to provide a minimum of 10 mature plants 

each of the variety and comparators. Growth and 

phenotypic characteristics of fully grown plants in a display 

garden also monitored. Measurements: minimum of 20 

taken at random from all plants. Leaf measurements made 

on first or second 5-7 leaflet leaf down from inflorescence, 

thorns assessed on stem tissue in vicinity of measured 

leaves. Climatic condition: high light intensity and 

temperatures. 

Prior applications and sales 


UK 1997 Granted ‘Ausjo’ 

USA 1997 Granted ‘Ausjo’ 

First sold in England in 1995. 


VIC. 

‘Ausland’ syn Scepter’d Isle 




Characteristics (Figure 3) Plant growth habit: small bush 

rose, open growth, height short to medium, width medium 

to broad. Young shoot: anthocyanin colouration weak to 

medium, colour reddish brown. Thorns: present, shape 

(upper surface weakly catena), lower surface slightly 

concave, density medium, mainly long (mean 5.1mm). 

Leaf: size medium, colour medium to dark green, upper 

surface dull, cross section slightly convex (to flat), margin 

undulation medium. Terminal leaflet: length medium (mean 

38.4mm), width medium (mean 28.6mm), petiolule length 

medium (mean 13.0mm), base shape cordate. Flowering 

shoot: flower number few. Flower pedicel: hairs or prickles 

many. Bud: shape broad ovate. Flower: type double, colour 

soft pink, petal number very many, diameter medium to 

large (mean 84.3mm), viewed from above round, side 

profile; upper half flat, lower convex, fragrance weak to 

medium. Sepal: extensions weak. Petal: size medium to 

large, inside surface colour; marginal and midzone between 

white RHS 155D and red RHS 56D (RHS 65D, 1986), basal 

spot present, size small, colour yellow RHS 4D; outside 

surface; marginal and midzone between white RHS 155D 

and red RHS 56D (RHS 65D or paler, 1986), basal spot 

present, size very small to small, colour yellow RHS 4D, 

petal margin undulation absent to very weak, reflexing of 

margin very weak to weak. Stamen filament: colour yellow. 

(Style: colour yellow. Stigma height slightly below anther). 

Seed vessel: medium to large. Hip: shape pitcher. 

Flowering habit: remontant. (Note: Data in parenthesis from 

local observations and measurements) 


seedling x ‘Ausblush’ A syn Heritage A . Selection criteria: 

quality flower of attractive form, colour and strong myrrh 

perfume. Propagation: vegetatively through numerous 

generations. Breeder: David Austin, Albrighton, 


Choice of Comparators ‘Aussal’ A syn Radio Times A was 

chosen as the comparator because of similarity in flower 

colour and plant size. Outer petal colour for both surfaces in 

the light pink colour range RHS 56A/62D, 1986. It differs 

in having a higher petal number in the flower, red stamen 

filaments and styles. The parent plant ‘Ausblush’ also has 

soft pink flowers, but these are more cup-shaped, and sepals 

have strong extensions. 













comparator. Growth and phenotypic characteristics of fully 

grown plants in a display garden also monitored. 







Country Year Status Name Applied 

UK 1997 Granted ‘Ausland’ 

EU 1997 Granted ‘Ausland’ 

Japan 1996 Applied ‘Ausland’ 

USA 1998 Applied ‘Ausland’ 

First sold in England, 1996. 


VIC. 

‘Ausmoon’ syn Pegasus 




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Characteristics (Figure 4) Plant growth habit: bushy to 

broad bushy rose, dense strong growth, height very short to 

short, width medium. Young shoot: anthocyanin 

colouration medium to strong, colour reddish brown to 

purple. Thorns: present, shape (upper surface mainly flat), 

lower surface concave, density low, mainly long (mean 

7.9mm). Leaf: size medium (to large), colour medium (to 

dark) green, upper surface weak gloss, cross section slightly 

concave, margin undulation weak. Terminal leaflet: length 

medium to long (mean 61.7mm), width medium to broad 

(mean 37.6mm), (petiolule length mean 15.5mm), base 

shape wedge. Flowering shoot: flower number few to 

medium. Flower pedicel: hairs or prickles few. Bud: shape 

broad ovate. Flower: type double, colour group apricot 

blend, petal number very many, diameter large (mean 

92.9mm), viewed from above irregularly round, side 

profile; upper half flattened convex, lower flat, fragrance 

weak to medium. Sepal: extensions weak, (length mean 

29.7mm). Petal: size medium to large, inside surface 

colour; marginal and midzone between yellow orange RHS 

18D and orange RHS 27D (RHS 22D, 1986 fades to RHS 

18D/11D), basal spot present, size small, colour yellow 

RHS 8B; outside surface; marginal and midzone nearest to 

orange RHS 27D but more white, (RHS 22D, 1986, fades to 

RHS 8D), basal spot present, size very small to small, 

colour yellow RHS 8B, petal margin undulation medium, 

reflexing of margin weak to medium. Stamen filament: 

colour yellow. (Style: colour pale green. Stigma height 

above anther). Seed vessel: medium to large. Hip: shape 

pitcher. Flowering habit: twice flowering (remontant). 

(Note: Data in parenthesis from local observations and 

measurements) 

Origin and breeding Controlled pollination: ‘Ausmas’ syn 

Graham Thomas x ‘Pascali’. Selection criteria: quality 

flower of attractive colour, form and perfume, good bush 

growth. Propagation: vegetatively through numerous 

generations. Breeder: David Austin, Albrighton, 


Choice of Comparators ‘Ausbuff’ syn English Garden 

was chosen as the comparator for similar flower form and 

plant size. The comparator differed in its flower colour 

(more a buff yellow) and a round, leaf base. The parent 

plant ‘Ausmas’ syn Graham Thomas also has different 

flower colour. 













comparator. Growth and phenotypic characteristics of fully 

grown plants in a display garden also monitored. 








England 1997 Granted ‘Ausmoon’ 

Europe 1997 Granted ‘Ausmoon’ 

USA 1996 Granted ‘Ausmoon’ 

First sold in England, 1995. 


VIC. 

‘Dicsingsong’ syn Patio Kaleidoscope 

Application No. 97/213 Accepted: 29 Sep 1997. 

Applicant: Colin Dickson, Dickson Nurseries, 

Newtownards, N. Ireland, UK. 


Characteristics (Table 22, Figure 5) Plant: bushy, 

remontant patio rose. Young vegetative shoot: anthocyanin 

colouration absent or very weak. Stem thorns: present, 

lower surface concave, upper flat. Leaves: size small, light 

green, absent or very weak glossiness on upper side. 

Terminal leaflet: size small, cross section concave, margin 

undulation absent or very weak, leaf base rounded. Flower 

pedicel: few prickles. Flower bud: profile rounded. Flower: 

size small, double, flat upper and lower profile. Sepal 

extensions: medium. Petals: size small, yellow, to yellow 

white through to red purple colour group (RHS 9A to 

158D). In the open, flower petals under go numerous colour 

changes through the life of the flower. Basal spot absent 

both sides, strong margin reflexing, weak undulation, 

stamen filament yellow. Seed vessel: small, pitcher shaped. 


‘Dicminiyell’ x pollen parent ‘Dicknowall’ syn Collegiate 

in a planned breeding program at applicant’s nursery in 

Northern Ireland. The seed parent was characterised by 

lemon flowers tipped with red edges to the petals, flowers 

borne in clusters, single blooms of about 5cm diameter and 

low growing with small dense, oval, mid-green glossy 

foliage. The pollen parent was characterised by golden 

blooms of 10cm diameter, medium growing floribunda, 

medium size, oval, mid-green and dull foliage. Both seed 

and pollen parents are varieties developed by the applicant. 

Selection criteria: seedlings from the cross were grown and 

the new variety was selected for development on the basis 

of compact, even form and diversity in bloom colour. 

Propagation: vegetative through many generations. 

Breeder: Colin Dickson, Newtownards, Northern Ireland. 

Choice of Comparator ‘Chameleon’ A was chosen as the 

sole comparator as it is the most similar variety of common 

knowledge because of its diversity in bloom colour. The 

parental varieties were not considered because of the 

obvious differences in growth habit and flower 

characteristics as stated above. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Chameleon’ A . Trial 

location: Grandiflora Nurseries Pty Ltd, Cranbourne, VIC, 

between Oct 1998 - Jan 1999. Conditions: plants grown in 

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scoria hydroponic within environment controlled 

glasshouse. Measurements: 20 random samples of each 

variety collected over a four month period 


Description: Phil Elliott, Grandiflora Nurseries Pty Ltd, Cranbourne, 

VIC. 

Table 22 Rosa Varieties 

‘Dicsingsong’ *‘Chameleon’ A 

YOUNG SHOOT: ANTHOCYANIN COLORATION 

absent or very weak medium 

YOUNG SHOOT: HUE OF ANTHOCYANIN COLOURATION 

absent 

purple 

THORN LENGTH (mm) 

mean 8 5 


LSD/sig 0.91 P≤0.01 

LEAF COLOUR 

light 

dull 

TERMINAL LEAFLET LENGTH(mm) 

mean 30 43 


LSD/sig 2.39 P≤0.01 

TERMINAL LEAFLET WIDTH (mm) 

mean 21 28.5 


LSD/sig 1.46 P≤0.01 

FLOWER BUD 

rounded 

rounded 

NUMBER Of PETALS 

mean 29.5 57.5 


LSD/sig 3.67 P≤0.01 

FLOWER DIAMETER (mm) 

mean 44 58 


LSD/sig 3.82 P≤0.01 

FLOWER PROFILE -UPPER 

flat 

FRAGRANCE 

PETAL SIZE 

BASAL SPOT 

absent 

small 

absent 

PETAL REFLEXING OF MARGIN 

strong 

flat 

weak 

medium 

present 

medium 

‘Dicstereo’ 


Applicant: Colin Dickson, Dickson Nurseries, 

Newtownards, N. Ireland, UK. 


Characteristics (Table 23, Figure 6) Plant: narrow bushy, 

remontant pot and bed rose. Young vegetative shoot: 

anthocyanin colouration weak, reddish brown to purple. 

Stem thorns: present, lower surface flat. Leaves: size small, 

light green, weak glossiness on upper side. Terminal leaflet: 

size small, cross section flat, margin undulation weak, leaf 

base rounded. Flower pedicel: few prickles. Flower bud: 

profile rounded. Flower: size small, double, upper and 

lower profile flat. Sepal extensions: weak. Petals: size 

small, colour of middle zone inner and outer side yellow 

(RHS 12A), marginal zone inner and outer side yellow 

(RHS 12A to 12B), basal spot absent on both sides, weak 

margin reflexing, weak undulation, stamen filament green. 

Seed vessel: small, pitcher shaped. 


‘Dicmissy’ x pollen parent ‘Dicjoy’ syn Ards Beauty in a 

planned breeding program at applicant’s nursery in 

Northern Ireland. The seed parent was characterised by 

yellow flowers tipped with red edges to the petals, flowers 

borne in clusters, semi-double blooms of about 4.5cm 

diameter and low growing with small dense, oval, midgreen 

dull foliage. The pollen parent was characterised by 

yellow hybrid tea shaped slightly fragrant blooms of 10cm 

diameter, medium growing floribunda, medium size, oval, 

mid-green and semi-glossy foliage. Both seed and pollen 

parents are varieties developed by the applicant. Selection 

criteria: seedlings from the cross were grown and the new 

variety was selected for development on the basis of vibrant 

gold coloured blooms, excellent even form. Propagation: 

vegetative through many generations. Breeder: Colin 

Dickson, Newtownards, Northern Ireland. 

Choice of Comparator ‘Ruichris’ A syn Sunny Cupido A 

was chosen as the sole comparator as it is the most similar 

variety of common knowledge on the basis of flower colour. 

The parental varieties were not considered because of 

obvious differences in growth habit and flower 

characteristics as stated above. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Ruichris’ A syn Sunny 

Cupido A . Trial location: Grandiflora Nurseries Pty Ltd, 

Cranbourne, VIC, between Oct 1998 – Jan 1999. 

Conditions: plants grown in scoria hydroponic within 

environment controlled glasshouse. Measurements: 20 

random samples of each variety collected over a four month 

period 



VIC. 


‘Dicstereo’ *‘Ruichris’ A 

YOUNG SHOOT: ANTHOCYANIN COLOURATION 

weak 

weak 


reddish brown to bronze to 

purple 

reddish brown 


mean 9 5 


LSD/sig 0.87 P≤0.01 

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LEAF COLOUR 

light 

dark 


mean 27 36 


LSD/sig 3.23 P≤0.01 


mean 18.0 18.0 



TERMINAL LEAFLET CROSS SECTION 

flat 

TERMINAL LEAFLET SHAPE OF BASE 

rounded 

FLOWER BUD 

ovate 

slight concave 

wedge shaped 

ovate 


mean 56 65 


LSD/sig 7.77 P≤0.01 


mean 51.0 38.5 


LSD/sig 3.62 P≤0.01 

PETAL COLOUR (RHS) 

midzone outside 12A 13B 

midzone inside 12A 13B 

margin outside 12B 13B 

margin inside 12A 15C 

BASAL SPOT SIZE 

absent 


weak 

absent 

medium 

OUTER STAMEN: PREDOMINANT COLOUR OF 

FILAMENT 

green 

orange 

‘Nirpstrip’ syn Shiba 


Applicant: Lux Riviera s.r.l., Latte di Ventimiglia (IM), 

Italy. 


Characteristics (Figure 7) Plant: narrow bushy, remontant 

cut flower rose. Young vegetative shoot: anthocyanin 

colouration weak to medium, bronze to reddish brown. 

Stem thorns: present, lower surface concave. Leaves: size 

medium, light to medium green, medium glossiness on 

upper side. Terminal leaflet: cross section slightly concave, 

margin undulation weak, leaf base rounded. Flower pedicel: 

medium to many prickles. Flower bud: profile ovate. 

Flower: size medium to large, double, flattened convex 

upper profile, flat lower profile, fragrance weak, petals size 

small to medium, red colour group (RHS 45A to 46A), 

basal spot present both surfaces, medium margin reflexing, 

medium undulation, stamen filament red Seed vessel: 

Medium, funnel shaped. 


‘unnamed seedling’ x pollen parent ‘unnamed seedling’ in a 

planned breeding program at applicant’s nursery in 

Ventimiglia, Italy. Both seed and pollen parents are 

breeding lines developed by the same breeder. Selection 


variety was selected for cut flower production in 

glasshouses or under other transparent cover, with strong 

stems, reasonable fragrance and good Winter budform & 

production. Propagation: vegetative for many generations. 

Breeder: Ghione Luciano, Ventimiglia, Italy 

Choice of Comparator The qualified person considers 

‘Kardinal’ to be the most similar variety of common 

knowledge on the basis of flower colour within the 

greenhouse cut flower range. No other similar varieties of 


Comparative Trial The description is based on the official 

Community Plant Variety Office certificate. The testing was 

conducted by the Dutch authorities in Wageningen, The 

Netherlands. The data was further confirmed by the QP 

under glasshouse conditions at Cranbourne, VIC. The 

candidate variety ‘Nirpstrip’ has a significantly higher 

flower production, significantly less blind shoots in winter 

and significantly longer vase life compared to those of the 

existing variety ‘Kardinal’. 



Italy 1996 Applied ‘Nirpstrip’ 

EU 1996 Granted ‘Nirpstrip’ 



VIC. 

‘Pretaner’ 


Applicant: Prego Royalty BV, Naaldwijk, The 

Netherlands. 



remontant cut flower rose. Young vegetative shoot: 

anthocyanin colouration very strong, reddish brown to 

purple. Stem thorns: present, lower surface concave. 

Leaves: size medium, medium green, weak glossiness on 

upper side. Terminal leaflet: size medium, cross section 

concave, margin undulation medium, leaf base rounded. 

Flower pedicel: few prickles. Flower bud: profile rounded. 

Flower: size large, double, flat upper, flattened- convex 

lower profile. Sepal extensions: weak. Fragrance: weak. 

Petals: size medium, colour of middle zone inner and outer 

side yellow-orange to white (RHS 19C to 155C), colour of 

marginal zone inner side yellow-white to white (RHS 158B 

to 155C) outer side white (RHS 155B), basal spot present 

on both sides, small to very small, colour yellow (RHS 2B), 

strong margin reflexing, weak undulation, stamen filament 

yellow. Seed vessel: small, pitcher shaped. 


‘unnamed seedling’ x pollen parent ‘unnamed seedling’ in a 

planned breeding program at applicant’s nursery in The 

Netherlands in 1983. Both seed and pollen parents are 

breeding lines developed by the same breeder. Selection 


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variety was selected for development on the basis of 

vigorous growth, high production, good bud and flower 

form and unusual apricot cream colour. Propagation: 

vegetative for many generations. Breeder: JR. TH. A. 

Segers, Prego Royalty BV, The Netherlands. 

Choice of Comparator ‘Ruidriko’ A syn Vivaldi A was 

chosen as the sole comparator as it is the most similar 

variety of common knowledge in Australia on the basis of 

flower colour within the greenhouse cut flower range. No 

other similar varieties have been identified. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Ruidriko’ A syn Vivaldi A . 

Trial location: Grandiflora Nurseries Pty Ltd, Cranbourne, 

VIC, between Oct 1998 – Jan 1999. Conditions: plants 

grown in scoria hydroponic within environment controlled 

glasshouse. Measurements: 20 random samples of each 

variety collected over a four month period. 



The Netherlands 1995 Surrendered ‘Pretaner’ 

EU 1995 Granted ‘Pretaner’ 

Colombia 1996 Applied ‘Pretaner’ 

Israel 1996 Granted ‘Pretaner’ 

Poland 1996 Applied ‘Pretaner’ 

First sold in The Netherlands in Jan 1995. First Australian 

sale Jan 1999. 


VIC. 


PLANT HEIGHT 

‘Pretaner’ 

medium 

*‘Ruidriko’ A 

tall 


very strong strong 


reddish brown to reddish brown 

purple 


mean 8 9 


LSD/sig 0.94 P≤0.01 

LEAF COLOUR 

medium 

dark 


mean 55 52 




mean 37.5 32.5 


LSD/sig 2.76 P≤0.01 

FLOWER BUD 

round 

ovate 


mean 45.5 29.0 


LSD/sig 4.58 P≤0.01 


mean 91.5 89.0 



FLOWER PROFILE – UPPER 

flat 

FRAGRANCE 

PETAL SIZE 

weak 

medium 

flattened convex 

absent 

very large 


midzone outside 19C to 155C 27D 

midzone inside 19C to 155C 38D to 36D 

margin outside 155B 49D 

margin inside 158B to 155C 27D 

BASAL SPOT SIZE 

very small 


strong 

small 

medium 

OUTER STAMEN: PREDOMINANT COLOUR OF 

FILAMENT 

yellow 

orange red 

‘Sunscent’ syn Scentasia 


Applicant: Frank Bart Schuurman, Whenuapai, New 

Zealand. 



remontant cut and patio cluster flowered rose. Young 

vegetative shoot: anthocyanin colouration medium, bronze 

to reddish brown. Stem thorns: present, lower surface 

concave. Leaves: size medium, light green, weak glossiness 

on upper side. Terminal leaflet: size medium, cross section 

flat, margin undulation weak, leaf base rounded. Flower 

pedicel: few prickles. Flower bud: profile ovate. Flower: 

double, size medium, star shaped above, convex upper, flat 

lower profile. Sepal extensions: medium. Fragrance: strong. 

Petals: size medium, colour of middle zone inner and outer 

side green-yellow (RHS 1D), colour of marginal zone inner 

and outer side green-white (RHS 157D), basal spot present 

on both sides, small to very small, colour yellow (RHS 9A), 

strong margin reflexing, absent or very weak undulation, 

stamen filament yellow. Seed vessel: small, funnel shaped. 


‘Suntink’ A x pollen parent ‘Sungold’ in a planned breeding 

program at applicant’s nursery in New Zealand. The pollen 

parent was characterised by bright gold yellow flowers, mid 

green glossy foliage, few thorns and growth up to 60cm tall 

with up to 3 buds per stem with flowers of approximately 

5cm diameter. Both seed and pollen parents are varieties 

developed by the applicant. Selection criteria: seedlings 

from the cross were grown and the new variety was selected 

for development on the basis of flower colour, strong 

fragrance, flower size and habit. Propagation: vegetative 

through many generations. Breeder: Frank Bart Schuurman, 

Whenuapai, New Zealand. 

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Choice of Comparator ‘Suntink’ A syn Tinkerbell A was 

chosen as the sole comparator as it is the seed parent and in 

the opinion of the qualified person is the most similar 

variety of common knowledge on the basis of growth habit 

within the greenhouse cut flower range. The pollen parent 

was not considered because of smaller flower diameter and 

growth habit. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Suntink’ A syn 

Tinkerbell A . Trial location: Grandiflora Nurseries Pty Ltd, 

Cranbourne, VIC, between Oct 1998 – Jan 1999. 

Conditions: plants grown in scoria hydroponic within 

environment controlled glasshouse. Measurements: 20 

random samples of each variety collected over a four month 

period. 



New Zealand 1994 Granted ‘Sunscent’ 

Japan 1995 Withdrawn ‘Sunscent’ 

First sold New Zealand in March 1996. First Australian sale 

Sept 1998. 


VIC. 


PLANT HEIGHT 

‘Sunscent’ 

medium 

*‘Suntink’ A 

medium 


medium 

medium 


bronze to bronze to 

reddish brown reddish brown 


mean 7 8 



LEAF COLOUR 

light 

GLOSSINESS OF UPPER SIDE 

weak 

dark 

strong 

TERMINAL LEAFLET LENGTH (mm) 

mean 41.5 51.0 


LSD/sig 4.28 P≤0.01 


mean 36.0 35.5 



LEAFLET CROSS SECTION 

flat 

FLOWER BUD 

ovate 

slightly concave 

ovate 

NUMBER OF PETALS 

mean 25.5 33.5 


LSD/sig 3.31 P≤0.01 


mean 74.5 63.0 


LSD/sig 4.08 P≤0.01 

FLOWER VIEW FROM ABOVE 

star shaped 

FRAGRANCE 

PETAL SIZE 

strong 

small 

round 

strong 

small 


midzone outside 1D 54A 

midzone inside 1D 54D 

margin outside 157D 55C 

margin inside 157D 49B 

SPOT AT BASE OF INNER SIDE 

present 

SIZE OF SPOT AT BASE INNER SIDE 

small 

present 

small 

COLOUR OF SPOT AT BASE OF INNER SIDE (RHS) 

9A 

10C/D 

SPOT AT BASE OF OUTER SIDE 

present 

SIZE OF SPOT AT BASE OUTER SIDE 

very small 

present 

very small 

COLOUR OF SPOT AT BASE OF INNER SIDE (RHS) 

9B 

10C/D 


strong 

weak 

‘Tanadeepdac’ 


Applicant: Rosen Tantau, Mathias Tantau Nachfolger, 

Uetersen, Germany. 

Agent: Sovereign Nurseries Pty Ltd, Catherine Field, 

NSW. 

Characteristics (Figure 10) Plant: habit narrow bushy to 

bushy bed rose, height up to 1.2m (2m). Stem: anthocyanin 

medium strong, reddish brown; prickles shape of underside 

deep concave to concave, short prickles few, long prickles 

few to medium. Leaf: medium size, medium to dark green, 

upper side medium glossy; leaflet cross section flat, 

undulation of margin weak; terminal leaflet length of blade 

medium (mean 57mm), width of blade medium (mean 

37mm), shape of base rounded. Flower: flowering shoot, 

number of flowers very few; pedicel, number of hairs or 

prickles very few; flower bud, shape of longitudinal section 

broad-ovate; type double, number of petals medium; 

diameter medium, view from above irregularly rounded, 

side view of upper part flat, side view of lower part flattened 

convex; fragrance very weak to weak; sepal extensions 

weak; petal, size medium to large (large to very large mean 

length 50mm, mean width 57mm.), colour of middle and 

marginal zones of inner side dark purple red (RHS ca. 

50



187C), spot at base of inner side small to medium, pale 

yellow (ca. RHS 4D), colour of middle and marginal zones 

of outer side dark purple red (ca. RHS 185B), spot at base 

of outer side small pale yellow (ca. RHS 4D), reflexing of 

margin absent or very weak, undulation of margin medium; 

outer stamen, predominant colour of filament yellow; seed 

vessel size (at petal fall) medium; hip, shape of longest 

section pitcher shaped; flowering habit, almost 

continuous.(Note: data in parenthesis are from local 

observations and measurements. All RHS chart numbers 

refer to 1986 edition.) 

Origin and Breeding Spontaneous mutation: ‘Tanadac’ at 

applicant’s property in Uetersen, Germany. ‘Tanadac’ is a 

variety bred by the same breeder. Petals and buds were 

darker and brighter in the new variety ‘Tanadeepdac’ 

compared to the parental variety ‘Tanadac’ (RHS 53C). 

Selection criteria: flower colour, stem length, vase life. 

Propagation: vegetative over several generations. Breeder: 

Hans J Evers, Uetersen, Germany. 

Choice of Comparators The qualified person considers 

‘Tankalcig’ A is the closest variety of common knowledge in 

Australia. It differs from ‘Tanadeepdac’ having darker 

purple brown petals (RHS 183B) and the basal spot is white 

(RHS 155C). 

Comparative Trials Description based on official data 

provided by Bundessortenamt, Hannover, Germany. Key 

characteristics confirmed by local observations and 

measurements by the qualified person. Location: Catherine 

Field, NSW, Autumn 1999. Condition: plants grown under 

cover on raised beds for commercial production of cut 

flowers. Measurements: random sampling from separate 

plants. 



Germany 1994 Granted ‘Tanadeepdac’ 

Poland 1996 Granted ‘Tanadeepdac’ 

Israel 1996 Granted ‘Tanadeepdac’ 

EU 1996 Granted ‘Tanadeepdac’ 

Argentina 1997 Granted ‘Tanadeepdac’ 

Japan 1997 Applied ‘Tanadeepdac’ 

South Africa 1997 Applied ‘Tanadeepdac’ 

First sold in Germany in 1995. First Australian sales 1998. 

Description: Mike Barrett, Mike Barrett & Associates, Beecroft, NSW. 

‘Taniliram’ 




Agent: Sovereign Nurseries Pty Ltd, Catherine Field, 

NSW. 

Characteristics (Figure 11) Plant: habit narrow bushy bed 

rose, height up to 1.2m (2m). Stem: anthocyanin medium 

reddish brown; prickles shape of underside concave, short 

prickles many, long prickles few. Leaf: medium size, 

medium green, glossiness of upper side medium; leaflet 

cross section slightly concave, undulation of margin weak; 

terminal leaflet length of blade long (mean 73mm), width of 

blade medium (mean 55mm), shape of base rounded. 

Flower: flowering shoot number of flowers very few; 

pedicel number of hairs or prickles medium; flower bud 

shape of longitudinal section ovate; type double, number of 

petals medium, diameter large, view from above starshaped, 

side view of upper part flattened convex, side view 

of lower part concave; fragrance very weak to weak; sepal 

extensions medium to strong; petal size large (mean length 

49mm, mean width 46mm), colour of middle zone of inner 

side pink (ca. RHS 49A with a mild flush of orange ca. RHS 

33C), colour of marginal zone pink (ca. RHS 49A), spot at 

base of inner side small to medium, yellow (RHS 7B), 

colour of middle zone of outer side pink (ca. RHS 49A), 

colour of marginal zone of outer side pink (ca. RHS 49A), 

spot at base of outer side absent (a small basal spot of RHS 

4B is present on the outer side according to local 

observation), reflexing of margin medium to strong; 

undulation of margin strong; predominant colour of 

filament yellow; seed vessel size (at petal fall) large; hip 

shape of longest section funnel-shaped; flowering habit 

almost continuous. (Note: data in parenthesis are from local 

observations and measurements. All RHS chart numbers 

refer to 1986 edition.) 


seedling salmon hybrid tea rose x unnamed seedling pink 

hybrid tea rose in a planned breeding program at applicant’s 

property in Utersen, Germany. Both parents are producer 

lines in breeder’s private collection. Selection criteria: 

flower colour, stem length, vase life. Propagation: 

vegetative over several generations. Breeder: Hans J Evers, 


Choice of Comparators ‘Tanrikas’ was initially considered 

as a comparator, however it was excluded because it has 

thinner stems and fewer smaller petals. The qualified person 

considered ‘Taniffest’ A is the closest variety of common 

knowledge in Australia. It differs from ‘Taniliram’ in having 

slightly different pink petals (RHS 50D-49A), smaller 

terminal leaflets and smaller flowers and petals. 


provided by EU Community Plant Variety Office, 

Wageningen NL. Key characteristics confirmed by local 

observations and measurements by the qualified person. 

Location: Catherine Field, NSW Autumn 1999. Condition: 

plants grown under cover on raised beds for commercial 

production of cut flowers. Measurements: random sampling 

from separate plants. 



EU 1995 Granted ‘Taniliram’ 

Israel 1996 Granted ‘Taniliram’ 

Poland 1996 Applied ‘Taniliram’ 

Canada 1997 Applied ‘Taniliram’ 

Japan 1997 Applied ‘Taniliram’ 

First sold in Netherlands 1996. First Australian sales 1998. 


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‘Tannollipa’ 




Agent: Sovereign Nurseries Pty Ltd, Catherine Field 

NSW. 

Characteristics (Figure 12) Plant: small bushy bed rose, 

height up to 1.2m (2m). Stem; anthocyanin weak bronze to 

reddish brown; prickles shape of underside concave, short 

prickles absent or very few, long prickles medium to many. 

Leaf: large size, dark green, glossiness of upper side weak; 

leaflet cross section slight concave, undulation of margin 

weak; terminal leaflet length of blade long to very long 

(mean 77mm), width of blade broad (mean 50mm), shape 

of base cordate. Flower: flowering shoot number of flowers 

very few; pedicel number of hairs or prickles many; bud 

shape of longitudinal section broad-ovate; type double, 

number of petals few to medium, diameter medium to large, 

view from above irregularly rounded, side view of upper 

part flattened convex, side view of lower part flat; fragrance 

weak, sepal extensions medium; petal size medium (mean 

length 50mm, mean width 51mm), colour of middle and 

marginal zones of inner side yellow (RHS 11A), spot at 

base of inner side absent, colour of middle and marginal 

zones of outer side yellow orange (RHS 13C with flush of 

orange red RHS 32C which is prominent on outer petals 

especially on buds – see figure nn), spot at base of outer side 

absent, reflexing of margin weak, undulation of margin 

strong; predominant colour of filament yellow; seed vessel 

size (at petal fall) medium to large; hip shape of longest 

section pitcher shaped; flowering habit almost continuous. 

(Note: data in parenthesis are from local observations and 

measurements. All RHS chart numbers refer to 1986 

edition.) 

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: ‘Tanilyks’ x 

unnamed seedling in a planned breeding program at 

applicant’s property in Utersen, Germany. The seed parent 

is a variety bred by the same breeder and pollen parent is a 

producer line in breeder’s private collection. Selection 

criteria: flower colour, stem length, vase life. Propagation: 

vegetative over several generations. Breeder: Hans J Evers, 


Choice of Comparators The qualified person considers 

‘Korbacol’ A syn Texas A is the closest variety of common 

knowledge. It differs slightly from ‘Tannollipa’ in petal 

colouration (middle and marginal zones of inner side RHS 

12B, outer side RHS 12C). 


provided by Bundessortenamt, Hannover, Germany. Key 

characteristics confirmed by local observations and 

measurements by the qualified person. Location: Catherine 

Field, NSW, Autumn 1999. Condition: plants grown under 

cover on raised beds for commercial production of cut 

flowers. Measurements: random sampling from separate 

plants. 



Germany 1994 Granted ‘Tannollipa’ 

Finland 1995 Applied ‘Tannollipa’ 

Japan 1995 Applied ‘Tannollipa’ 

EU 1995 Granted ‘Tannollipa’ 

Israel 1996 Granted ‘Tannollipa’ 

Canada 1996 Applied ‘Tannollipa’ 

First sold in Germany 1994. First Australian sales 1998. 


‘WEKblagab’ 


Applicant: Week’s Roses, Upland, California, USA. 

Agent: Swane Bros Pty Ltd, Narromine, NSW. 

Characteristics (Figure 13) Plant: growth habit bushy, 

upright, vigorous, full branching, grandiflora. Young shoot: 

green, anthocyanin colouration present, prickles present. 

Thorn: large, straight angled severely downward. Leaf: size 

medium, colour medium green, leathery, semi-glossy. 

Leaflet: oval, base acute, margin serrate. Flower pedicel: 

medium green, surface rough, small prickles present. Bud: 

long, pointed to ovoid. Sepal: finely hirsute. Flower: small 

to medium, 10cm, borne in irregular rounded clusters, 

strong stems. Fragrance: moderate, fruity. Petal: thickness 

moderate, surface upper satiny, under slightly satiny, 

broadly ovate, under normal conditions number 25, colour 

surface under RHS 23A, upper RHS 15B, basal spot RHS 

12B. Anther: size medium, yellow, regularly around styles. 

Style: red. Flowering habit: remontant. Disease resistant. 

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: Seed parent: 

‘Hartanna’ (US Plant Patent 6,953) x unnamed seedling. 

The seed parent is a floribunda rose characterised by yellow 

blooms borne regularly in rounded clusters. The pollen 

parent is a hybrid tea rose characterised by large flowers of 

gold with a red-orange under petal. Seedlings from the 

cross were grown and selection was made on the basis of 

the following selection criteria: flower colour and growth 

habit. Propagation: vegetatively through many generations. 

Breeder: Thomas F. Carruth, Upland, California, USA. 

Choice of Comparators ‘City Lights’ and ‘Golden 

Gloves’ were considered to be the closest comparators for 

their similarities in flower colour. 

Comparative Trial The description is based on the data 

obtained from the US Plant Patent description (PP 9719). 

The overseas data was further confirmed by local 

observations and measurements. Local observations were 

done at Narromine, NSW in May 1998. Conditions: plants 

were budded on root stocks and raised in open beds. 

Measurements: from 10 plants taken at random. 

‘WEKblagab’ has a larger flower than ‘City Lights’ and the 

colour of ‘WEKblagab’ is darker than that of ‘Golden 

Gloves’. 



USA 1995 Granted ‘WEKblagab’ 

First sold in USA in 1996. 

Description: Geoffrey Swane, Swane Bros Pty Ltd, Narromine, NSW. 

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SUGARCANE 

Saccharum hybrid 

‘Q173’ 




Characteristics (Table 26, Figure 36) Ploidy: ‘Q173’ is a 

cytologically complex polyploid and aneuploid 

interspecific sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid). Plant: 

‘Q173’ is a perennial grass with erect growth habit, few 

number of tillers per stool. Leaf canopy is heavy. Suckers 

are very few in number. Stem: Culms are very short to short 

with mean length to top visible dewlap (TVD) 

approximately 2.34m (range 1.79m – 2.96 m). Alternate 

internodes of a culm are arranged in a weakly to medium 

zigzagged pattern. Length of longest internode on bud side 

is short to medium with mean length approximately 18.6cm 

(range 13.5cm – 22.0cm) and side opposite bud is short to 

medium mean length approximately 18.6cm (range 13.0 cm 

– 21.6cm). Diameter of longest internode central and 

perpendicular to bud is thick to very thick with mean 

approximately 25.4mm (range 20.9mm – 31.4mm). 

Diameter of longest internode central and dissecting bud is 

thick to very thick with mean approximately 25.1mm 

(range 20.3mm – 30.8 mm). Internodes are bobbin shaped 

and round in cross-section. Colour of dewaxed internode is 

yellow-green (RHS 144A) yellow-green (RHS 144B) 

exposed, yellow-green (RHS 154C) unexposed. Wax 

covering of internode is medium to heavy, with wax band 

weakly distinct and wide. Growth cracks are few. Cork 

cracks are absent. Bud groove is inconspicuous to medium 

conspicuousness, medium to long in length and very 

shallow to shallow in depth. Root band-width on bud side 

is very wide (10mm-11.5mm). Bud is of weak prominence, 

ovate in shape, and with base near leaf scar and tip level to 

the growth ring. Bud excluding wings is wide to very wide 

and bud wing is medium width. Leaf scar is prominent and 

oblique descending towards bud. Growth ring is weakly 

depressed. Leaf: Lamina of TVD leaf is long to very long 

in length with mean approximately 1.71m (1.38m - 1.89m), 

very wide with mean width approximately 50.0mm (range 

38.1mm- 60.4mm) at longitudinal midpoint, and curved 

near tip in attitude. Midrib of lamina at longitudinal 

midpoint is wide to very wide with mean 4.4 mm (range 3.3 

to 5.4 mm). Lamina width to midrib width ratio is medium 

to high with mean approximately 12.7 (range 8.0 – 17.8). 

Leaf sheath of TVD leaf is very long in length with mean 

length approximately 39.5cm (range 36.0cm – 45.0cm). 

Sheath of senescent leaves weak to medium adherence to 

culm. Hairs on abaxial leaf sheath surface (Group 57) are 

absent. Ligule is deltoid in shape and medium width at 

midrib section. Cilia along the free margin of the ligule 

(Group 61) are dense and short. Auricles are medium to 

prominent and asymmetrical. Inner or underlapping auricle 

is lanceolate in shape. Outer or overlapping auricle is 

deltoid in shape. Flowering: The flower is an open panicle 

and flowering is discontinuous and medium to profuse. 

Seed: The seed or fruit is a caryopsis. Disease resistance: 

‘Q173’ is very highly to highly resistant to Fiji disease 

virus, highly resistant to Leaf Scald (Xanthomonas 

albilineans (Ashby) Dowson), intermediate resistant to Red 

Rot (Glomerella tucumanensis (Spego) Arx and Mueller, 

intermediate resistant to Pachymetra Root Rot, and 

intermediate resistant to sugarcane mosaic virus. Other 

characteristics: Fibre quantity and quality are acceptable for 

milling purposes (impact reading 0.35, shear strength 20.0, 

short fibre 60.2%). ‘Q173’ has average yield potential with 

average to high sugar content under suitable growing 

conditions. 

Origin and Breeding Controlled Pollination: ‘Q173’ is the 

progeny of a controlled biparental cross made at Meringa, 

QLD between the female parent ‘68N1797’ and the male 

parent ‘60S7540’. Seed was collected from the pollinated 

female inflorescence and stored for germination in 1978. 

Neither parent has been maintained in the parent collection 

at Meringa and so both are unavailable for comparative 

purposes. However, some distinguishing disease reaction 

data are available. ‘Q173’ is very highly to highly resistant 

(1-2) to Fiji Disease Virus (FDV), intermediate (5) to 

Sugarcane Mosaic Virus (SCMV), intermediate (5) to Red 

Rot (RR) and intermediate resistant to intermediate 

susceptible (4-6) for Pachymetra Root Rot (PRR). 

‘68N1797’ is susceptible (7) to FDV, highly susceptible (8) 

to SCMV, and susceptible (7) to PRR, while 60S7540 is 

highly susceptible (8) to RR. ‘Q173’ has been evaluated and 

selected by BSES in yield trials on the Meringa Sugar 

Experiment Station, QLD and sites within the sugarcane 

growing area in the northern region. Standard commercial 

varieties were also included in the trials for comparative 

purposes. Cane yield, commercial cane sugar, and sugar 

yield have been the main selection criteria. Disease 

resistance screening was conducted at the pathology farm 

(Eight Mile Plains) and in the Tully glasshouse. After an 

initial seedling stage (using seed from the cross), all 

subsequent stages have involved vegetative propagation. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Q170’ A was chosen as a 

comparator because, although it is not currently grown in 

the northern region where ‘Q173’ is grown, it is the variety 

most similar in appearance, differing mainly in height, 

internode length, lamina width, and disease resistance. 

‘Q120’ is a widely grown variety in the northern region (1.5 

million t in 1998) that is the most similar of the northern 

varieties. Over 5 locations, ‘Q173’ had higher cane yield 

than Q120 (+8 to +20 %), mostly higher commercial cane 

sugar (-0.3 to +2.4 units), and higher sugar yield (+6 to +28 

%). Parents were not included in the comparative trial as 

both have been discarded from the parent collection. 

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Q120’ and ‘Q170’ A . 

Location: Conducted at Meringa Sugar Experiment Station 

(17º 12´ S, 145º 45´ E), Gordonvale, QLD. The trial was 

planted 26 September 1997, harvested on 3 Nov 1998 and 

ratooned. DUS data were recorded in early Jun 1999. 

Conditions: Clones were propagated from vegetative 

cuttings and grown under field conditions. Soil type: White 

schist. Watering regime: Rainfed. Chemicals: Aretan (400 

ml/400 L) and suSCon (14 kg/ha). Fertilisers: DAP (120 

kg/ha – N 21.6, P 24) at planting, Muriate of potash (200 

kg/ha – K 100) and urea (180 kg/ha – N 83) on 1-2 Dec 

1997; CK50/50 (512 kg/ha – N 199, K 120) on 24 Nov 

1998; Trial design: Clones were grown in a randomised 

complete block design with three replicates. Plots were 

single row by 9 m, with 1.5 m between rows. 

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Measurements: taken from up to 20 stalks sampled 

randomly per plot 

Prior Applications and Sales First sold in Australia in May 

1997. 

Description: Dr Mike Cox, Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, 

Bundaberg, QLD 

Table 26 Saccharum varieties 

‘Q173’ *‘Q120’ *‘Q170’ A 

GROWTH HABIT erect erect semi-erect 

to medium 

TILLERING few medium many 

LEAF CANOPY heavy light heavy to very 

heavy 

SUCKERING very few very few few 

to few 

CULM HEIGHT (m) LSD (P ≤ 0.01) = 0.29 

mean 2.34a 2.46a 3.02b 


(very short (short to (tall) 

to short) medium) 

ALIGNMENT OF INTERNODES – zigzaggedness 

weak to weak aligned 

medium 

to weak 

INTERNODE LENGTH – bud side (cm) LSD (P ≤ 0.01) = 2.36 

mean 18.6a 18.7a 21.4b 


(short to (short to (long to 

medium) medium) very long) 

INTERNODE LENGTH – side opposite bud (cm) LSD 

(P ≤ 0.01) = 2.33 

mean 18.1a 18.4a 21.3b 


(short to (short to (long to 

medium) medium) very long) 

INTERNODE WIDTH – central, perpendicular to bud (mm) 

LSD (P ≤ 0.01) = 1.79 

mean 25.4a 23.2b 21.6b 


(thick to (medium) (very thin to 

very thick) 

thin) 

INTERNODE WIDTH – central, dissecting Bud (mm) LSD 

(P ≤ 0.01) = 1.91 

mean 25.1a 22.8b 22.3b 


(thick to (thin to (thin) 

very thick) medium) 

INTERNODE SHAPE 

bobbin bobbin bobbin shaped 

shaped shaped to conoidal 

INTERNODE CROSS-SECTION 

round oval weakly oval 

INTERNODE DEWAXED COLOUR (RHS) – exposed 

yellow-green yellow-green yellow-green 

(144A–144B) (152A) (144A–144B) 

(152A–144A) 

INTERNODE DEWAXED COLOUR (RHS) – unexposed 

yellow-green yellow (10B) yellow-green 

(154C) to (151A–153D) 

yellow-green 

(152D) 

INTERNODE WAX COVERING 

medium to medium light to 

heavy 

medium 

WAX BAND DISTINCTIVENESS 

indistinct to indistinct to distinct 

medium medium 

WAX BAND WIDTH 

wide wide to medium 

very wide 

GROWTH CRACKS 

few absent few to medium 

CORK CRACKS absent very few few 

BUD GROOVE PRESENCE 

inconspicuous absent 

to medium 

BUD GROOVE LENGTH 

medium – – 

to long 

BUD GROOVE DEPTH 

very shallow – – 

to shallow 

absent 

ROOT BAND WIDTH – bud side 

very wide wide medium 

(10mm– (approx (7.5mm 

11.5 mm) 9 mm) –9.5 mm) 

BUD – prominence weak medium weak 

BUD – shape ovate round to ovate 

ovate 

BUD – position of base (above leaf scar) 

near near high 

BUD – position of tip (relative to growth ring) 

level slightly above 

below 

BUD WIDTH (excluding wings) 

wide to very wide wide 

very wide 

BUD WING WIDTH 

medium wide narrow to 

medium 

LEAF SCAR PROMINENCE 

prominent prominent prominent 

LEAF SCAR SLOPE 

oblique oblique oblique 

GROWTH RING weakly flush flush 

depressed 

LAMINA LENGTH (TVD Leaf) (m) LSD (P ≤ 0.01) = 0.11 

mean 1.71a 1.71a 1.65a 


(long to (long to (medium 

very long) very long) to long) 

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LAMINA WIDTH (longitudinal midpoint) (mm) LSD 

(P ≤ 0.01) = 5.3 

mean 50.0a 37.5b 39.2b 


(very wide) (narrow) (narrow to 

medium) 

MIDRIB WIDTH (longitudinal midpoint) (mm) LSD (P ≤ 0.01) 

= 0.5 

mean 4.4a 3.8b 3.4b 


wide to narrow to very narrow 

very wide medium 

LAMINA WIDTH/MIDRIB WIDTH RATIO 

medium low high 

to high 

LAMINA ATTITUDE 

curve near tip curve near 

middle 

curve near 

middle 

LEAF SHEATH – adherence to culm 

weak to medium to weak 

medium strong 

LENGTH OF TVD LEAF SHEATH (cm) LSD (P ≤ 0.01) = 2.5 

mean 39.5a 34.7b 32.5b 


(very long) (medium (Short to 

to long) medium) 

HAIR GROUP 57 – occurrence 

absent absent absent 

LIGULE SHAPE 

LIGULE HEIGHT 

deltoid 

crescentiform deltoid 

medium medium wide 

HAIR GROUP 61 – density 

dense medium sparse 

AURICLE – prominence (second fully unfurled leaf) 

medium to medium medium 

prominent 

AURICLE SHAPE – ULP 

lanceolate lanceolate transitional 

AURICLE SHAPE – OLP 

deltoid transitional deltoid 

AURICLE SIZE – ULP 

medium small – 

AURICLE SIZE – OLP 

medium – small 

FLOWERING medium to sparse to medium to 

profuse medium profuse 

FLOWERING open open open 

panicle and panicle and panicle and 

discontinuous discontinuousdiscontinuous 

Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P ≤ 

0.01, Duncan’s Multiple Range. 

‘Q175’ 




Characteristics (Table 27, Figure 37) Ploidy: ‘Q175’ is a 

cytologically complex polyploid and aneuploid 

interspecific sugarcane (Saccharum spp.). Plant: ‘Q175’ is a 

perennial grass with erect growth habit, many tillers per 

stool. Leaf canopy is medium. Suckers are medium in 

number. Stem: Culms are very short to short with mean 

length to top visible dewlap (TVD) approximately 2.36m 

(2.02m–2.69 m). Alternate internodes of a culm are 

arranged in a weakly to medium zigzagged pattern. Length 

of longest internode on bud side is short with mean length 

approximately 17.9cm (14.5cm–21.8cm) and side opposite 

bud is short with mean length approximately 17.6cm 

(13.8cm–21.8cm). Diameter of longest internode central 

and perpendicular to bud is very thin with mean 

approximately 19.9 mm (17.2mm–22.5mm). Diameter of 

longest internode central and dissecting bud is very thin 

with mean approximately 20.9mm (18.3mm–23.7 mm). 

Internodes are weakly concave-convex shaped and oval in 

cross-section. Colour of dewaxed internode is yellow-green 

(RHS 146D) to yellow-green (RHS 144A) exposed and 

green-yellow (RHS 1C) unexposed. Wax covering of 

internode is light, with wax band distinct and very narrow. 

Growth cracks are absent. Cork cracks are absent. Bud 

groove is absent. Root band width on bud side is narrow 

(5.5mm–7 mm). Bud is of weak prominence, ovate in 

shape, and with base near to medium to leaf scar and tip 

level to above the growth ring. Bud width excluding wings 

is medium to wide and bud wing is very narrow in width. 

Leaf scar is prominent and oblique descending towards bud. 

Growth ring is flush. Leaf: Lamina of TVD leaf is short in 

length with mean approximately 1.55 m (range 1.38 to 1.70 

m), very wide with mean width approximately 41.9 mm 

(range 31.5 to 49.6 mm) at longitudinal midpoint, and 

curved near tip in attitude. Midrib of lamina at longitudinal 

midpoint is medium to wide with mean 4.2 mm (range 2.9 

to 5.4 mm). Lamina width to midrib width ratio is low to 

medium with mean approximately 10.1 (range 8.4 to 12.1). 

Leaf sheath of TVD leaf is medium in length with mean 

length approximately 33.0 cm (range 29.0 to 37.5 cm). 

Sheath of senescent leaves have weak to medium adherence 

to culm. Hairs on abaxial leaf sheath surface (Group 57) are 

absent. Ligule is crescentiform in shape and wide at midrib 

section. Cilia along the free margin of the ligule (Group 61) 

are medium density and very short. Auricles are 

inconspicuous to medium in prominence and asymmetrical. 

Inner or underlapping auricle is transitional in shape. Outer 

or overlapping auricle is transitional in shape. Flowering: 

The flower is an open panicle and flowering is 

discontinuous and sparse to medium. Seed: The seed or 

fruit is a caryopsis. Disease resistance: ‘Q175’ is very 

highly to highly resistant to Leaf Scald (Xanthomonas 

albilineans (Ashby) Dowson), resistant to Red Rot 

(Glomerella tucumanensis (Spego) Arx and Mueller, highly 

resistant to Pachymetra Root Rot, and very highly 

susceptible to sugarcane mosaic virus. Other 

characteristics: Fibre quantity and quality are acceptable 

for milling purposes (impact reading 0.37, shear strength 

21.4, short fibre 60.2%). ‘Q175’ has good resistance to 

sugarcane weevil borer (Rhabdoscelus obscurus) and good 

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yield potential and commercial cane sugar in areas where 

weevil borer is a problem. 

Origin and Breeding Controlled Pollination: ‘Q175’ is the 

progeny of a controlled biparental cross made at Meringa 

QLD, between the female parent ‘77N557’ and the male 

parent ‘Q172’ A . Seed was collected from the pollinated 

female inflorescence and stored for germination in 1985. 

‘Q175’ has short, very thin stalks with short internodes 

compared with the male parent ‘Q172’ A which has medium 

stalk height, medium thickness stalks with long internodes. 

‘Q175’ is resistant (3) to Red Rot (RR) while ‘77N557’ is 

susceptible (7) and ‘Q172’ A intermediate resistant (4). 

‘Q175’ has been evaluated and selected by BSES in yield 

trials on the Meringa Sugar Experiment Station, QLD and 

sites within the sugarcane growing area in the northern 

region. Standard commercial varieties were also included in 

the trials for comparative purposes. Cane yield, ccs, and 

sugar yield have been the main selection criteria. Disease 

resistance screening was conducted at the pathology farm 

(Eight Mile Plains) and in the Tully glasshouse. A 

distinguishing feature of ‘Q175’ is its resistance to 

sugarcane weevil borer (Rhabdoscelus obscurus). It was 

released specifically because of its superior resistance and 

has been targeted for cultivation on the Mourilyan sands 

and other weevil borer problem areas. After an initial 

seedling stage (using seed from the cross), all subsequent 

stages have involved vegetative propagation. 

Table 27 Saccharum varieties 

Choice of Comparators ‘Q138’ and ‘Q152’ were chosen 

as they are the most similar commercial varieties grown in 

north Queensland. The male parent ‘Q172’ A was also 

included as a comparator. The seed parent ‘77N557 is 

susceptible to Red Rot (7) while ‘Q175’ is resistant (3). 

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Q138’, ‘Q152’, and 

‘Q172’. Location: Conducted at Meringa Sugar 

Experiment Station (17º 12´ S, 145º 45´ E), Gordonvale, 

QLD. The trial was planted 26 Sep 1997, harvested on 3 

Nov 1998 and ratooned. DUS data were recorded in early 

June 1999. Conditions: Clones were propagated from 

vegetative cuttings and grown under field conditions. Soil 

type: White schist. Watering regime: Rainfed. Chemicals: 

Aretan (400 ml/400 L) and suSCon (14 kg/ha). Fertilisers: 

DAP (120 kg/ha – N 21.6, P 24) at planting, Muriate of 

potash (200 kg/ha – K 100) and urea (180 kg/ha – N 83) on 

1-2 Dec 1997; CK50/50 (512 kg/ha – N 199, K 120) on 24 

Nov 1998; Trial design: Clones were grown in a 

randomised complete block design with three replicates. 

Plots were single row by 9 m, with 1.5 m between rows. 

Measurements: Taken from up to 20 stalks sampled 

randomly per plot. 

Prior Applications and Sales First sold in Australia in May 

1997. 

Description: Dr Mike Cox, Bureau of Sugar Experiment Station, 

Bundaberg, QLD. 

‘Q175’ *‘Q138’ *‘Q152’ *‘Q172’ A 

GROWTH HABIT erect medium to semi- erect erect to semi-erect 

prostrate 

TILLERING many many medium to many medium 

LEAF CANOPY medium heavy to medium to medium to 

very heavy heavy light 

SUCKERING medium few to medium medium medium 

CULM HEIGHT (m) LSD (P ≤ 0.01) = 0.29 

mean 2.36b 2.56ab 2.87a 2.64ab 

std deviation 0.20 0.30 0.32 0.27 

(very short to (medium) (medium to (medium) 

short) 

tall) 

ALIGNMENT OF INTERNODES – Zigzaggedness 

weak to medium weak weak to medium medium 

INTERNODE LENGTH – bud side (cm) LSD (P ≤ 0.01) = 2.36 

mean 17.9b 21.0a 19.9ab 20.7a 

std deviation 1.84 2.97 1.33 2.83 

(short) (long) (medium to long) (long) 

INTERNODE LENGTH – side opposite bud (cm) LSD (P ≤ 0.01) = 2.33 

mean 17.6b 20.7a 19.6ab 20.4a 

std deviation 1.84 2.99 1.33 2.86 

(short) (long) (medium to long) (long) 

INTERNODE WIDTH – Central Perpendicular to Bud (mm) LSD (P ≤ 0.01) = 1.79 

mean 19.9b 22.1a 22.5a 23.3a 


(very thin) (thin) (thin to medium) (medium) 

INTERNODE WIDTH – Central Dissecting Bud (mm) LSD (P ≤ 0.01) = 1.91 

mean 20.9b 22.0ab 23.4a 23.7a 


(very thin) (thin) (thin to medium) (medium) 

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INTERNODE SHAPE weakly concave weakly bobbin concave – convex concave – convex 

– convex shaped – conoidal 

INTERNODE CROSS-SECTION oval round oval round 

INTERNODE DEWAXED COLOUR (RHS) – Exposed 

yellow green yellow green yellow green yellow green 

(146D, 144A) (144A) (144A, 146B) (152A) 

INTERNODE DEWAXED COLOUR (RHS) – Unexposed 

greenish yellow yellow green yellow green yellow green 

(1C) (151D) (151D, 154C) (153D) 

INTERNODE WAX COVERING light very light to heavy medium light to medium 

WAX BAND DISTINCTIVENESS distinct distinct weakly distinct distinct 

WAX BAND WIDTH very narrow wide to very wide medium to wide medium 

GROWTH CRACKS absent absent few few 

CORK CRACKS absent absent few numerous 

BUD GROOVE PRESENCE absent inconspicuous absent medium conspicuous 

BUD GROOVE LENGTH – very short – medium 

BUD GROOVE DEPTH – shallow – medium to deep 

ROOT BAND WIDTH – Bud Side narrow medium wide to very wide narrow to medium 

(5.5mm–7 mm) (approx 8 mm) (9mm–10 mm) (approx 7 mm) 

BUD – PROMINENCE weak weak to medium very weak strong 

BUD – SHAPE ovate ovate to rhomboid ovate ovate 

BUD – POSITION OF BASE (above leaf scar) 

near to medium near high near 

BUD – POSITION OF TIP (relative to growth ring) 

level to above below below below 

BUD WIDTH (excluding wings) medium to wide medium wide to very wide medium 

BUD WING WIDTH very narrow narrow to medium very narrow narrow to medium 

LEAF SCAR prominent medium to prominent prominent prominent 

LEAF SCAR SLOPE oblique oblique oblique oblique 

GROWTH RING flush flush to swollen flush weakly swollen 

LAMINA LENGTH (TVD leaf) (m) LSD (P ≤ 0.01) = 0.11 

mean 1.55ab 1.65a 1.57a 1.44b 

std deviation 0.06 0.09 0.11 0.12 

(short) (medium to long) (short to medium) (v.short) 

LAMINA WIDTH (longitudinal midpoint) (mm) LSD (P ≤ 0.01) = 5.3 

mean 41.9bc 46.7ab 35.8d 48.2a 


(very wide) (narrow) (very narrow (wide to very wide) 

to narrow) 

MIDRIB WIDTH (L=longitudinal midpoint) (mm) LSD (P ≤ 0.01) = 0.5 

mean 4.2a 4.5a 3.5b 4.1a 


(medium to wide) (very wide) (very narrow (medium to wide) 

to narrow) 

LAMINA WIDTH/MIDRIB WIDTH RATIO 

low to medium low to medium low to medium high 

LAMINA ATTITUDE curve near tip curve near tip curve near middle curve near tip 

LEAF SHEATH – ADHERENCE TO CULM 

weak to medium medium weak to medium weak to medium 

LENGTH OF TVD LEAF SHEATH (cm) LSD (P ≤ 0.01) = 2.5 

mean 33.0a 32.4a 30.9ab 28.9b 


medium short to medium very short to short very short 

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HAIR GROUP 57 – occurrence absent sparse sparse medium to dense 

HAIR GROUP 57 – length – short very short long 

LIGULE SHAPE crescentiform deltoid deltoid crescentiform 

LIGULE WIDTH wide wide wide medium 

HAIR GROUP 61 – DENSITY/OCCURRENCE 

medium medium dense dense medium 

AURICLE – PROMINENCE (second fully unfurled leaf) 

inconspicuous medium medium prominent inconspicuous 

to medium 

AURICLE SHAPE – ULP transitional lanceolate deltoid transitional 

AURICLE SHAPE – OLP transitional deltoid transitional transitional 

AURICLE SIZE – ULP – small small – 

AURICLE SIZE – OLP – small – – 

FLOWERING sparse to medium very sparse sparse medium to profuse 

FLOWERING open panicle and open panicle and open panicle and open panicle and 

discontinuous discontinuous discontinuous discontinuous 

Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.01, Duncan’s Multiple Range 

TALL WHEATGRASS 

Thinopyron ponticum 

‘Dundas’ 

Application No: 97/133 Accepted: 24 June 1997. 

Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd, 

Melbourne, VIC. 

Characteristics (Table 28, Figure 45) Plant: bushy. Height 

in spring: tall (170.9cm). Leaf: length average (27.6mm), 

width average (7.3mm). Inflorescence: length average 

(38.8cm), number of spikelets per spike low (75.3). 

Origin and Breeding Phenotypic selection: plants were 

selected from the tall wheatgrass variety ‘Tyrell’ based on 

phenotypic selection. Syn I seeds were produced from 58 

cloned genotypes after 4 genotypes were rouged as offtypes. 

‘Dundas’ was developed as a leafy, productive 

alternative to the existing variety ‘Tyrell’. Selection criteria: 

plants were selected on the basis of leafiness, productivity 

and disease resistance over 3 years. Propagation: by seed. 

Breeder: Kevin Smith, The Pastoral and Veterinary Institute, 

Department of Natural Resources and Environment, 

Hamilton, VIC. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Tyrell’ was chosen because it is 

the only variety of common knowledge of tall wheatgrass in 

Australia. ‘Tyrell’ is also the parent of the candidate variety. 

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Tyrell’. Location: The 

Pastoral and Veterinary Institute, Hamilton, VIC (Latitude 

37 44´, Longitude 142 01´) spring – summer 1997/98. 

Conditions: plants grown from seed in seedling trays in a 

glass house and transplanted into the field at week eight. 

Trial area fertilised at transplanting with 200kg/ha of an 

NPK compound ferterlizer. The row component of the trial 

was sown as seed directly into the field area. Trial design: 

eighty single spaced plants of each variety were arranged 

into eight replicates in a completely randomised block 

design. The row component of the trial consisted of 10 

meters of row for each variety arranged into two completely 

randomised replicates. Measurements: carried out on each 

individual spaced plant. 

Description: Valerie Croft, Agriculture Victoria, Hamilton VIC. 

Table 28 Thinopyrum varieties 

‘Dundas’ 

*‘Tyrell’ 

PLANT HEIGHT IN SPRING (cm) 

mean 170.9 159.1 


LSD/sig 6.66 P≤0.01 

SPIKE PER PLANT 

mean 75.3 92.6 


LSD/sig 14.40 P≤0.01 

TORENIA 

Torenia fournieri 

‘Sunrenilabu’ syn Blue Magic 




Characteristics (Table 29, Figure 26) Plant: habit semierect, 

trailing in hanging pots, height medium-low, medium 

branching, highly floriferous, long flowering season. Stem: 

anthocyanin absent, internodes medium, pubescence sparse, 

colours yellow green (RHS 146B, 1995) striped with 

yellow green (RHS 147A, 1995). Leaf: phyllotaxis 

opposite, length short, width medium, shape cordate, 

margin serrate, apex acute, upper side colour yellow green 

(RHS 147A, 1995), lower side colour yellow green (RHS 

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146A, 1995). Inflorescence: solitary. Flower: attitude 

upright to lateral, diameter large (average 27.4mm), corolla 

tube length long (average 37.1mm), petals 5, lobes 

overlapping, lobe margins with fine incisions and 

serrations, standard petal colour violet blue (RHS 92A-B, 

1995), wing petal colours violet (RHS 88A, 1995) to violet 

blue (RHS 89A, 1995) with outer edge violet blue (RHS 

91A, 1995), keel petal colours violet blue (RHS 92A, 1995) 

with centre white (RHS 155D, 1995), yellow eye colour 

absent, throat colour violet blue (RHS 92A, 1995), veins 

prominent, vein colours purple (RHS 79C-79D, 1995), 

outer corolla tube colour purple violet (RHS 82A, 1995), 

calyx length medium, calyx and pedicel coloured yellow 

green (RHS 144A, 1995). Disease tolerance: incidence of 

powdery mildew and botrytis on the foliage is low relative 

to comparators. 

Origin and Breeding Spontaneous mutation: ‘Sunrenibu’. 

The parent was characterised by single coloured flowers of 

smaller diameter. Selection took place in Yamanashi-ken, 

Japan in 1995. Selection criteria: large flower size, flower 

colour. Propagation: stock plants were created from cuttings 

and micropropagation and were found to be uniform and 

stable through many generations. ‘Sunrenilabu’ will be 



Breeders: Yuji Tamura & Kiyoshi Miyazaki, Suntory Ltd, 

Japan. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Clown’, ‘Extra Dwarf Panda’ and 

‘T. fournieri’ were used for the comparative trial as these 

Table 29 Torenia varieties 

are similar varieties of common knowledge. ‘Clown’ was 

included as this series was used in the breeding of the parent 

variety. ‘Extra Dwarf Panda’, was chosen due to similarity 

with the ‘Clown’ series and ‘T. fournieri was chosen for its 

trailing to semi erect growth habit. ‘Sunrenibu’ was 

excluded on the basis of flower colour. 

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Clown’, ‘Extra Dwarf 

Panda’ and T. fournieri. Location: Somersby, NSW, 

summer-autumn 1998/99. Conditions: trial conducted in a 

retractable roof polyhouse, plants propagated from cutting, 

rooted cuttings planted into 200mm pots filled with soilless 

potting mix (pine bark & copra peat base), nutrition 

maintained with slow release fertilisers, pest and disease 

treatments applied as required. Trial design: fifteen pots of 

each variety arranged in a completely randomised design. 


plant. 



Japan 1996 Accepted ‘Sunrenilabu’ 

USA 1997 Accepted ‘Sunrenilabu’ 

EU 1997 Accepted ‘Sunrenilabu’ 

Israel 1998 Accepted ‘Sunrenilabu’ 

First sold in Australia in 1998. 


NSW. 

‘Sunrenilabu’ *‘Clown’ *‘Extra Dwarf Panda’ *T. fournieri 

PLANT HEIGHT (cm) 

mean 13.0 19.2 15.1 27.8 


LSD/sig 3.1 P≤0.01 ns P≤0.01 

PLANT WIDTH (cm) 

mean 60.3 39.4 33.6 63.5 


LSD/sig 6.7 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns 

INTERNODE LENGTH (mm) – internode below first flower 

mean 44.7 44.1 31.5 77.0 

std deviation 6.8 14.3 5.9 20.7 

LSD/sig 15.2 ns ns P≤0.01 


biggest leaf on first flower node 

mean 34.2 61.3 58.0 63.3 

std deviation 3.4 16.2 7.2 12.1 

LSD/sig 12.4 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

FOLIAGE COLOURS (RHS, 1995) 

stem 146B with 144A 144A 144A 

147A stripe 

leaf upper 147A 137A 137A 137A with 59A 

margin on 

expanding leaf 

FLOWER DIAMETER (mm) – across wings 

mean 27.4 23.0 18.1 22.8 


LSD/sig 2.2 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

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FLOWER LENGTH (mm) 

to base of calyx 

mean 37.1 33.0 34.0 37.0 


LSD/sig 2.3 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns 

FLOWER COLOURS (RHS, 1995) 

standard petal 92A-92B 79A edged 97D with 91D with 

with 88A 97A margin 91A margin 

wing petals 88A to 89A 91C centre with 91C centre with 91B centre with 

edged with 91A 79A margin 79A margin 79A margin 

keel petal 92A lobe with 79A lobe margin 79A lobe margin 79A lobe margin 

155D centre 14A centre with 9A centre with 9A centre with 

91C surround 91B-C surround 91B surround 

throat 92A 14A 14A 14A 

veins 79C-D 88B 88B 88B 

many, prominent less prominent less prominent less prominent 

calyx 144A 144A with 144C with 144C with 

145B margin 59A margin 59A margin 

CALYX LENGTH (mm) 

mean 19.4 16.8 17.5 19.9 


LSD/sig 1.6 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns 

INCIDENCE OF FOLIAR DISEASE 

powdery mildew absent high medium-high absent 

botrytis low medium-high high low 

TRITICALE 

xTriticosecale 

‘Maiden’ 


Applicant: The University of Sydney, Plant Breeding 

Institute, Cobbitty, NSW. 

Characteristics (Table 30, Figure 39) Seedling habit: semierect. 

Plant: facultative long season type, dual purpose 

suitable for grazing and grain. Stem: medium height, 

hairiness of neck very weak to weak. Leaf and leaf sheaths: 

frequency of plants with recurved leaves low, flag leaf 

anthocyanin medium, glaucosity of sheath medium. 

Inflorescence: emergence medium, glaucosity of ear 

medium, fully awned, length of awns very long, length of 

first beak long, lower glume hairiness present, ear colour 

white. Seed: grain colouration with phenol nil or very light. 

Disease resistance: resistant to wheat stem rust, Puccinia 

graminis f.sp. tritici pathotype 34-2,12,13, resistant to 

wheat stem rust, P. recondita f.sp. tritici pathotype 104 – 

1,2,3,(6),(7), 11, resistant to wheat stripe rust, P. striiformis 

f.sp. tritici pathotype 110 E143A+. 


‘rht3 Hungarian triticale x pollen parent ‘Ningadhu’. The 

seed parent is characterised as dwarf, winter type. The 

pollen parent is characterised as rust resistant, acid soil 

tolerant and spring type. Hybridisation took place at the 

University of Sydney, Australia in 1976. Individual plant 

selections were made in the F 2 and F 3 generations, and one 

selection was identified as a dual purpose cultivar in the 

F 5 /F 6 generation based on grazing potential and grain 

recovery. Due to lack of uniformity, this line was not 

released, but an unselected bulk was later released as the 

cultivar ‘Madonna’. A shorter reselection was made in 1989 

at Narrabri, NSW, which subsequently became the cultivar 

‘Maiden’. Selection criteria: high bio-mass production for 

grazing, good grain recovery after grazing, and long season 

line suitable for early sowing in Mar-Apr in the southern 

high rainfall areas of NSW. Propagation: seed. Breeders: N 

L Darvey, Plant Breeding Institute, Cobbitty, University of 

Sydney, Australia. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Madonna’ and ‘Empat’ were 

included as these are the only dual purpose long season 

triticales of common knowledge. ‘Abacus’, ‘Tahara’ and 

‘Muir’ are spring triticales, and were therefore excluded 

from the trial. The parents were not considered as the seed 

parent is clearly distinguishable being a dwarf cereal, and 

the pollen parent being a spring triticale. 

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Madonna’, ‘Empat’. 

Location: University of Sydney, Plant Breeding Institute, 

Cobbitty, NSW (latitude 34º01´, longitude 150º40´, altitude 

75m), winter-spring 1998. Conditions: hand sown trial 

plots, sown into fertilized drilled (Starter 15) rows, preemergent 

herbicide Glean applied immediately after sowing 

at rate of 20 g/ha, irrigated as needed, with representative 

seasonal conditions. Trial design: randomised complete 

block of 4m x 5 row plots with 3 replicates, 30cm row 

spacing. Measurements: 25 randomly selected plants per 

plot. 

Description: Jeremy Roake, University of Sydney, Plant Breeding 

Institute, Cobbitty, NSW. 

Table 30 xTriticosecale varieties 

PLOIDY 

‘Maiden’ ‘Madonna’ ‘Empat’ 

hexaploid hexaploid hexaploid 

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PLANT GROWTH HABIT 

semi-erect semi-erect semi-erect 

FREQUENCY OF PLANTS WITH RECURVED LEAFS 

low low medium 

FLAG LEAF ANTHOCYANIN 

medium strong medium 

TIME OF EAR EMERGENCE 

medium medium late 

FLAG LEAF GLAUCOSITY 

medium medium weak 

EAR GLAUCOSITY 

strong strong medium 

STEM: DENSITY OF HAIRINESS OF NECK 

weak weak weak 

PLANT LENGTH (STEM, EAR AND AWNS) (cm) 

mean 101.9 120.6 123.5 

std dev. 6.0 8.17 5.99 

LSD/sig 11.05 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

WHEAT LEAF RUST 104-1,2,3,(6),(7),11. 

resistant segregating resistant 

TUTSAN 

Hypericum androsaemum 

‘Bosadua’ syn Dual Flair 


Applicant: H. & B.R. van den Bosch B.V., Rijnsburg, The 

Netherlands. 


VIC. 

Characteristics (Table 31, Figure 29) Plant: soft woody, 

upright stems, width medium, height tall (average158cm), 

branches present but mainly single stem, reddish 

anthocyanin pigmentation present, branch endings forked 

into three with terminal seed. Leaves: sessile, oval, 7 x 5cm 

in size, upper surface dark green, lower surface light green 

with a yellowish tinge. Flowers: stalk length 1.7–3.2 cm, 

green to yellowish with red-brown anthocyanin colour, 

flower size 2.7–3.5cm, 5 slightly asymmetrical sepals 

(calyx), 3 larger and 2 small; calyx broadly elliptical with a 

round top; size 16 x 8 mm, 5 slightly asymmetrical goldenyellow 

petals, approx. 1.3cm long with an elliptical concave 

appearance. Stamens: outwardly extending with dark 

brown-orange bilobed anthers. Pistil (stigma, style and 

ovary): pale greenish-yellow small ovary, 3 light green 

styles and dark red-brown stigmas. Fruit: size medium, 1.2 

cm long and 0.7 cm in diameter; shape at the apex pointed, 

high length to width ratio with visible strong lobbing; berry 

colour at picking deep red-brown (RHS 185A) with a dull 

weak glossy appearance. 

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: ‘Bosadua’ 

was selected from controlled crossings between the seed 

parent Nr83 and the pollen parent Nr71 in a planned 

breeding program. Hybridisation was performed on the 

breeder’s property in Rijnsburg in the Netherlands in 1988. 

Several plants from the 1,500 resultant seedlings were 

selected in August 1989. In 1991 the final selection was 

vegetatively propagated to 250 plants and was checked for 

four years to ensure uniformity and stability. Selection 

criteria: flowering time, berry colour, shape and size. 

Propagation: by vegetative means. Breeder: B.R. van den 

Bosch, Rijnsburg, The Netherlands. 

Choice of Comparators Hypericum androsaemum 

‘Hippie’ was chosen as a comparator because it is the most 

similar variety of common knowledge and only known “cut 

flower” variety of the same species in Australia. A wild 

form of Tutsan (H. androsaemum) was collected from the 

wild at the time of harvest and certain berry characteristics 

were examined and compared. St John’s Wort (H. 

perforatum) is a different species and was not included in 

the trial. Four other candidate varieties from the same 

breeder were also included in the trial. 

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Hippie’, and wild 

Tutsan. Each of the candidates were compared against each 

other and also with the chosen comparators. Location: 

conducted at Clayton road farm of F & I Baguley at Clayton 

South in Victoria. Conditions: trial was planted into an open 

high roofed polyhouse. Rooted cuttings were planted 

directly into a pure sand soil amended with organic matter 

in Jun 1998 and assessed and harvested when the berries 

were at their maximum colour production for commercial 

sale in Jan 1999. The crop was irrigated by drip irrigation 

and fed hydroponically, the crop was sprayed at regular 

intervals to prevent fungal and insect damage. No growth 

regulators were applied. Trial design: four plots of 50m 

length were planted with the 5 test varieties and the one 

comparator in a randomised block design. Measurements: 

taken from 50 plants selected at random from within each 

trial block. 



Japan 1995 Applied ‘Bosadua’ 

First sold in The Netherlands in November 1994. 

Description: Graeme Guy, F & I Baguley Plant and Flower Growers, 

Clayton South, VIC. 

‘Bosakin’ syn King Flair 



Netherlands. 


VIC. 

Characteristics (Table 31, Figure 29) Plant: woody, 

upright, width medium, medium height (average 141cm), 

branches present but mainly single stem, purple-red 

anthocyanin pigmentation present on the top exposed stem 

surface with branch endings being divided into three with 

terminal seed. Leaves: sessile, oval, approx. 8 x 5cm in size, 

upper surface dark green, lower surface light green, 

blistering obvious. Flowers: stalk length 1.2–2.5cm, green 

with brown-red anthocyanin colour, flower size 3.0–3.5cm, 

5 slightly asymmetrical sepals (calyx), 3 larger and 2 

smaller; calyx broadly elliptical; size 17 x 12mm, 5 slightly 

asymmetrical golden-yellow petals, approx. 1.3cm long 

with an elliptical concave appearance. Stamens: outwardly 

extending with brown-orange bilobed anthers. Pistil 

(stigma, style and ovary): greenish yellow ovary, 3 yellow 

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green styles and reddish brown stigmas. Fruit: size large, 

1.4cm long and 0.8cm in diameter; shape at the apex 

medium; between rounded and pointed, low length to width 

ratio with visible strong lobbing; berry colour at picking 

deep red-brown (RHS 185A) with a medium glossy 

appearance. 

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: ‘Bosakin’ 






































trial block. 



The Netherlands 1995 Granted ‘Bosakin’ 

EU 1996 Granted ‘Bosakin’ 

Israel 1996 Applied ‘Bosakin’ 

Japan 1997 Applied ‘Bosakin’ 

New Zealand 1997 Applied ‘Bosakin’ 




‘Bosapin’ syn Pinky Flair 



Netherlands. 


VIC. 


upright, width medium, height medium (average 145cm), 

branches present and straight, light brown to red 

anthocyanin pigmentation present on the top exposed stem 

surface; branch ending in a short centre, branch with two 

lateral branches ending in two or three seed heads. Leaves: 

sessile, ovate, approx.7.5 x 5cm in size, upper surface dark 

green, lower surface light green, blistering absent. Flowers: 

stalk length 1.4–4.0cm, green with red-brown anthocyanin 

colour, flower size 3.5 cm; 5 slightly asymmetrical sepals 

(calyx), 3 larger and 2 smaller; calyx broadly elliptical, 5 

slightly asymmetrical golden-yellow petals, approx. 1.4cm 

long with an elliptical concave appearance. Stamens: 

outwardly extending with golden-yellow bilobed anthers. 

Pistil (stigma, style and ovary): greenish yellow ovary, 3 

yellow green styles and brown stigmas. Fruit: size large, 1.4 

cm long and 0.7 cm in diameter; shape at the apex pointed, 

with a high length to width ratio with obvious lobbing; 

berry colour at maturity bright scarlet pink (RHS 50A and 

179A) with medium glossy appearance. 

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: ‘Bosapin’ 


































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trial block. 



The Netherlands 1995 Granted ‘Bosapin’ 

EU 1996 Granted ‘Bosapin’ 

Japan 1997 Applied ‘Bosapin’ 

New Zealand 1997 Applied ‘Bosapin’ 




‘Bosaque’ syn Queen Flair 

Application No: 97/237 Accepted: 7 Oct 1997. 


Netherlands. 


VIC. 

Characteristics (Table 31, Figure 29) Plant: soft woody, 

upright but flops over, width medium, height tall (average 

165cm), branches present but mainly single stem, redbrown 

anthocyanin pigmentation present, branches form 

into terminal compound cymes forked into three with either 

single or double seed terminals. Leaves: sessile, ovate, 

approx. 7 x 4cm in size, upper surface very dark green, 

lower surface light green, blistering absent. Flowers: stalk 

length 1.2–3cm, stalk colour variable with green to redbrown 

anthocyanin colour, flower size 2.4–3.5cm, 5 slightly 

asymmetrical sepals (calyx), 3 larger and 2 smaller; calyx 

broadly elliptical with around top (13x9 mm), 5 slightly 

asymmetrical golden-yellow petals, approx. 1.2cm long 

with an elliptical concave appearance and slightly bent 

back. Stamens: outwardly extending with brown-orange 

bilobed anthers. Pistil (stigma style and ovary): greenish 

yellow ovary, 3 yellow green styles and reddish stigmas. 

Fruit: size large, 1-1.3cm long and 0.8cm in diameter; shape 

at the apex between rounded to pointed, parallel sides with 

a low length to width ratio; berry colour at picking bright 

red-brown (RHS 185A) with a strong glossy appearance. 

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: ‘Bosaque’ 






















Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Hippie’ and wild 

Tutsan. Each of the candidates was compared against each 















trial block. 



The Netherlands 1995 Granted ‘Bosaque’ 

Japan 1997 Applied ‘Bosaque’ 




‘Bosasca’ syn Scarlet Flair 



Netherlands. 


VIC. 


upright, width short, height short (average 93cm), branches 

present, purple-brown anthocyanin pigmentation present on 

the top exposed stem surface, branch endings in a 

compound umbel with three stalks with centre leader 

divided at right angles to the first. Leaves: sessile, ovate, 4.8 

x 3.8cm in size, upper surface dark green, lower surface 

light green. Flowers: stalk length 1.3–3.0 cm, green with 

brown-red anthocyanin colour, flower size 3.0cm, 5 slightly 

asymmetrical sepals (calyx), 3 larger and 2 smaller; the 

calyx was broadly elliptical, 5 slightly asymmetrical 

golden-yellow petals, approx. 1.3cm long with an elliptical 

concave appearance. Stamens: outwardly extending with 

golden-yellow bilobed anthers. Pistil (stigma style and 

ovary): greenish yellow ovary, 3 yellow green styles and 

brown stigmas. Fruit: size very small, 0.8cm long and 

0.6cm in diameter; shape at the apex pointed, high length to 

width ratio with lobbing present; the berry colour at 

maturity dark red-brown (RHS 185A) with a medium 

glossy appearance. 

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Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: ‘Bosasca’ 






































trial block. 



The Netherlands 1995 Granted ‘Bosasca’ 

Israel 1996 Applied ‘Bosasca’ 

Japan 1997 Applied ‘Bosasca’ 

New Zealand 1997 Applied ‘Bosasca’ 




Table 31 Hypericum varieties 

‘Bosaque’ ‘Bosadua’ ‘Bosapin’ ‘Bosasca’ ‘Bosakin’ *‘Hippie’ *‘Wild Tutsan’ 

PLANT HEIGHT (cm) LSD = 7.16 

mean 165.0a 158.8a 145.5b 93.5d 141.2b 132.2c n/a 

std deviation 3.33 2.78 3.69 13.13 2.29 2.34 n/a 

FLOWER SIZE 

BERRY SIZE at harvest 

BERRY LOBING 

large large large medium large small n/a 

large medium large very small large small large 

present present present present present absent absent 

BERRY: LENGTH: WIDTH RATIO 

low high high high low low low 

BERRY FORM 

parallel sides n/a parallel sides n/a n/a n/a n/a 

MATURE BERRY COLOUR (RHS, edition) 

185A 185A 50A, 179A 185A 185A 185A 187C 

BERRY GLOSSINESS 

strong weak-dull medium medium medium strong medium 

The mean values followed by the same letter are not significantly different according to Duncan’s Multiple Range Test at P≤0.01. 

Note: Tutsan was proclaimed a noxious weed for the whole of Victoria except for the metropolitan area in 1917 (W.T. Parsons in Noxious Weeds of Victoria, 

Incata press 1973). Western Australia has imposed an interstate restriction on the sale and distribution of Hypericum sp, as it supposedly not present in that 

state. 

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WHEAT 

Triticum aestivum 

‘Camm’ 


Applicant: Chief Executive Officer, Agriculture Western 

Australia, Perth, WA and 


ACT. 

Characteristics (Table 31, Figure 41) Plant: APW grade 

spring wheat, habit erect, height medium, maturity late. 

Flag Leaf: length medium, auricle anthocyanin colouration 

absent, sheath glaucosity strong, tendency to be recurved 

weak. Stem: straw pith thin. Ear: glaucosity medium, semi 

erect, parallel-slightly tapering, white, lax, fully awned. 

Lower glume: shoulder width medium, shoulder shape 

straight, internal hairs medium-strong; glume beak length 

short-medium, straight. Lemma: moderately curved. Grain: 

white, hard, ovate, germ face moderately steep, narrow, 

brush length medium, end profile medium-blunt. Disease 

Resistance: resistant to stem, leaf and stripe rusts, 

moderately susceptible to Septoria nodorum, susceptible 

Septoria tritici and yellow spot. Not prone to black point. 


VPM1/5*Cook//3*Spear was used in the final cross to 

introduce the triple rust resistance of VPM1 to the high 

yielding but rust susceptible variety ‘Spear’. The final cross 

with pollen parent ‘Spear’ was made in 1986 at Cobbitty, 

NSW and selections were made through the F 2 progeny 

method. The variety was selfed from F 2 onwards. Selection 

criteria: increased yield, disease resistance, agronomic and 

grain quality suited to the high, medium and early sowings 

in the low rainfall zones of the southern agricultural areas of 

Western Australia. Propagation: seed through 5 generations 

(selection) and 5 years performance testing by Agriculture 

Western Australia. Breeders: Robin Wilson, Dr Iain Barclay 

and Dr Robyn McLean, Agriculture Western Australia, 

Perth WA and Dr. Dante The National Rust Control 

program, Cobbitty, NSW. 

Choice of Comparators ‘Spear’ was chosen as a 

comparator because it is used extensively in the seed parent 

and was the pollen parent in the final cross. ‘Trident’ 

(pedigree VPM1/5*Cook//4*Spear) was chosen as 

comparator because it has a similar pedigree to the 

candidate and has late maturity and medium height, similar 

to the candidate. 

Comparative Trial Comparator(s): ‘Spear’ and ‘Trident’. 

Location: Avon Districts Agriculture Centre, Northam WA, 

Jun – Dec 1998. Conditions: plants were raised in red clay 

loam pH 5.6 in CaCl 2 in open beds. Glyphosate at 1.0 l/ha 

was applied 2 days before seeding, Bromoxynil at 1.5 l/ha 

plus Brodal“ at 0.15 l/ha was applied at tillering for 

broadleaf weed control. DAP at 120 kg/ha was drilled with 

the seed and urea at 50 kg/ha was top-dressed at early 

tillering. No treatments for disease or insect control were 

required. Trial design: plants were sown in randomised 

complete blocks 10m long by 1.42 m (8 rows) wide by 2 

replications. Measurements: taken from 10 specimens per 

replicate selected randomly from approximately 2000 

plants. One sample per plant. 


Description: David Allen Collins, Northam, WA. 

Table 31 Triticum varieties 

‘Camm’ *‘Spear’ *‘Trident’ 

MATURE HEIGHT mm (stem, ear & awns) 

mean 895.95 941.20 905.30 

std deviation 41.57 43.92 41.56 

LSD/sig 35.50 P≤0.01 ns 

AWN: LENGTH mm (at tip of ear) 

mean 54.96 63.05 56.17 


LSD/sig 5.25 P≤0.01 ns 

LOWER GLUME: 

shoulder shape straight sloping straight 

shoulder width medium narrow medium 

beak shape mod-curved mod-curved slightly curved 

LOWEST LEMMA: BEAK SHAPE 

slightly curved mod-curved 

strongly 

curved 

DISEASE RESISTANCE 

stem rust resistant susceptible resistant 

leaf rust resistant mod- v-resistant 

susceptible 

stem rust resistant susceptible resistant 

Septoria mod- mod- susceptible 

nodorum susceptible susceptible 

DOUGH PROPERTIES * 

extensibility (cm)23.1 19.5 19.1 

strength (Bu) 390 265 305 

Australian Wheat Board Classification 

APW APW AGP1 

General 

Purpose 

* Dough property data taken from replicated field trials in the Esperance 

region of Western Australia 

WHITE CLOVER 

Trifolium repens 

‘Grasslands NuSiral’ 


Applicant: New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research 

Institute Limited, Hamilton, New Zealand. 

Agent: Mr Peter Neilson, AgResearch Grasslands, Bowna, 

NSW. 

Characteristics (Table 32, Figure 43) Plant: habit 

intermediate, height medium as spaced plants, medium tall 

in sward, early maturing. Stolon: medium thick (mean 

2.6mm), internodes long (mean 27mm). Leaflet: length 

long (mean 24.4mm), width medium (mean 19.4mm), leaf 

marking present in 86% leaves, colour medium green, 

anthocyanin leaf fleck present in less than 5% leaves, 

predominant leaflet shape round, approximately 96% 

cyanogenic. Petiole length: medium (mean 67mm), 

thickness thin (mean 1.5 mm). Peduncle: medium short 

(mean 186.5mm), thickness medium (mean 2.15mm). 

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Flowers predominantly white with approximately 3% pink 

hue. Thousand seed weight: approximately 0.88g. 

Origin and Breeding Phenotypic selection: synthetic 

variety derived from 3 cycles of single plant selection from 

500 plants of variety ‘Siral’ originating from Australia and 

supplied to AgResearch under a research agreement. 

Selection commenced in April 1994 at AgResearch 

Grasslands Research Centre, Lincoln, New Zealand. ‘Siral’ 

is characterised by excellent production and persistence 

under moisture stress conditions in Australia, wide 

variability in morphology, low seed production through low 

flower head population, low yield per inflorescence and leaf 

disease susceptibility. From the original population, 49 

plants were selected on the basis of seed yield and 

uniformity in terms of leaf size, plant habit, improved 

autumn production and leaf disease resistance. These plants 

were cloned up on the basis of inflorescences/m 2 to ensure 

equal pollen contribution. These maternal lines were 

harvested independently and equal seed weights combined 

to form the pre nucleus seed of ‘Grasslands NuSiral’. 

Selection criteria: increased seed production capability and 

disease resistance. Propagation: by seed. Breeder: Peter T. 

P. Clifford, AgResearch, Lincoln, New Zealand. 

Choice of Comparators Comparators used in the trial are 

the most similar varieties of common knowledge. The 

variety ‘Waverley’ was not included as it is considered that 

the almost complete absence of leaf marking in that variety 

makes it clearly distinguishable. The variety ‘Clever Club’ A 

was not included as it is a variety for ornamental use. The 

maternal parent ‘Siral’ was not included because it could be 

distinguished from the new variety by low density of flower 

heads and semi-prostrate growth habit. 

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Grasslands Bounty’, 

‘Grasslands Pitau’, ‘Grasslands Challenge’ A , ‘Grasslands 

Sustain’ A , ‘Grasslands Demand’ A , ‘Grasslands Huia’ 

‘LeBons’ and ‘Irrigation’. Location: AgResearch 

Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New 

Zealand. (Latitude 40º 23´ South, elevation 33m), Autumnsummer 

1998/99. Conditions: seed sown 16/17-3-98 and 

seedlings raised in seed flats in controlled glasshouse 

conditions. Seedlings trimmed to improve establishment on 

28/4/98 and 21/5/98. Plants transferred to open on 25/5/98 

for hardening off. Trial planted in field on 6-7/7/98. Trial 

design: randomised block of 10 replications of 10 plants of 

each variety in each replicate. Measurements/Scores: from 

all available plants (approximately 100) except for flower 

head diameter and floret counts where 3 flowers were 

randomly selected from each plot (30 per variety) and the 

florets counted on one head from each plot and a 

representative floret from each was measured. 


CountryYear Current Status Name Applied 

New Zealand 1998 Applied ‘Grasslands NuSiral’ 

No prior sales. 

Description: Jeff E. Miller, AgResearch Grasslands, Palmerston North, 

New Zealand. 

Table 32 Trifolium varieties 

‘Grasslands *‘Grasslands *‘Grasslands. *‘Grasslands *‘Grasslands *‘Grasslands *‘Grasslands *‘LeBons’ *‘Irrigation’ 

NuSiral’ Bounty’ Pitau’ ‘Challenge’ A Sustain’ A Demand’ A Huia’ 

PLANT HEIGHT AT FLOWERING (cm) ON DRILLED ROWS 

mean 29.2 24.0 25.7 28.7 26.3 13.7 23.0 24.1 20.6 

std deviation 1.8 2.4 1.4 1.1 3.5 3.0 1.1 1.7 3.2 

LSD/sig. 2.7 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

MEAN FLOWERING DATE (AS DAYS FROM FIRST FLOWERING PLANT IN TRIAL) 

mean 33.7 45.7 44.0 42.6 43.6 43.6 43.1 45.8 35.4 

std deviation 9.3 6.5 8.2 7.8 7.6 6.1 7.3 8.0 7.6 

LSD/sig 4.1 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns 

LEAFLET WIDTH (mm) (CENTRAL LEAFLET FROM 3RD OF 4TH TRIFOLIATE LEAF FROM STOLON TIP) 

mean 19.49 17.32 18.90 20.11 20.20 15.92 14.90 21.34 19.94 

std deviation 3.19 3.54 3.38 4.00 3.44 3.34 2.70 3.79 3.10 

LSD/sig 2.31 ns ns ns ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns ns 

LEAFLET LENGTH (mm) (CENTRAL LEAFLET FROM 3RD OF 4TH TRIFOLIATE LEAF FROM STOLON TIP) 

mean 24.43 20.40 22.99 25.06 25.30 19.25 17.80 25.38 24.65 

std deviation 4.41 3.71 3.81 4.91 4.24 3.82 2.95 4.85 4.11 

LSD/sig 2.64 P≤0.01 ns ns ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns ns 

LEAFLET AREA (cm 2 ) FROM LEAF AREA MACHINE USING LEAFLET AS ABOVE 

mean 3.75 2.72 3.64 3.99 3.97 2.63 2.05 4.32 4.02 

std deviation 1.24 1.01 2.85 1.49 1.21 2.94 0.65 1.45 1.08 

LSD/sig 0.91 P≤0.01 ns ns ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns ns 

PETIOLE LENGTH (mm) LEAF USED FOR LEAFLET MEASUREMENTS 

mean 67.12 70.09 73.11 74.64 80.93 67.54 60.51 87.80 78.17 

std deviation 18.14 18.57 18.31 21.27 22.09 16.36 14.89 22.06 18.90 

LSD/sig 11.82 ns ns ns P≤0.01 ns ns P≤0.01 ns 

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PETIOLE THICKNESS (mm) 

mean 1.55 1.41 1.60 1.76 1.71 1.35 1.26 1.84 1.62 

std deviation 0.27 0.22 0.22 0.33 0.31 0.24 0.16 0.31 0.23 

LSD/sig 0.15 ns ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns 

STOLON THICKNESS (mm) AT MID 4TH INTERNODE FROM STOLON TIP 

mean 2.63 2.44 2.74 2.86 2.77 2.37 2.24 3.09 2.70 

std deviation 0.32 0.31 0.34 0.41 0.33 0.32 0.26 0.37 0.28 

LSD/sig 0.19 P≤0.01 ns P≤0.01 ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns 

INTERNODE LENGTH (mm) 4TH INTERNODE FROM TIP OF STOLON 

mean 27.12 21.80 24.99 22.73 26.70 21.52 20.06 24.63 28.97 

std deviation 10.40 5.92 7.39 7.36 7.01 6.89 6.63 6.57 7.77 

LSD/sig 3.58 P≤0.01 ns P≤0.01 ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns ns 

PEDUNCLE LENGTH (mm) 

mean 186.48 208.50 195.68 230.03 225.78 195.37 175.38 248.57 233.05 

std deviation 35.77 44.73 40.93 45.89 48.40 43.34 33.30 47.98 43.09 

LSD/sig 32.02 ns ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 

PEDUNCLE WIDTH (mm) 

mean 2.15 2.16 2.26 2.34 2.30 2.03 2.04 2.68 2.22 

std deviation 0.26 0.21 0.34 0.29 0.32 0.27 0.23 0.33 0.22 

LSD/sig 0.20 ns ns ns ns ns ns P≤0.01 ns 

FLOWER HEAD DIAMETER (mm) 

mean 28.14 27.05 25.94 29.04 27.66 26.80 25.72 30.49 27.02 

std deviation 2.13 1.54 2.25 1.59 2.52 2.45 2.91 2.99 1.90 

LSD/sig 2.41 ns ns ns ns ns P≤0.01 ns ns 

FLORET NUMBER 

mean 82.4 75.2 86.7 90.6 87.6 76.9 82.5 109.8 78.5 

std deviation 9.5 12.8 26.2 13.8 13.5 13.2 14.1 23.7 12.5 

LSD/sig 22.1 ns ns ns ns ns ns P≤0.01 ns 

FLORET LENGTH (mm) 

mean 12.00 11.52 10.68 11.43 11.20 10.46 10.86 11.88 11.58 

std deviation 0.79 0.83 0.74 0.89 0.90 1.01 0.82 0.92 1.20 

LSD/sig 1.07 ns P≤0.01 ns ns P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns ns 

PERCENTAGE OF PLANTS WITH WHITE LEAF MARKS 

86 90 89 88 92 92 92 61 88 

PERCENTAGE OF PLANTS CYANOGENIC 

83 70 94 88 44 78 65 88 35 

SPRING GROWTH HABIT (9/10/98) ( 1 = PROSTRATE, 3 = ERECT) 

1.9 1.7 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.5 1.3 2.4 1.8 

GENERAL PLANT DENSITY ( 1 = LAX, 9 = VERY DENSE) 

3.6 3.9 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.3 3.7 3.7 

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GRANTS 

APPLE 


‘Delblush’ A 

Application No: 97/074 Grantee: Pepinieres & Roseraies 

Georges Delbard. 

Certificate No: 1288 Expiry Date: 24 May, 2024. 

Agent: Davies Collison Cave, Sydney, NSW. 

APRICOT 

Prunus armeniaca 

‘Earlicot’ A 

Application No: 96/032 Grantee: Zaiger’s Inc. Genetics. 



Monbulk, VIC. 

CARNATION 

Dianthus barbatus x superbus 

‘Statropur’ A syn Gipsy A 

Application No: 89/120 Grantee: Van Staaveren BV. 

Certificate No: 1296 Expiry Date: 12 September, 2010. 

Agent: FB Rice & Co, Balmain, NSW. 

COCKSFOOT 

Dactylis glomerata 

‘Grasslands Vision’ A 

Application No: 98/086 Grantee: New Zealand Pastoral 

Agriculture Research Institute Limited. 

Certificate No: 1312 Expiry Date: 22 June, 2019. 

Agent: AgResearch Grasslands, Bowna Via Albury, NSW. 

GRAPE 

Vitis vinifera 

‘Cygne Blanc’ A 

Application No: 97/045 Grantee: Dorham and Doris Elsie 

Mann, Baskerville, WA. 


GREVILLEA 

Grevillea hybrid 

‘VJ 62’ A 

Application No: 97/262 Grantee: Austraflora Pty Ltd, 

Yarra Glen, VIC. 

Certificate No: 1302 Expiry Date: 27 May, 2019. 

JAPANESE PLUM 

Prunus salicina 

‘Betty Anne’ A 




Monbulk, VIC. 

KANGAROO PAW 

Anigozanthos viridis 

‘Green Dragon’ A 

Application No: 97/182 Grantee: The University of 

Sydney, Plant Breeding Institute, Camden, NSW. 

Certificate No: 1306 Expiry Date: 22 June, 2019. 

LAVENDER 

Lavandula dentata 

‘Pure Harmony’ A 

Application No: 97/112 Grantee: Kathy and Ray Hoare. 


Agent: Australian Perennial Growers Pty Ltd, Ballina, 

NSW. 

LUCERNE 

Medicago sativa 

‘Hallmark’ A 

Application No: 96/239 Grantee: CSIRO Tropical 

Agriculture and the University of Queensland, St Lucia, 

QLD. 


MANDEVILLA 

Mandevilla xamabilis 

‘Blushing Queen’ A 

Application No: 98/068 Grantee: Rybay Pty Ltd trading 

as Sunset Nursery. 


Agent: The University of Sydney, Plant Breeding 

Institute, Camden, NSW. 

‘Red Fantasy’ A 

Application No: 98/067 Grantee: Rybay Pty Ltd trading 

as Sunset Nursery. 


Agent: The University of Sydney, Plant Breeding 

Institute, Camden, NSW. 

MANGO 

Mangifera indica 

‘TPP 1’ A 

Application No: 97/029 Grantee: SY Hew and TM Siah, 

Palmerston, NT. 


MARGUERITE DAISY 

Argyranthemum frutescens 

‘Holly Belle’ A 

Application No: 97/155 Grantee: Frank Hammond, Narre 

Warren East, VIC. 


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GRANTS 


NECTARINE 

Prunus persica var nucipersica 

‘Arctic Jay’ A 




Monbulk, VIC. 

‘Arctic Sweet’ A 




Monbulk, VIC. 

OAT 

Avena sativa 

‘Gwydir’ A 

Application No: 97/276 Grantee: University of 

Queensland. 


Agent: Pacific Seeds Pty Ltd, Toowoomba, QLD. 

‘Warrego’ A 

Application No: 97/275 Grantee: NDSU Research 

Foundation. 


Agent: Pacific Seeds Pty Ltd, Toowoomba, QLD. 

PAPER DAISY 

Bracteantha bracteata 

‘Colourburst Pink’ A 

Application No: 97/316 Grantee: The University of 

Sydney, Plant Breeding Institute and Yellow Rock 

Native Nursery Pty Ltd, Camden, NSW. 


PEACH 


‘King Alvise’ A 

Application No: 95/240 Grantee: Alvise Minato, Griffith, 

NSW. 


‘September Snow’ A 




Monbulk, VIC. 

‘Snow King’ A 




Monbulk, VIC. 

‘Summer Sweet’ A 




Monbulk, VIC. 

‘Vista’ A syn Vistarich A 




Monbulk, VIC. 


Lolium perenne 

‘Meridian’ A 

Application No: 97/025 Grantee: Agriseeds Research 

Limited. 


Agent: Heritage Seeds Pty Ltd, Mulgrave, VIC. 

‘Victoca’ A 

Application No: 96/057 Grantee: The Crown in Right of 

the State of Tasmania through the Department of 

Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Hobart, 

Tasmania, King Meadows, TAS. 


ROSE 

Rosa hybrid 

‘Korgenoma’ A syn Emely A 

Application No: 97/207 Grantee: W Kordes’ Sohne. 



‘Korhoco’ A syn Vital A 




‘Korlis’ A syn Eliza A 




‘Koromtar’ A syn Cream Dream A 




‘Korruicil’ A syn Our Esther A 




‘Korsulas’ A syn Limona A 




‘Korvestavi’ A syn Sunny Sky A 




‘Meicofum’ A 

Application No: 97/195 Grantee: Meilland Star Rose. 

Certificate No: 1298 Expiry Date: 2 June, 2019. 

Agent: Selection Meilland Australia, Rosevears, TAS. 

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‘Meiqualis’ A 




‘Meitanet’ A 




‘Noare’ A syn Red Ground Cover A 

Application No: 97/331 Grantee: Reinhard Noack. 



‘Noason’ A syn Yellow Ground Cover A 

Application No: 97/199 Grantee: Reinhard Noack. 



‘Olijcrem’ A 

Application No: 97/198 Grantee: Olij Rosen B.V.. 



‘Poulhappy’ A syn Charming Parade A 

Application No: 97/164 Grantee: Poulsen Roser ApS. 


Agent: Griffith Hack and Company, Melbourne, VIC. 

SOYBEAN 

Glycine max 

‘Melrose’ A 

Application No: 98/015 Grantee: CSIRO Tropical 

Agriculture, St Lucia, QLD. 


WALLFLOWER 

Erysimum bicolor 

‘Lilac Joy’ A 

Application No: 97/015 Grantee: Terry Hatch. 



VIC. 

APPLICATIONS VARIED 

The denominations of the PBR applications Solanum 

tuberosum ‘RZ 85-618’ (App. No. 96/197), ‘HAV 84-3’ 

(App. No. 96/284) and ‘VDW 82-101’ (App. No. 97/059) 

have been changed to ‘Royal Blue’, ‘Goldstar’ and 

‘Celeste’ respectively to conform to the amendment to 

Section 53 of the Plant Breeders Rights Act 1994. 

The denomination of the PBR application Metrosideros 

umbellata ‘YV Harlequin’ (App. No. 97/328) has been 

changed to ‘Harlequin’ to confrom to the amendment to 

Section 53 of the Plant Breeders Rights Act 1994. 

The denominations of the PBR applications Verbena hybrid 

‘Suntory TP-P’ (App. No. 95/243), ‘Suntory TP-L’ 

(App.No. 95/244), ‘Suntory TP-V’ (App. No. 95/245), and 

‘Suntory TP-W’ (App.No. 95/246) have been changed to 

‘Sunmarefu TP-P’, ‘Sunmarefu TP-L’, ‘Sunmarefu TP- 

V’ and ‘Sunmarefu TP-W’ in accordance with the 

international convention and to conform to Plant Breeders 

Act 1994. 

The denominations of the PBR applications Prunus persica 

‘7GC153’ (App. No. 96/221) and Prunus persica var 

nucipersica ‘99LB329’ (App. No. 96/223) have been 

changed to ‘Snow Giant’ and ‘Arctic Star’ respectively in 

accordance with the sub-section 31(1) of the Plant 

Breeders Rights Act 1994. 

The synonym Southern Snap for the PBR application 

Malus domestica ‘Sciglo’ (App.No. 97/030) has been 

deleted to conform with subsection 27(5e) of the Plant 

Breeders Rights Act 1994. 

The denomination of the PBR application Persea 

americana ‘Hebron Emerald’ (App. No. 98/098) has been 

changed to ‘H77’ according to subsection 31(1) of the 

Plant Breeders Rights Act 1994. 

The denomination of the PBR application Triticum 

aestivum ‘Galaxy H45’ (App. No. 98/066) has been 

changed to ‘H45’ according to subsection 31(1) of the 

Plant Breeders Rights Act 1994. 

The denomination of the PBR application Trifolium 

michelianum ‘Embal’ (App. No. 99/023) has been changed 

to ‘Frontier’. 

The denominations of the following Alstroemeria 

applications have been changed to the original UPOV 

registered name to conform to the requirements of 

subsection 27(2) of the Plant Breeders Rights Act 1994. 

The current names and synonyms are as follows: 

App No. Name Synonym 

98/030 ‘Delta’ Inca Salsa 

98/031 ‘Amazon’ Inca Spice 

98/032 ‘Miami’ Carise Miami 

98/034 ‘Roma’ Pink Roma 

The denominations of the following New Guinea Impatiens 



subsection 27(2)) of the Plant Breeders Rights Act 1994. 


App No. Name 

Synonym 

97/263 ‘BFP-368 Rose’ Rose Celebration 

97/264 ‘BSR-152 Dark Pink’ Celebration Deep Pink 

97/265 ‘BSR-186 Bonfire Orange’ Celebration Orange 

Bonfire 

98/006 ‘Purple Star’ Celebration Purple Star 

98/007 ‘BFP-523 Deep Red’ Celebration Deep Red 

The denominations of the following Impatiens wallerana 



subsection 27(2) ºof the Plant Breeders Rights Act 1994. 


App No. Name Synonym 

98/002 ‘Sparkler Rose’ Fiesta Sparkler Rose Double 

98/003 ‘Lavender Orchid’ Fiesta Lavender Orchid 

Double 

98/005 ‘Pink Ruffle’ Fiesta Pink Ruffle 

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The applicant’s name on the PBR applications listed below 

has been changed to Minister for Primary Industries, 

Natural Resources and Regional Development and 

Grains Research and Development Corporation. 

Avena sativa ‘Quoll’ 

(App. No. 98/185) 

Pisum sativum ‘Parafield’ 

(App. No. 99/006) 

Vicia sativa 

‘Morava’ 

(App. No. 99/012) 

Pisum sativum ‘Soupa’ 

(App. No. 99/027) 

Pisum sativum ‘Mukta’ 

(App. No. 99/053) 

Pisum sativum ‘Santi’ 

(App. No. 99/054) 

The agent for the following PBR applications of 

Alstroemeria hybrid has been changed from Grow West to 

F & I Baguley. 

App. No. 

Variety 

96/148 ‘Virginia’ 

96/149 ‘Ballet’ 

97/178 ‘Little Moon’ 

The agent for the following Rosa hybrid applications of 

Meilland International has been changed from Ross 

Roses Pty Ltd to Kim Syrus of Corporate Roses Pty Ltd. 

Application Variety Synonym 

90/109 ‘Meilivar’ A Gina Lollobrigida 

91/049 ‘Meineble’ A Red Meidiland 

91/076 ‘Meiflopan’ A Alba Meidiland 

91/100 ‘Meiplatin’ A Pearl Meidiland 

91/107 ‘Meigronurisar’ A Climbing Gold Bunny 

92/105 ‘Meitonje’ A Pretty Polly 

92/106 ‘Meipitac’ A Carefree Wonder 

92/107 ‘Meichoiju’ A City of Adelaide 

92/125 ‘Meipopul’ A Coral Meidiland 

93/200 ‘Meitobla’ A Simply Magic 

93/201 ‘Meioffic’ A Sweet Sonata 

93/202 ‘Meideuji’ A Cassandre 

94/128 ‘Meinivoz’ A Spirit of Peace 

94/129 ‘Meicairma’ A Courage 

94/207 ‘Meitosier’ A Twilight Glow 

94/208 ‘Meijade’ A 

95/021 ‘Meipelta’ A Fushia Meidiland 

96/093 ‘Meibonrib’ A Magic Meidiland 

96/094 ‘Meirevolt’ A Golden Conquest 

97/026 ‘Meitebros’ A The Children’s 

97/081 ‘Meiroupis’ 

97/083 ‘Meideauri’ 

The agent for the following PBR applications (Solanum 

tuberosum) of Caithness Potato Breeders Ltd has been 

changed from LS & JL Eldridge, WA to Elders Ltd, SA. 

Application No Variety 

92/075 ‘Nadine’ A 

95/188 ‘Winston’ A 

95/189 ‘Kestrel’ A 

95/190 ‘Heather’ A 

95/191 ‘Valor’ A 

96/146 ‘Redgem’ 

96/147 ‘Argos’ 

The agent for the following PBR applications (Solanum 

tuberosum ) of Hettema BV has been changed from 

Sunrise Agriculture Pty Ltd to Sunrise Seed Potatoes 

Pty Ltd. 

Application No. Variety 

88/005 ‘Morene’ A 

90/074 ‘Lisetta’ A 

90/076 ‘Mondial’ A 

95/126 ‘Remarka’ A 

95/253 ‘Novita’ A 

96/039 ‘St Johns’ A 

98/054 ‘Platina’ 

APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN 

Alstroemeria hybrid ‘Stalsunny’ syn Sunny Rebecca 

(App. No.99/060). 

Argyranthemum frutescens ‘Isabella’ (App. No. 95/016). 

Bracteantha bracteata ‘Ashton Argyle’ (98/061). 

Boronia heterophylla ‘Cameo Stripe’ (App. No. 97/330). 

Euphorbia pulcherrima ‘Duemenorca’ syn Menorca Red 

(App. No. 98/255). 

Euphorbia pulcherrima ‘Marblestar’ (App. No. 98/258). 

Hypericum androsaemum ‘Hippie’ (App. No. 97/324). 

Impatiens hybrid ‘Pinky Gini’ (App. No. 98/035). 

Impatiens hybrid ‘Ricky Gini’ (App. No. 98/036). 

Impatiens hybrid ‘Micky Gini’ (App. No. 98/037). 

Impatiens hybrid ‘Dani Goldy’ (App. No. 98/038). 

Impatiens hybrid ‘Dani Lily’ (App. No. 98/039). 

Impatiens hybrid ‘Dani Winy’ (App. No. 98/040). 

Lycopersicon esculentum ‘Rollande’ ( App. No. 97/226). 

Rosa ‘St Peters Rose’ syn Saints (App. No. 99/120). 

Solanum tuberosum ‘Azur’ (App. No. 93/273). 

Solanum tuberosum ‘Forta’ (App. No. 93/274). 

Solanum tuberosum ‘Pepo’ (App. No. 93/275). 

GRANTS SURRENDERED 

Rosa hybrid 

‘Welpink’ syn Muskstick 

(App. No: 93/244) Certificate No: 755 

Rosa hybrid 

‘Korlaper’ syn La Perla 

(App. No: 94/091) Certificate No: 839 

Solanum tuberosum ‘Wilwash’ 

(App. No. 91/044) Certificate No: 187 

Impatiens hawkeri ‘Octavia’ 


Impatiens hawkeri ‘Marpesia’ 


Impatiens hawkeri ‘Tahiti’ 


Syzygium paniculatum ‘Undercover’ 



‘Merit’ 



‘Tribute’ 


Brachyscome angustifolia ‘Mardi Gras’ 


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CHANGE OF ASSIGNMENT 

The new owner of Triticum aestivum ‘H45’ (Application 

No: 98/066) is SunPrime Seeds Pty Limited’. 

CORRIGENDA 

In PVJ 11(1) under the section ACCEPTANCES, the 

common names for Impatiens hybrid should be New 

Guinea Impatiens and for Impatiens wallerana should be 

Impatiens. 

In PVJ 3(1), in the description of Banksia spinulosa 

‘Birthday Candles’ A (App. No. 89/128), the leaf length 

and width in the comparative table are expressed in cm but 

in fact they should be in mm. 

In PVJ 12(1) p26, in the description of Vicia faba ‘Taranto’ 

(App. No. 95/265), under the Origin and Breeding 

heading, it has been mentioned that “Several uncontrolled 

crosses were made during 1994-1998”. In fact, it should be 

…during 1984-1988. 

In PVJ 12(1) p58, in the description of xTriticale ‘Heritage 

Zephyr’ (App. No. 98/050), it was mentioned that it is a 

tetraploid triticale, in fact it should be hexaploid. 

In PVJ 12(1) p39, in the description of Avena sativa 

‘Heritage Lordship’ (App. No. 98/049), the pollen parent 

should be ‘Riel’ A 

In PVJ 11(3), the pollen parent of Rosa ‘Olijcrem’ A 

(97/198) is ‘Olytel’ and not unnamed seedling as published 

in its description. 

In PVJ 11(3), in the description of ‘Statropur’ syn Gypsy 

(App. No.89/120), the correct species should be Dianthus 

barbatus x Dianthus superbus. 

APPENDIX 1 

FEES 

Two fee structures exist as a result of the transition from 

Plant Variety Rights to Plant Breeders Rights. 

For new applications (those lodged on or after 11 November 

1994) the PBR fees apply. For older applications lodged 

before 11 November 1994 and not finally disposed of 

(Granted, Withdrawn, Refused etc.) the PVR fees in force at 

the time apply. 

Payment of Fees 

All cheques for fees should be made payable and sent to: 

Collector of Public Monies 

C/-Plant Breeders Rights Office 

GPO Box 858 

Canberra, ACT 2601 

The application fee ($300) must accompany the 

application at the time of lodgement. 

Consequences of not paying fees when due 

Application fee 

Should an application not be accompanied by the prescribed 

application fee the application will be deemed to be ‘nonvalid’ 

and neither assigned an application number nor 

examined for acceptance pending the payment of the fee. 

Examination fee 

Non-payment of the examination fee of an application will 

automatically result, at the end of 12 months from the date 

of acceptance, in a refusal of the application. The 

consequences of refusal are the same as for applications 

deemed to be inactive (see ‘inactive applications’ below). 

Field examinations and final examinations falling within the 

first 12 months will not be undertaken without prior 

payment of the examination fee. 

Consideration of a request for an extension of the period of 

provisional protection from the initial 12 month period may 

require the prior payment of the examination fee. 

Certificate fee 

Following the successful completion of the examination, 

including the public notice period, the applicant will be 

required and invoiced to pay the certification fee. Payment 

of the certification fee is a prerequisite to granting PBR and 

issuing the official certificate by the PBR office. Failure to 

pay the fee may result in a refusal to grant PBR. 

Annual fee 

Should an annual renewal fee not be paid within 30 days 

after the due date, the grant of PBR will be revoked under 

Section 50 of the PBR Act. To assist grantees, the PBR 

office will invoice grantees or their Australian agents for 

renewal fees. 

Inactive applications 

An application will be deemed inactive if, after 24 months 

of provisional protection (or 12 months in the case of nonpayment 

of the examination fee) the PBR Office has not 

received a completed application or has not been advised to 

proceed with the examination or an extension of provisional 

protection has not been requested or not granted or a 

certificate fee has not been paid. Inactive applications will 

be examined and, should they not fully comply with Section 

26 of the PBR Act 1994, they will be refused. As a result 

provisional protection will lapse, priority claims on that 

variety will be lost and should the variety have been sold, it 

will be ineligible for plant variety rights on reapplication. 

Continued use of labels or any other means to falsely imply 

that a variety is protected after the application has been 

refused is an offence under Section 53(1) of the Act. 

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FEES 

Basic Fees 

Schedule 

A B C D 

$ 

Application 300 300 400 300 

Examination – per application 1400 1200 1400 800 

Certificate 300 300 250 300 

Total Basic Fees 2000 1800 2050 1400 

Annual Renewal – all applications 300 

Schedule 

A Single applications and applications based on an official overseas test reports. 

B Applicable when two or more Part 2 Applications are lodged simultaneously and the varieties are of 

the same genus and the examinations can be completed at one location at the same time. 

C Applications lodged under PVR (prior to 10th Nov 1994). 

D Applicable to 5 or more applications examined at an Accredited Centralised Testing Centre. 

Other Fees 

Variation to application(s) – per hour or part thereof 75 

Change of Assignment – per application 100 

Copy of an application (Part 1 and/or Part 2), an objection or a detailed description 50 

Copy of an entry in the Register 50 

Lodging an objection 100 

Annual subscription to Plant Varieties Journal 40 

Back issues of Plant Varieties Journal 14 

Administration – Other work relevant to PBR – per hour or part thereof 75 

Application for declaration of essential derivation 800 

Application for 

(a) revocation of a PBR 500 

(b) revocation of a declaration of essential derivation 500 

Compulsory licence 500 

Request under subsection 19(11) for exemption from 

public access – varieties with no direct use as a consumer 

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APPENDIX 2 

Plant Breeders Rights Advisory Committee (PBRAC) 

(Members of the PBRAC hold office in accordance with 

Section 85 of the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994.) 

Dr Brian Hare 

Director of Research 

Pacific Seeds Australia 

6 Nugent Crescent 

TOOWOOMBA QLD 4350 

Representing Plant Breeders 

Ms Cheryl McCaffery 

Business Development Manager 

UniQuest Limited 

Research Road 

University of Queensland 

ST LUCIA QLD 4072 

Member with appropriate qualifications and experience 

Mr David Moore 

Consultant 

Applied Economic and Technology Services 

PO Box 193 

GAWLER, SA 5118 

Member with appropriate qualifications and experience 

Ms Natalie Peate 

Nursery Owner 

26 Kardinia Crescent 

WARRENWOOD VIC 3134 

Representing consumers 

Mr Hugh Roberts 

Farmer 

‘Birralee’ 

COOTAMUNDRA NSW 2694 

Representing Users 

Professor Margaret Sedgley 

Head, Dept. of Horticulture, Viticulture and Oenology 

University of Adelaide 

Waite Campus, PMB 1 

GLEN OSMOND SA 5064 

Representing Plant Breeders 

APPENDIX 3 

INDEX OF ACCREDITED CONSULTANT 

‘QUALIFIED PERSONS’ 

The following persons have been accredited by the Plant 

Breeders Rights office based on information provided by 

these persons. From the information provided by the 

applicants, the PBR office believes that these people can 

fulfil the role of ‘qualified person’ in the application for 

plant breeder’s rights. Neither accreditation nor publication 

of a name in the list of persons is an implicit 

recommendation of the person so listed. The PBR office 

cannot be held liable for damages that may arise from the 

omission or inclusion of a person’s name in the list nor does 

it assume any responsibility for losses or damages arising 

from agreements entered into between applicants and any 

person in the list of accredited persons. Qualified persons 

charge a fee for services rendered. 

A guide to the use of the index of consultants: 

• locate in the left column of Table 1 the plant group for 

which you are applying; 

• listed in the right column are the names of accredited 

qualified persons from which you can choose a 

consultant; 

• in Table 2 find that consultant’s name, telephone number 

and area in which they are willing to consult (they may 

consult outside the nominated area); 

• using the “Nomination of Qualified Person” form as a 

guide, agree provisionally on the scope and terms of the 

consultancy; complete the form and attach it to Part 1 of 

the application form; 

• when you are notified that your nomination of a 

consultant qualified person is acceptable in the letter of 

acceptance of your application for PBR you should 

again consult the qualified person when planning the 

rest of the application for PBR. 

Mr Doug Waterhouse (Chair) 

Registrar, Plant Breeders Rights 

GPO Box 858 

CANBERRA ACT 2601 

Comments on the technical operation of, or amendments to, 

the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994, particularly 

applications under section 17(2), should be directed through 

the Chairman. 

The next meeting will be held on 16 and 17 September 

1999. 

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TABLE 1 

PLANT 

GROUP/ 

SPECIES/ 

FAMILY 

Apple 

Anigozanthos 

Aroid 

Azalea 

CONSULTANT’S 

NAME 

(TELEPHONE 

AND AREA 

IN TABLE 2) 

Baxter, Leslie 

Darmody, Liz 

Fleming, Graham 

Langford, Garry 

Mackay, Alastair 

Maddox, Zoee 

Malone, Michael 

Mitchell, Leslie 

Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 

Scholefield, Peter 

Stearne, Peter 

Tancred, Stephen 

Valentine, Bruce 

Paananen, Ian 

Kirby, Greg 

Harrison, Peter 

Barrett, Mike 

Hempel, Maciej 

Paananen, Ian 

Barley (Common) 

Boyd, Rodger 

Brouwer, Jan 

Collins, David 

Khan, Akram 

Platz, Greg 

Berry Fruit 

Blueberry 

Bougainvillea 

Brassica 

Darmody, Liz 


Maddox, Zoee 

Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 


Barthold, Graham 

Pullar, David 

Iredell, Janet Willa 

Aberdeen, Ian 

Baker, Andrew 

Easton, Andrew 

Chowdhury, Doza 

Cross, Richard 

Fennell, John 

Kadkol, Gururaj 

McMichael, Prue 

Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 


Tay, David 

Buddleia 

Camellia 

Cassava 

Cereals 

Cherry 

Chickpeas 

Citrus 

Robb, John 

Paananen, Ian 

Paananen, Ian 

Robb, John 

Tay, David 

Alam, Rafiul 

Brouwer, Jan 

Bullen, Kenneth 


Cook, Bruce 

Cooper, Kath 


Davidson, James 

Derera, Nicholas AM 

Downes, Ross 

Fennell, John 

Fletcher, Rob 

Gardner, Anne 

Hare, Raymond 


Henry, Robert J 

Khan, Akram 

Kidd, Charles 

Law, Mary Ann 


Oates, John 

Platz, Greg 

Poulsen, David 

Rose, John 

Scattini, Walter John 


Stuart, Peter 

Vertigan, Wayne 

Williams, Warren 

Wilson, Frances 

Darmody, Liz 


Kennedy, Peter 


Maddox, Zoee 


Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 


Brouwer, Jan 



Goulden, David 

Edwards, Megan 

Fox, Primrose 

Gingis, Aron 

Lee, Slade 

Maddox, Zoee 


Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 


Sykes, Stephen 

Topp, Bruce 

Clover 

Conifer 

Cotton 

Cucurbits 

Cydonia 

Dogwood 

Feijoa 

Fig 

Lake, Andrew 

Miller, Jeff 


Nichols, Phillip 


Alam, Rafiul 


Leske, Richard 

Alam, Rafiul 


Herrington, Mark 


Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 




Darmody, Liz 


Maddox, Zoee 


Robinson, Ben 


Darmody, Liz 

FitzHenry, Daniel 


Maddox, Zoee 

Pullar, David 

Forage Brassicas 


Forage Grasses 

Berryman, Tim 

Bray, Robert 

Fennell, John 


Kirby, Greg 


Slatter, John 

Forage Legumes 

Bray, Robert 

Fennell, John 

Foster, Kevin 


Lake, Andrew 

Miller, Jeff 

Slatter, John 

Snowball, Richard 

Forest Trees 

Fruit 

Lubomski, Marek 

Beal, Peter 

Darmody, Liz 


Gingis, Aron 

Lenoir, Roland 

Maddox, Zoee 

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Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 


Fungi, Basidiomycetes 

Cairney, John 

Fungi, Entomopathogenic 

Milner, Richard 

Grapes 

Grevillea 

Hydrangea 

Impatiens 

Jojoba 

Legumes 

Lentils 

Lucerne 

Biggs, Eric 

Cirami, Richard 

Darmody, Liz 


Gingis, Aron 

Lee, Slade 

Maddox, Zoee 


Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 





Hanger, Brian 

Maddox, Zoee 

Paananen, Ian 

Dunstone, Bob 

Aberdeen, Ian 

Bahnisch, L 

Baker, Andrew 

Bray, Robert 



Cook, Bruce 

Downes, Ross 

Foster, Kevin 


Imrie, Bruce 

Kirby, Greg 

Knights, Edmund 

Lake, Andrew 

Law, Mary Ann 

Loch, Don 


Nutt, Bradley 

Rose, John 


Brouwer, Jan 




Lake, Andrew 


Bray, Robert 


Lupin 

Magnolia 

Maize 

Myrtaceae 

Native grasses 

Neem 

Oat 

Oilseed crops 

Olives 

Onions 


Paananen, Ian 

Slatter, John 

Dunstone, Bob 

Quinn, Patrick 

Waters, Cathy 

Friend, Joe 


Khan, Akram 

Platz, Greg 

Downes, Ross 

Kidd, Charles 


Slatter, John 

Bazzani, Mr Luigi 

Gingis, Aron 

Pullar, David 


Fennell, John 

Gingis, Aron 


Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 


Ornamentals – Exotic 

Abell, Peter 

Armitage, Paul 

Angus, Tim 

Barth, Gail 

Beal, Peter 

Collins, Ian 

Cooling, Beth 


Cunneen, Thomas 

Darmody, Liz 

Dawson, Iain 


Fisk, Anne Marie 

Fitzhenry, Daniel 


Gingis, Aron 


Hempel, Maciej 

Johnston, Margaret 

Kirkham, Roger 

Kwan, Brian 

Larkman, Clive 


Lowe, Greg 

Lubomski, Marek 

Lunghusen, Mark 

Maddox, Zoee 



Nichols, David 

Oates, John 

Paananen, Ian 

Robb, John 

Robinson, Ben 


Singh, Deo 


Stewart, Angus 

Tay, David 

Van der Ley, John 

Washer, Stewart 

Watkins, Phillip 

Winfield, Joel 

Ornamentals – Indigenous 

Abell, Peter 

Allen, Paul 

Angus, Tim 

Barrett, Mike 

Barth, Gail 

Beal, Peter 

Cooling, Beth 

Cunneen, Thomas 

Dawson, Iain 


Downes, Ross 


Henry, Robert J 

Hockings, David 

Jack, Brian 

Johnston, Margaret 

Kirby, Greg 



Lowe, Greg 

Lunghusen, Mark 


Molyneux, W M 


Oates, John 

Paananen, Ian 

Robinson, Ben 


Singh, Deo 


Tan, Beng 

Watkins, Phillip 

Winfield, Joel 

Worrall, Ross 

Ornithopus 

Osmanthus 

Pastures & Turf 

Foster, Kevin 


Nutt, Bradley 


Paananen, Ian 

Robb, John 

Aberdeen, Ian 

Anderson, Malcolm 

Avery, Angela 

Bahnisch, L 

Berryman, Tim 

Cameron, Stephen 

Cook, Bruce 

Downes, Ross 

Gellert, Valerie 


Kaapro, Jyri 

Kirby, Greg 

Loch, Don 

Miller, Jeff 


Rawstron, Jane 

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Peanut 

Pear 

Petunia 

Photinia 

Pistacia 

Pisum 

Potatoes 

Proteaceae 

Pseudocereals 

Pulse Crops 

Rose, John 

Smith, Raymond 

Scattini, Walter John 

Slatter, John 


Wilson, Frances 

George, Doug 

Tay, David 


Darmody, Liz 


Langford, Garry 


Maddox, Zoee 


Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 


Tancred, Stephen 


Paananen, Ian 


Robb, John 

Pullar, David 

Richardson, Clive 


Brouwer, Jan 




Baker, Andrew 


Fennell, John 



Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 



Tay, David 

Barth, Gail 

Kirby, Neil 

Robb, John 

Robinson, Ben 


Fletcher, Rob 

Bestow, Sue 

Brouwer, Jan 




Fletcher, Rob 

Kidd, Charles 

Oates, John 


Slatter, John 

Prunus 

Raspberry 

Rhododendron 

Roses 

Sesame 

Sorghum 

Soybean 

Darmody, Liz 



Maddox, Zoee 


Porter, Gavin 

Pullar, David 

Topp, Bruce 


Darmody, Liz 


Martin, Stephen 

Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 


Barrett, Mike 

Paananen, Ian 

Barrett, Mike 


Darmody, Liz 

Fitzhenry, Daniel 


Fox, Primrose 

Gingis, Aron 

Hanger, Brian 

Lee, Peter 

Maddox, Zoee 

Prescott, Chris 

Robinson, Ben 



Swane, Geoff 

Syrus, A Kim 

Van der Ley, John 

Bennett, Malcolm 


Imrie, Bruce 

Khan, Akram 

Slatter, John 

Andrews, Judith 


James, Andrew 

Spices and Medicinal Plants 


Pullar, David 

Stone Fruit 

Strawberry 

Barrett, Mike 

Darmody, Liz 


Mackay, Alistair 

Maddox, Zoee 


Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 




Gingis, Aron 



Sugarcane 

Sunflower 

Tomato 

Tree Crops 


Morrison, Bruce 

Porter, Gavin 

Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 


Zorin, Clara 

Morgan, Terence 

Tay, David 

George, Doug 


Gingis, Aron 




Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 


Friend, Joe 

McRae, Tony 

Triticale (x Triticosecale Wittmack) 


Tropical/Sub-Tropical Crops 

Fletcher, Rob 


Kulkarni, Vinod 

Paulin, Robert 

Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 


Tay, David 

Winston, Ted 

Umbrella Tree 

Vegetables 

Verbena 

Paananen, Ian 

Alam, Rafiul 

Baker, Andrew 

Beal, Peter 



Fennell, John 

Frkovic, Edward 

Gingis, Aron 





Oates, John 

Pearson, Craig 

Pullar, David 

Robinson, Ben 


Scott, Peter 

Tay, David 

Westra Van Holthe, Jan 

Paananen, Ian 

Wheat (Aestivum & Durum Groups) 

Brouwer, Jan 


Gardner, Anne 

Khan, Akram 

Platz, Greg 

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TABLE 2 

NAME TELEPHONE AREA OF OPERATION 

Abel, Peter 02 9351 8825 

02 9351 8875 fax New South Wales 

Aberdeen, Ian 03 5782 1029 

03 5782 2073 fax SE Australia 

Alam, Rafiul 07 5460 1184 

07 5460 1112 fax SE QLD 

Allen, Paul 07 3824 0263 ph/fax SE QLD, Northern NSW 

Anderson, Malcolm 03 5573 0900 

03 5571 1523 fax 

017 870 252 mobile Victoria 

Andrews, Judith 02 6951 2614 

02 6955 7580 fax Southern NSW, Northern VIC 

Angus, Tim 02 4751 5702 ph/fax Australia and New Zealand 

Armitage, Paul 03 9756 7233 

03 9756 6948 fax Victoria 

Avery, Angela 02 6030 4500 

02 6030 4600 fax South Eastern Australia 

Bahnisch, L 07 5460 1457 

07 5460 1204 fax Australia 

Baker, Andrew 03 6427 8553 

03 6427 8554 fax Tasmania 

Barrett, Mike 02 9875 3087 

02 9980 1662 fax 

0407 062 494 mobile NSW/ACT 

Barth, Gail 08 8303 9580 

08 8303 9424 fax SA and Victoria 

Barthold, Graham 03 5997 1413 

03 5942 5132 fax Southern Victoria 

Baxter, Leslie 03 6224 4481 

03 6224 4468 fax 

0181 21943 mobile Tasmania 

Bazzani, Luigi 08 9772 1207 

08 9772 1333 fax Western Australia 

Beal, Peter 07 3286 1488 

07 3286 3094 fax QLD & Northern NSW 

Bennett, Malcolm 08 8973 9733 

08 8973 9777 fax NT, QLD, NSW, WA 

Berryman, Tim 02 4571 1583 

02 4578 2364 fax Sydney & Environs 

Bestow, Sue 02 6795 4050 

02 6795 3358 fax 

0152 54695 mobile Australia 

Biggs, Eric 03 5023 2400 

03 5023 3922 fax Mildura Area 

Boyd, Rodger 08 9380 2553 


Bray, Robert 07 3378 3158 QLD & Northern NSW 

Brouwer, Jan 03 5362 2159 

03 5362 2187 fax South Eastern Australia 

Cairney, John 02 9685 9903 

j.cairney@nepean.uws.edu.au Sydney 

Chowdhury, Doza 08 8303 7227 

08 8303 7109 fax South Australia and Victoria 

Cirami, Richard 08 8562 8273 

08 8562 8415 fax Australia 

Collins, David 08 9622 6100 

08 9622 1902 fax 

0154 42694 mobile Central Western Wheatbelt of 

Western Australia 

Cooling, Beth 

07 5533 2277 ph/fax 

0414 533301 mobile Gilston, Queensland 

Cooper, Katharine 08 8303 6563 


Croft, Valerie 03 5573 0900 


Cross, Richard 64 3 325 6400 

64 3 325 2074 fax New Zealand 

Cunneen, Thomas 02 4889 8647 

02 4889 8657 fax Sydney Region 

Darmody, Liz 03 9756 6105 


Davidson, James 02 6246 5071 

02 6246 5399 fax High rainfall zone of 

temperate Australia 

Dawson, Iain 02 6251 2293 ACT, South East NSW 

Derera, Nicholas AM 02 9639 3072 

02 9639 0345 fax 

0414 639 307 mobile Australia 

Downes, Ross 

02 6255 1461 ph 

02 6278 4676 fax 

0414 955258 mobile ACT, South East Australia 

Dunstone, Bob 02 6281 1754 ph/fax South East NSW 

Easton, Andrew 07 4690 2666 

07 4630 1063 fax QLD and NSW 

Edwards, Megan 03 5024 5960 

03 5024 7470 fax 

0418 532 354 VIC/NSW 

Fennell, John 03 5334 7871 

03 5334 7892 fax 

0419 881 887 Australia 

FitzHenry, Daniel 

02 4862 2487 ph/fax 

0417 891 651 mobile Sydney and surrounding 

districts 

Fleming, Graham 03 9756 6105 


Fletcher, Rob 07 5465 4126 

07 5460 1112 fax Australia 

Foster, Kevin 08 9368 3670 Mediterranean areas of 

Australia 

Friend, Joe 02 6688 6150 ph/fax Northern QLD & NSW 

Frkovic, Edward 02 6962 7333 


Gardner, Anne 02 6238 3536 Australia, New Zealand 

George, Doug 07 5460 1308 


Gellert, Valerie 03 5573 0900 


Gingis, Aron 03 9887 6120 

03 9769 1522 fax 

0419 878658 mobile Victoria, South Australia and 

Southern NSW 

Goulden, David 64 3 325 6400 

64 3 325 2074 fax New Zealand 

Hanger, Brian 03 9756 7532 

03 9756 6684 fax 

03 9752 0603 fax 

0418 598106 mobile Victoria 

Hare, Ray 02 6763 1232 

02 6763 1222 fax QLD, NSW VIC & SA 


08 8948 1894 ph 

08 8948 3894 fax 

0407 034 083 mobile Tropical/Sub-tropical 

Australia, including NT and 

NW of WA and tropical arid 

areas 

Hempel, Maciej 02 4628 0376 

02 4625 2293 fax NSW, QLD, VIC, SA 

Henry, Robert J 02 6620 3010 


Herrington, Mark 07 5441 2211 

07 5441 2235 fax Southern Queensland 

Hockings, David 07 5494 3385 ph/fax Southern Queensland 

Imrie, Bruce 02 4471 2976 

0409 266762 SE Australia 

Iredell, Janet Willa 07 3202 6351 ph/fax SE Queensland 

Jack, Brian 08 9952 5040 

08 9952 5053 fax South West WA 

James, Andrew 07 3214 2278 


Johnston, Margaret 07 5460 1240 

07 5460 1455 fax SE Queensland 

Kaapro, Jyri 02 9637 8711 

02 9637 8599 fax Sydney and surrounding 

areas 

Kadkol, Gururaj 03 5382 1269 

03 5381 1210 fax North Western Victoria 

Kennedy, Peter 02 6382 1077 


Khan, Akram 02 9351 8821 


Kidd, Charles 08 8842 3591 

08 8842 3066 fax 

0417 336 458 mobile Southern Australia 

Kirby, Greg 08 8201 2176 

08 8201 3015 fax South Australia 

Kirby, Neil 02 4754 2637 


Kirkham, Roger 03 5957 1200 

03 5957 1210 fax 

0153 23713 mobile Victoria 

Knights, Edmund 02 6763 1100 

02 6763 1222 fax North Western NSW 

Kulkarni, Vinod 08 9992 2221 


Kwan, Brian 03 5943 1088 


Lake, Andrew 08 8277 9789 SE Australia 

Langford, Garry 03 6266 4344 

03 6266 4023 fax 

0418 312 910 mobile Australia 

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Larkman, Clive 03 9735 3831 

03 9739 6370 

larkman@tpgi.com.au Victoria 

Law, Mary Ann 07 4638 4322 

07 4638 4271 fax Toowoomba region 

Lee, Peter 03 6330 1147 


Lee, Slade 02 6620 3410 

02 6622 2080 fax Queensland/Northern New 

South Wales 

Lenoir, Roland 02 6231 9063 ph/fax Australia 

Leske, Richard 07 4671 3136 

07 4671 3113 fax Cotton growing regions of 

QLD & NSW 

Loch, Don 07 5482 1522 

07 5482 1529 fax Queensland 

Lowe, Greg 02 4389 8750 

02 4389 4958 fax 

0411 327390 mobile Sydney, Central Coast NSW 

Lubomski, Marek 07 5525 3023 ph/fax NSW & QLD 

Lunghusen, Mark 03 9752 0477 

03 9752 0028 fax 

0155 15845 mobile Melbourne & environs 


08 9310 5342 ph/fax 

0159 87221 mobile Western Australia 

Maddox, Zoee 03 9756 6105 

03 9752 0005 Australia 

Malone, Michael +64 6 877 8196 

+64 6 877 4761 fax New Zealand 

Martin, Stephen 03 6231 2489 

03 6231 4508 fax 

0418 500198 mobile Tasmania 

McMichael, Prue 08 8373 2488 


McRae, Tony 08 8723 0688 


Miller, Jeff 64 6 356 8019 extn 8027 

64 3 351 8142 fax Manawatu region, 

New Zealand 

Milner, Richard 02 6246 4169 

02 6246 4042 fax 

richardm@ento.csiro.au Australia 

Mitchell, Leslie 03 5821 2021 

03 5831 1592 fax VIC, Southern NSW 

Molyneux, William 03 5965 2011 


Morgan, Terence 07 4783 6000 


Morrison, Bruce 03 9210 9251 

03 9800 3521 fax East of Melbourne 

Nichols, David 03 5977 4755 

03 5977 4921 fax SE Melbourne, Mornington 

Peninsula and Dandenong 

Ranges, Victoria 

Nichols, Phillip 08 9387 7442 


Nutt, Bradley 08 9387 7423/ 


Oates, John 02 4651 2601 

02 4651 2578 fax Sydney region, Eastern 


Paananen, Ian 02 4381 0051 

02 4381 0071 fax 

0412 826589 mobile Sydney/Newcastle 

Paulin, Robert 08 9368 3308 

08 9367 2625 fax 

0191 07244 mobile South West Western 


Platz, Greg 07 4639 8817 

07 4639 8800 fax QLD, Northern NSW 

Porter, Gavin 07 5460 1231 

07 5460 1455 fax SE QLD, Northern NSW 

Poulsen, David 07 4661 2944 


Prescott, Chris 

03 5964 2780 ph/fax 

0417 340 558 mobile Victoria 

Pullar, David 03 5822 2222 

03 5822 2200 fax 

0418 575 444 mobile Australia 

Quinn, Patrick 03 5427 0485 SE Australia 

Rawstron, Jane 03 6336 5219 


Richardson, Clive 03 5155 0255 

03 5143 2168 New South Wales and 

Victoria 

Robb, John 02 4376 1330 

02 4376 1271 fax 

0199 19252 mobile Sydney, Central Coast NSW 

Robinson, Ben 08 8373 2488 


Rose, John 07 4661 2944 


Scattini, Walter 

07 3356 0863 ph/fax 

Tropical and sub-tropical 


Scholefield, Peter 08 8373 2488 

08 8373 2442 fax 

018 082022 mobile SE Australia 

Scott, Peter 02 9653 1362 

Singh, Deo 

02 9653 1072 fax Sydney region 

0418 88078 mobile 

07 3207 5998 fax Brisbane 

Slatter, John 07 4635 0726 

07 4635 2772 fax 

0155 88086 mobile Australia 

Smith, Stuart 03 6336 5234 


Snowball, Richard 08 9368 3517 Mediterranean areas of 


Stearne, Peter 02 9262 2611 

02 9262 1080 fax Sydney, ACT & NSW 

Stewart, Angus 02 4325 3944 ph/fax Sydney, Gosford 

Stuart, Peter 07 4690 2666 


Swane, Geoff 02 6889 1545 

02 6889 2533 fax 

0419 841580 mobile Central western NSW 

Sykes, Stephen 03 5051 3100 


Syrus, A Kim 03 8556 2555 

03 8556 2955 fax Adelaide 

Tan, Beng 08 9266 7168 

08 9266 2495 Perth & environs 

Tancred, Stephen 07 4681 2931 

07 4681 4274 fax 

0157 62888 mobile QLD, NSW 

Tay, David 07 5460 1313 


Topp, Bruce 07 4681 1255 


Valentine, Bruce 02 6361 3919 


Van Der Ley, John 02 6561 5047 

02 6561 5138 fax 

0417 423 768 mobile Sydney to Brisbane and New 

England area 

Vertigan, Wayne 03 6336 5221 


Washer, Stewart 08 9300 9995 

08 9407 5070 fax 

0196 83642 mobile Western Australia 

Waters, Cathy 02 6888 7404 


Watkins, Phillip 08 9525 1800 

08 9525 1607 fax Perth Region 

Westra Van Holthe, Jan 03 9706 3033 



64 6 356 8019 NZ 

02 6356 8019 AUS 

02 6351 8047 fax AUS New Zealand 

Wilson, Frances 64 3 318 8514 

64 3 318 8549 fax Canterbury, New Zealand 

Winfield, Joel 03 9737 9660 Victoria 

Winston, Ted 

07 4068 8796 ph/fax 

0412 534 514 mobile QLD, Northern 

NSW and NT 

Worrall, Ross 02 4348 1900 


Zorin, Clara 

07 3207 4306 ph/fax 

0418 984 555 Eastern Australia 

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APPENDIX 4 

INDEX OF ACCREDITED NON- 

CONSULTANT ‘QUALIFIED 

PERSONS’ 

Name 

Ali, S 

Baelde, Arie 

Barr, Andrew 

Beatson, Ron 

Bell, David 

Birmingham, Erika 

Brennan, Paul 

Breust, P 

Brindley, Tony 

Buchanan, Peter 

Bunker, John 

Bunker, Kerry 

Burton, Wayne 

Cameron, Nick 

Chin, Robert 

Chivers, Ian 

Clayton-Greene, Kevin 

Coker, Julian 

Constable, Greg 

Cook, Esther 

Cooper, Kath 

Costin, Russell 

Cox, Michael 

Craig, Andrew 

Crane, Peter 

Cruickshank, Alan 

Cummings, Dale 

Dale, Gary 

Davidson, Jim 

Dear, Brian 

de Betue, Remco 

Done, Anthony 

Donnelly, Peter 

Downe, Graeme 

Eastwood, Russell 

Eisemann, Robert 

Elliott, Philip 

Enneking, Dirk 

Fiffer, Sue 

Foster, Pauline 

Gibson, Peter 

Gomme, Simon 

Granger, Andrew 

Green, Allan 

Guy, Graeme 

Hall, Nicola 

Harden, Patrick 

Hart, Ray 

Higgs, Robert 

Hill, Jeffrey 

Hollamby, Gil 

Holland, Mark 

Hoppo, Sue 

Howie, Jake 

Huxley, Ian 

Irwin, John 

Jaeger, M 

Jupp, Noel 

Kaehne, Ian 

Katelaris, A 

Kebblewhite, Tony 

Kennedy, Chris 

Kimbeng, Collins 

Knight, Ronald 

Knights, Ted 

Knox, Graham 

Kobelt, Eric 

Langbein, Sueanne 

Leonforte, Tony 

Lewin, Laurence 

Lewis, Hartley 

Liu, Chunji 

Loi, Angelo 

Luckett, David 

Lullfitz, Robert 

Macleod, Nick 

Mann, Dorham 

Mason, Lloyd 

Mcdonald, David 

Mcmaugh, P 

Mendham, Neville 

Menzies, Kim 

Milne, Carolyn 

Moody, David 

Moore, Stephen 

Neilson, Peter 

Newman, Allen 

Norriss, Michael 

Oakes, John 

Offord, Cathy 

Oram, Rex 

Patel, Narandra 

Paull, Jeff 

Pearce, Bob 

Peppe, Ivan 

Perrott, Neil 

Pymer, Sally 

Reid, Peter 

Richardson, Maureen 

Rose, Ian 

Salmon, Alexander 

Sammon, Noel 

Sandral, Graeme 

Sanewski, Garth 

Schreuders, Harry 

Scott, Ralph 

Smith, Michael 

Smith, Raymond 

Smith, Sue 

Song, Leonard 

Tonks, John 

Toyer, Christine 

Titley, Michael 

Trimboli, Daniel 

Turner, Matthew 

Vaughan, Peter 

Weatherly, Lilia 

Whalley, R.D.B. 

Whiley, Tony 

Williams, Rex 

Wilson, Rob 

Wilson, Stephen 

Witherspoon, Jennifer 

Wrigley, John 

Yan, Guijun 

Zeppa, Aldo 

APPENDIX 5 

ADDRESSES OF UPOV AND 

MEMBER STATES 

International Union for the 

Protection of New Varieties of 

Plants (UPOV): 

International Union for the 

Protection of New Varieties of Plants 

(UPOV) 

34, Chemin des Colombettes 

CH-1211 

Geneva 20 

SWITZERLAND 

Phone: (41-22) 338 9111 

Fax: (41-22) 733 0336 

Web site: http://www.upov.int 

Plant Variety Protection Offices in 

individual UPOV Member States: 

ARGENTINA 

Instituto Nacional de Semillas 

Ministerio de Economia 

Secretaria de Agricultura 

Ganaderia y Pesca 

Avda. Paseo Colon 922-3. 

Piso, 1063 Buenos Aires 

Phone: (54 1) 362 39 88 

Fax: (54 1) 349 24 17 

AUSTRALIA 

Registrar 

Plant Breeders Rights Office 

P O Box 858 

Canberra ACT 2601 

Phone: (61 2) 6272 3888 

Fax: (61 2) 6272 3650 

AUSTRIA 

Bundesamt und Forschungszentrum 

fur Landwirtschaft 

Sortenschutzamt 

Postfach 400 

Spargelfeldstrasse 191 

A- 1226 Wien 

Phone: (43 1) 73216 4000 

Fax: (43 1) 73216 4211 

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BELGIUM 

Ministere de classes moyennes et de 

l’agriculture 

Service de la protection des 

obtentions 

vegetales et des catalogues nationaux 

Tour WTC/3- 6eme etage 

Avenue Simon Bolivar 30 

B-1000 Bruxelles 

Phone: (32 2) 208 37 28 

Fax: (32 2) 208 37 05 

BOLIVIA 

(new member – address to be 

advised) 

BRAZIL 


advised) 

BULGARIA 

Patent Office of the Republic of 

Bulgaria 

52 B, Dr. G. M. Dimitrov Blvd. 

1113 Sofia 

Phone: (359-2) 710 152 

Fax: (359-2) 708 325 

CANADA 

The Commissioner 

Plant Breeders’ Rights Office 

Canadian Food Inspection Agency 

(CFIA) 

3rd Floor, East Court 

Camelot Court 

59 Camelot Drive 

Nepean, Ontario 

K1A OY9 

Phone: (1 613) 225 2342 

Fax: (1 613) 228 6629 

CHILE 

Ministerio de Agricultura 

Servicio Agricola y Ganadero 

Department de Semillas 

Casilla 1167-21 

Santiago de Chile 

Phone: (56 2) 696 29 96 

Fax: (56 2) 696 64 80 

CHINA 


advised) 

COLUMBIA 

Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario 

(I.C.A) 

Division de Semillas 

Calle 37 No. 8-43 

Santa Fe de Bogota 

Phone: (57 1) 232 4697 

Fax: (57 1) 232 4695 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

Ministry of Agriculture 

External Relations Department 

Tesnov 17 

117 05 Prague 1 

Phone: (42) 2 2181 2474 

Fax: (42) 2 2181 2970 

DENMARK 

Afdeling for Sortsafprovning 

Postbox 7 

Teglvaerksvej 10, Tystofte 

DK-4230 Skaelskoer 

Phone: (45) 53 59 61 41 

Fax: (45) 53 59 01 66 

ECUADOR 

División de Insumos 

Ministerio de Agricultura y 

Ganadería 

Avenida Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas 

Quito 

Phone: (593-2) 543 763 

Fax: (593-2) 504 833 

FINLAND 

Plant Variety Board 

Plant Variety Rights Office 

PO Box 232 

SF-00171 Helsinki 

Phone: (358) 01 60 33 16 

Fax: (358) 01 60 24 43 

FRANCE 

Comite de la protection des 

obtentions vegetales 

11, rue Jean Nicot 

F-75007 Paris 

Phone: (331) 42 75 93 14 

Fax: (331) 42 75 94 25 

GERMANY 

Bundessortenamt 

Postfach 61 04 40 

D-30604 Hannover 

Phone: (49 511) 95 66 5 

Fax: (49 511) 56 33 62 

HUNGARY 

Hungarian Patent Office 

Magyar Szabadalmi Hivatal 

Garibaldi-u.2-B.P. 552 

H-1370 Budapest 

Phone: (36 1) 112 44 00 

Fax: (36 1) 131 25 96 

IRELAND 

Controller of Plant Breeders’ Rights 

Department of Agriculture and Food 

Agriculture House 6W 

Kildare Street 

Dublin 2 

Phone: (353) 1 607 20 00 

Fax: (353) 1 661 62 63 

ISRAEL 

Plant Breeders’ Rights Council 

The Volcani Center 

PO Box 6 

Bet-Dagan 50 250 

Phone: (972) 3 968 3669 

Fax: (972) 3 968 34 92 

ITALY 

Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi 

Ministero dell’Industria, del 

Commercio e dell’Artigianato 

19,via Molise 

I-00187 Roma 

Phone: (39 6) 47 05 1 

Fax: (39 6) 47 05 30 35 

JAPAN 

Director of Seeds and Seedlings 

Division 

Agricultural Production Bureau 

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and 

Fisheries 

1-2-1 Kasumigaseki - Chiyoda-ku 

Tokyo 100 

Phone: (81 3) 35 91 05 24 

Fax: (81 3) 35 02 65 72 

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KENYA 

(new member – address to be advised) 

MEXICO 

Director de SNICS 

Lope de Vega 125 8 . Piso 

Col. Capultepec Morales 

México, D.F. 11570 

Phone: (52-5) 203 9427 

Fax: (52-5) 250 64 83 

NETHERLANDS 

Raad voor het Kwekersrecht 

Marijkeweg 24 

NL-6709 PG Wageningen 

Phone: (31 317) 478090 

Fax: (31 317) 42 58 67 

NEW ZEALAND 

Commissioner of Plant Variety Rights 

Plant Variety Rights Office 

PO Box 130 

Lincoln, Canterbury 

Phone: (64 3) 325 63 55 

Fax: (64 3) 325 29 46 

NORWAY 

Planteosortsnemnda 

(The Plant Variety Board) 

Fellesbygget 

N-1432 As 

Phone: (47) 64 94 75 04 

Fax: (47) 64 94 02 08 

PANAMA 

(new member – address to be advised) 

PARAGUAY 

Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia 

Direccion de Semillas (DISE) 

Gaspar R. de Francia No. 685 

c/ Mcal. Estigarribia 

San Lorenzo 

Phone: (595) 21 58 22 01 

Fax: (595) 21 58 46 45 

POLAND 

The Director 

Research Center of Cultivars Testing 

(COBORU) 

63-022 Slupia Wielka 

PORTUGAL 

Centro Nacional de Registo de 

Variedades Protegidas (CENARVE) 

Edificio II do CNPPA 

Tapada da Ajuda 

P-1300 Lisboa 

Phone: (351) 1 362 16 07 

Fax: ( 351) 1 362 16 06 

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 

State Commission for Crops Variety Testing and 

Registration 


Bul. Stefan Cel Mare 162 

C.P. 1873 

2004 Chisinau 

Phone: (373-2) 24 62 22 

Fax: (373-2) 24 69 21 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

State Commission of the Russian Federation 

for Selection Achievements Test and Protection 

Orlicov per., 3a 

107139 Moscow 

Phone: (70-95) 204 49 26 

Fax: (70-95) 207 86 26 

SLOVAKIA 


Dodrovicova 12 

812 66 Bratislava 

Phone: (42) 736 85 61 

Fax: (42) 745 62 94 

SOUTH AFRICA 

National Department of Agriculture 

Directorate of Plant and Quality Control 

Private Bag X 258 

Pretoria 0001 

Phone: (27 12) 319 7202 

Fax: (27 12) 319 7279 

SPAIN 

Registro de Variedades 

Subdireccion General de Semillas y Plantas de Vivero 

Jose Abascal, 4 

E-280003-Madrid 

Phone: (34 1) 347 66 00 

Fax: (34 1) 594 27 68 

Phone: (48 667) 535 58 or 523 41 

Fax: (48 667) 535 58 

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SWEDEN 

Statens vaxtsortnamnd 

(National Plant Variety Board) 

Box 1247 

S-171 24 Solna 

Phone: (46) 8 783 12 60 

Fax: (46) 8 833 170 

SWITZERLAND 

Bundesamt fur Landwirtschaft 

Buro fur Sortenschutz 

Mattenhofstr. 5 

CH-3003 Bern 

Phone: (41 31) 322 25 24 

Fax: (41 31) 322 26 34 

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 

Controller (Ag) 

Intellectual Property Office 

Ministry of Legal Affairs 

34 Frederick Street 

Port of Spain 

Phone: (1 868) 625 9972 

Fax: (1 868) 624 1221 

UKRAINE 

State Patent Office of Ukraine 

8 Lvov Square 

254655 Kiev 53, GSP- 655 

Phone: (880 44) 212 50 82 

Fax: (880 44) 212 34 49 

UNITED KINGDOM 

The Plant Variety Rights Office 

White House Lane 

Huntingdon Road 

Cambridge CB3 OLF 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

(For PVP) 

The Commissioner 

Plant Variety Protection Office 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Department of Agriculture 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351 

Phone: ( 1 301) 504 55 18 

Fax: (1 301) 504 52 91 

(For Plant Patent) 

The Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks 

Patent and Trade Mark Office 

Box 4 

Washington DC 20231 

Phone: ( 1 703) 305 93 00 

Fax: (1 703) 305 88 85 

URUGUAY 

Ministerio de Ganaderia, Agricultura y Pesca 

Direccion General -Servicios Agricolas 

Unidad de Semillas 

Ava. Milan 4703 

12.900 Montevideo 

Phone: (59 82) 309 79 24 

Fax: ( 59 82) 39 60 53 

EUROPEAN UNION 

(for applications filed within the EU) 

Community Plant Variety Office 

P.O. Box 2141 

F-49021 Angers Cedex 

FRANCE 

Phone: ( 33 2) 41 36 84 50 

Fax: ( 33 2) 41 36 84 60 

Phone: (44 1223) 34 23 81 

Fax: (44 1223) 34 23 86 

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CURRENT STATUS OF PLANT 

VARIETY PROTECTION 

LEGISLATURE IN UPOV 

MEMBER COUNTRIES 

Italy 2,4 

Argentina 2 

Australia 2,5 

Austria 2,4 

Belgium 1,4 

Bolivia 2 

Brazil 2 

Bulgaria 3 

Canada 2 

Chile 2 

China 2 

Columbia 2 

Czech Republic 2 

Denmark 3,4 

Ecuador 2 

Finland 2,4 

France 2,4 

Germany 3,4 

Hungary 2 

Ireland 2,4 

Israel 3 

Japan 3 

Kenya 2 

Mexico 2 

Netherlands 3,4 

New Zealand 2 

Norway 2 

Panama 2 

Paraguay 2 

Poland 2,5 

Portugal 2,4 

Republic of Moldova 3 

Russian Federation 3 

Slovakia 2,5 

South Africa 2,5 

Spain 1,4 

Sweden 3,4 

Switzerland 2 

Trinidad and Tobago 2 

Ukraine 2 

United Kingdom 3,4 

USA 3 

Uruguay 2 

(Total 43) 

Many non-member states currently have proposals 

for law to protect plant varieties before their 

legislatures. Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Kenya, 

Panama, have initiated with the Council of UPOV 

the procedure for becoming members of the Union. 

1 Bound by the 1961 Act as amended by the 

Additional Act of 1972. 

2 Bound by the 1978 Act. 

3 Bound by the 1991 Act. 

4 Member of the European Community which 

has introduced a (supranational) Community 

plant variety rights system based upon the 1991 

Act. 

5 Has already amended its law to conform to the 

1991 Act; most other states are in the process of 

doing so. 

APPENDIX 6 

CENTRALISED TESTING CENTRES 

Under Plant Breeder’s Rights Regulations introduced in 

1996, establishments may be officially authorised by the 

PBR office to conduct test growings. An authorised 

establishment will be known as Centralised Test Centre 

(CTC). 

Usually, the implementation of PBR in Australia relies on a 

‘breeder testing’ system in which the applicant, in 

conjunction with a nominated Qualified Person (QP), 

establishes, conducts and reports a comparative trial. More 

often than not, trials by several breeders are being 

conducted concurrently at different sites. This makes valid 

comparisons difficult and often results in costly duplication. 

While the current system is and will remain satisfactory, 

other optional testing methods are now available which will 

add flexibility to the PBR process. 

Centralised Testing is one such optional system. It is based 

upon the authorisation of private or public establishments to 

test one or more genera of plants. Applicants can choose to 

submit their varieties for testing by a CTC or continue to do 

the test themselves. Remember, using a CTC to test your 

variety is voluntary. 

The use of CTCs recognises the advantages of testing a 

larger number of candidate varieties (with a larger number 

of comparators) in a single comprehensive trial. Not only is 

there an increase in scientific rigour but there are substantial 

economies of scale and commensurate cost savings. A CTC 

will establish, conduct and report each trial on behalf of the 

applicant. 

The PBR office has amended its fees so that cost savings 

can be passed to applicants who choose to test their varieties 

in a CTC. Accordingly, when 5 or more candidate varieties 

of the same genus are tested simultaneously, each will 

qualify for the CTC examination fee of $800. This is a 

saving of nearly 40% over the normal fee of $1400. 

Trials containing less than 5 candidate varieties capable of 

being examined simultaneously will not be considered as 

Centralised test trials regardless of the authorisation of the 

facility. Candidate varieties in non-qualifying small trials 

will not qualify for CTC reduction of examination fees. 

Establishments wishing to be authorised as a CTC may 

apply in writing to the PBR office outlining their claims 

against the selection criteria. Initially, only one CTC will be 

authorised for each genus. Exemptions to this rule can be 

claimed due to special circumstances, industry needs and 

quarantine regulations. Authorisations will be reviewed 

periodically. 

Authorisation of CTCs is not aimed solely at large research 

institutions. Smaller establishments with appropriate 

facilities and experience, can also apply for CTC status. 

There is no cost for authorisation as a CTC. 

APPLICATIONS FOR AUTHORISATION AS A 

‘CENTRALISED TESTING CENTRE’ 

Establishments interested in gaining authorisation as a 

Centralised Testing Centre should apply in writing 

addressing each of the Conditions and Selection Criteria 

outlined below. 

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Conditions and Selection Criteria 

To be authorised as a CTC, the following conditions and 

criteria will need to be met: 

Appropriate facilities 

While in part determined by the genera being tested, all 

establishments must have facilities that allow the conduct 

and completion of moderate to large scale scientific 

experiments without undue environmental influences. 

Again dependent on genera, a range of complementary 

testing and propagation facilities (e.g. outdoor, glasshouse, 

shadehouse, tissue culture stations ) is desirable. 

Experienced staff 

Adequately trained staff, and access to appropriately 

accredited Qualified Persons, with a history of successful 

PVR/PBR applications will need to be available for all 

stages of the trial from planting to the presentation of the 

analysed data. These staff will require the authority to 

ensure timely maintenance of the trial. Where provided by 

the PBR office, the protocol and technical guidelines for the 

conduct of the trial must be followed. 

Substantial industry support 

Normally the establishment will be recognised by a state or 

national industry society or association. This may 

include/be replaced by a written commitment from major 

nurseries or other applicants, who have a history of 

regularly making applications for PBR in Australia, to use 

the facility. 

Capability for long term storage of genetic material 

Depending upon the genus, a CTC must be in a position to 

make a long term commitment to collect and maintain, at 

minimal cost, genetic resources of vegetatively propagated 

species as a source of comparative varieties. Applicants 

indicating a willingness to act as a national genetic resource 

centre in perpetuity will be favoured. 

Contract testing for 3rd Parties 

Unless exempted in writing by the PBR office operators of 

a CTC must be prepared to test varieties submitted by a 

third party. 

Relationship between CTC and 3rd Parties 

A formal arrangement between the CTC and any third party 

including fees for service will need to be prepared and 

signed before the commencement of the trial. It will include 

among other things: how the plant material will be delivered 

(e.g. date, stage of development plant, condition etc); allow 

the applicant and/or their agent and QP access to the site 

during normal working hours; and release the use of all trial 

data to the owners of the varieties included in the trial. 

One trial at a time 

Unless exempted in writing by the PBR office, all 

candidates and comparators should be tested in a single 

trial. 

One CTC per genus 

Normally only one CTC will be authorised to test a genus. 

Special circumstances may exist (environmental factors, 

quarantine etc) to allow more than one CTC per genus, 

though a special case will need to be made to the PBR 

office. More than one CTC maybe allowed for roses. 

One CTC may be authorised to test more than one genus. 

Authorisations for each genus will be reviewed periodically. 

Authorised Centralised Test Centres (CTCs) 

Following publication of applications for accreditation and ensuing public comment, the following organisations/individuals 

are authorised to act as CTCs. Any special conditions are also listed. 

Name Location Approved Facilities Name of QP Date of accreditation 

Genera 

Agriculture Victoria, Toolangi, VIC Potato Outdoor, field, R Kirkham 31/3/97 

National Potato greenhouse, tissue G Wilson 

Improvement Centre 

culture laboratory 

Bureau of Sugar Cairns, Tully, Saccharum Field, glasshouse, M Cox 30/6/97 

Experiment Stations Ingham, Ayr, tissue culture, 

Mackay, Bundaberg, 

pathology 

Brisbane QLD 

Ag-Seed Research Horsham and Canola Field, glasshouse, G Kadkol 30/6/97 

other sites 

shadehouse, laboratory 

and biochemical 

analyses 

Agriculture Western Northam WA Wheat Field, laboratory D Collins 30/6/97 


University of Sydney, Camden, NSW Argyranthemum, Outdoor, field, J Oates 30/6/97 

Plant Breeding Diascia, irrigation,greenhouses 

Institute Mandevilla, with controlled 

Oats 

micro-climates, 

controlled environment 

rooms, tissue culture, 

molecular genetics and 

cytology lab. 

Boulters Nurseries Monbulk, VIC Clematis Outdoor, shadehouse, M Lunghusen 30/9/97 

Monbulk Pty Ltd 

greenhouse 

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Geranium Cottage Galston, NSW Pelargonium Field, controlled I Paananen 30/11/97 

Nursery 

environment house 

Agriculture Victoria Hamilton, VIC Perennial ryegrass, Field, shadehouse, V Gellert 30/6/98 

tall fescue, tall wheat glasshouse, growth M Anderson 

grass, white clover, chambers. Irrigation 

persian clover Pathology and tissue 

culture. Access to 

DNA and molecular 

marker technology. 

Cold storage. 

Koala Blooms Monbulk, VIC Bracteantha Outdoor, irrigation M Lunghusen 30/6/98 

Redlands Nursery Redland Bay, QLD Aglaonema Outdoor, shadehouse, K Bunker 30/6/98 

glasshouse and indoor 

facilities 

Protected Plant Macquarie Fields, New Guinea Glasshouse I Paananen 30/9/98 

Promotions NSW Impatiens including 

Impatiens hawkeri 

and its hybrids 

University of Lawes, QLD Some tropical Field, irrigation, D Hanger 30/9/98 

Queensland, pastures glasshouse, small 

Gatton College 

phytotron, plant 

nursery & 

propagation, tissue 

culture, seed and 

chemical lab, cool 

storage 

Jan and Peter Iredell Moggill, QLD Bougainvillea Outdoor, shadehouse J Iredell 30/9/98 

Protected Plant Macquarie Fields, Verbena Glasshouse I Paananen 31/12/98 

Promotions 

NSW 

Avondale Nurseries Glenorie, NSW Agapanthus Greenhouse, tissue I Paananen 31/12/98 

Ltd 

culture with 

commercial partnership 

Paradise Plants Kulnura, NSW Camellia, Field, glasshouse, J Robb 31/12/98 

Lavandula, shadehouse, 

Osmanthus, irrigation, tissue 

Ceratopetalum culture lab 

Prescott Roses Berwick, VIC Rosa Field, controlled C Prescott 31/12/98 

environment 

greenhouses 

F & I Baguley Clayton South, Euphorbia Controlled G Guy 31/3/99 

Flower and Plant 

glasshouses, 

Growers VIC quarantine facilities, 

tissue culture 

The following applications are pending: 

Name Location Genera applied for Facilities Name of QP 

Outeniqua Nursery Monbulk, VIC Unspecified Outdoor, glasshouse 

University of Queensland, Lawes, QLD Ornamental & Field, irrigation, L Bahnisch 

Gatton College bedding sp., glasshouse, small R Fletcher 

wheat, millet, phytotron, plant D George 

Prunus, Capsicum, nursery & M Johnston 

Glycine, Ipomea, Vigna, propagation, tissue G Lewis 

Lycopersicon, Asian culture, seed and G Porter 

vegetables, Tropical chemical lab, cool D Tay 

fruits, Solanum storage A Wearing 

D Hanger 

Comments (both for or against) either the continued accreditation of a CTC or applications to become a CTC are invited. 

Written comments are confidential and should be addressed to: 

The Registrar 

Plant Breeders Rights Office 

PO Box 858 

CANBERRA ACT 2601 

Fax (02) 6272 3650 Closing date for comment: 30 September 1999. 

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APPENDIX 7 

LIST OF CLASSES FOR VARIETY 

DENOMINATION PURPOSES 1 

As amended by the Council at its twenty-fifth ordinary 

session, on October 25, 1991. 

[Recommendation 9 

For the purposes of the fourth sentence of Article 13(2) 

of the Convention, all taxonomic units are considered 

closely related that belong to the same botanical genus or 

are contained in the same class in the list in Annex I to these 

Recommendations.] 

Note: Classes which contain subdivisions of a genus 

may lead to the existence of a complementary class 

containing the other subdivisions of the genus concerned 

(example: Class 9 (Vicia faba) leads to the existence of 

another class containing the other species of the genus 

Vicia). * 

Class 1: Avena, Hordeum, Secale, xTriticosecale, Triticum 

Class 2: Panicum, Setaria 

Class 3: Sorghum, Zea 

Class 4: Agrostis, Alopecurus, Arrhenatherum, Bromus, 

Cynosurus, Dactylis, Festuca,Lolium, Phalaris, Phleum, 

Poa, Trisetum 

Class 5: Brassica oleracea, Brassica chinensis, Brassica 

pekinensis 

Class 6: Brassica napus, B. campestris, B. rapa, B. juncea, 

B. nigra, Sinapis 

Class 7: 

Trifolium 

Lotus, Medicago, Ornithopus, Onobrychis, 

Class 8: Lupinus albus L., L. angustifolius L., L. luteus L. 

Class 9: Vicia faba L. 

Class 10: Beta vulgaris L. var. alba DC., Beta vulgaris L. 

var. altissima 

Class 11: Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris var. conditiva Alef. 

(syn.: Beta vulgaris L. var. rubra L.), Beta vulgaris L. var. 

cicla L., Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris var. vulgaris 

Class 12: Lactuca, Valerianella, Cichorium 

Class 13: Cucumis sativus 

Class 14: Citrullus, Cucumis melo, Cucurbita 

Class 15: Anthriscus, Petroselinum 

Class 16: Daucus, Pastinaca 

Class 17: Anethum, Carum, Foeniculum 

Class 18: Bromeliaceae 

Class 19: Picea, Abies, Pseudotsuga, Pinus, Larix 

Class 20: Calluna, Erica 

Class 21: Solanum tuberosum L. 

Class 22: Nicotiana rustica L., N. tabacum L. 

Class 23: Helianthus tuberosus 

Class 24: Helianthus annuus 

Class 25: Orchidaceae 

Class 26: Epiphyllum, Rhipsalidopsis, Schlumbergera, 

Zygocactus 

Class 27: Proteaceae 

COMPLEMENTARY CLASSES 

Class 28: Species of Brassica other than 

(in Class 5 + 6) Brassica oleracea, Brassica chinensis, 

Brassica pekinensis + Brassica napus, B. campestris, B. 

rapa, B. juncea, B. nigra, Sinapis 

Class29: Species of Lupinus other than 

(in Class 8) Lupinus albus L., L. angustifolius L., L. luteus 

L. 

Class30: Species of Vicia other than 

(in Class 9) Vicia faba L. 

Class 31: Species of Beta + subdivisions of the species Beta 

vulgaris other than 

(in Class 10 +11) Beta vulgaris L. var. alba DC., Beta 

vulgaris L. var. altissima + Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris var. 

conditiva Alef. (syn.: Beta vulgaris L. var. rubra L.), Beta 

vulgaris L. var. cicla L., Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris var. 

vulgaris 

Class 32: Species of Cucumis other than 

(in Class 13 + 14) Cucumis sativus + Citrullus, Cucumis 

melo, Cucurbita 

Class 33: Species of Solanum other than 

(in Class 21) Solanum tuberosum L. 

Class 34: Species of Nicotiana other than 

(in Class 22) Nicotiana rustica L., N. tabacum L. 

Class 35: Species of Helianthus other than 

(in Class 23 + 24) Helianthus tuberosus + Helianthus 

annuus 

* The complementary classes have been added by the Office of the Union 

for the convenience of the reader and are given the numbers 28 to 35. 

1 From UPOV RECOMMENDATIONS ON VARIETY 

DENOMINATIONS, Adopted by The Council of UPOV on October 16, 

1987, and amended on October 25, 1991 

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APPENDIX 8 

REGISTER OF PLANT VARIETIES 

Register of Plant Varieties contains the legal description of 

the varieties granted Plant Breeder’s Rights. Under section 

62(1) of the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 a person may 

inspect the Register at any reasonable time. Following are 

the contact details for registers kept in each state and 

territories. 

South Australia 

Ms Lisa Halskov 

AQIS 

8 Butler Street 

PORT ADELAIDE SA 5000 

Phone 08 8305 9706 

Western Australia 

Mr Geoffrey Wood 

AQIS 

Level, Wing C 

Market City 

280 Bannister Road 

CANNING VALE WA 6154 

Phone 08 9311 5407 

New South Wales 

Mr. Alex Jabs 

General Services 

AQIS 

2 Hayes Road 

ROSEBERY NSW 2018 

Phone 02 9364 7293 

Victoria and Tasmania 

Mr. Colin Hall 

AQIS 

Building D, 2nd Floor 

World Trade Centre 

Flinders Street 

MELBOURNE VIC 3005 

Phone 03 9246 6810 

Queensland 

Mr. Ian Haseler 

AQIS 

2nd Floor 

433 Boundary Street 

SPRING HILL QLD 4000 

Phone 07 3246 8755 

Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory 

ACT and NT Registers are kept 

in the Library of PBR Office in Canberra 

Phone 02 6272 4228 

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Register of Australian 

Winter Cereal Cultivars 

Varietal Descriptions from the Voluntary 

Scheme for the Registration of Cereal 

Cultivars 

Recently some procedural changes have been implemented 

in the operations of the Voluntary Cereal Registration 

Scheme. The Plant Breeder’s Rights (PBR) office and the 

Voluntary Cereal Registration Scheme are collaborating to 

ensure that descriptions of new varieties, whether they are 

protected by PBR or not, are made available. 

The Plant Varieties Journal now includes descriptions of 

cultivars registered under the Voluntary Cereal Registration 

Scheme. Please note that publishing a description in the 

Plant Varieties Journal does not automatically qualify a 

cultivar to be protected under Plant Breeder’s Rights 

(PBR). PBR is entirely a different scheme and there are 

specific requirements under the Plant Breeder’s Rights 

Act 1994 which must be satisfied to be eligible for 

registration under PBR. However, it is possible that some 

cultivars published in this section of the journal are also 

registered under PBR. When a cultivar is registered under 

both schemes, the current PBR status of the cultivar is 

indicated in the descriptions. 

A Check list for Registering New Cereal Cultivars in the 

Voluntary Scheme 

Breeders considering submitting a new variety to the 

voluntary scheme should: 

1. Clear the proposed name with Australian Winter Cereal 

Collection (AWCC). The AWCC will query available 

information systems to ensure that the proposed name will 

not be confused with other cultivars of the same group and 

issue a registration number. The timeframe for this 

process will usually be less than 24 hours, and can be done 

by phone, fax or by e-mail. 

2. Complete a registration form, including the registration 

number and forward the form to the Voluntary Cereal 

Registration Scheme – either by an e-mail attachment or by 

ordinary mail on a 3.5 inch a IBM formatted floppy 

diskette. The breeders will be notified of the acceptance for 

a new registration within one week of its receipt. 

3. Send an untreated one kilogram (1 kg) reference (or type) 

sample of seed to the Voluntary Cereal Registration 

Scheme for long term storage in the AWCC. Please indicate 

if there are any restrictions on the distribution of this seed. 

Unless advised to the contrary it will be assumed that seed 

samples of registered cultivars can be freely distributed by 

the AWCC to bona fide scientists for research purposes. 

4. Provide a description of the new cultivar for 

publication in the Plant Varieties Journal and send it to the 

Voluntary Cereal Registration Scheme in Word for 

Windows or in RTF format – either by an e-mail attachment 

or by ordinary mail on a 3.5 inch a IBM formatted floppy 

diskette. In general, a description should contain the 

following headings: 

• Common name 

• Botanical name 

• Cultivar name 

• Registration number 

• Registration date 

• Name and address of Originators 

• Name and address of Registrar of Cereal Cultivars 

• Released by 

• Synonyms (if any) 

• Parentage 

• Breeding and selection 

• Morphology 

• Disease Reaction 

• Yield 

• Quality 

• PBR Status (if any) 

• Acknowledgment( if any) 

• Breeder 

In addition, you may also include other headings if they are 

relevant to the description of the variety. Please follow the 

general style and format of the descriptions published in the 

current issue. Please note: always format your description in 

a single column, do not format in two columns. Columns 

will be formatted during the publication process. 

The Voluntary Cereal Registration Scheme will 

electronically forward your description to the Plant 

Varieties Journal for publication. Plant Varieties Journal 

reserves the right for editorial corrections and the edited 

versions will be forwarded to the breeder for review before 

the final publication. Publication cost will be charged on a 

cost recovery basis with invoices sent directly from the PBR 

office to the breeder. The nominal cost will be $400.00 (four 

hundred dollars) per variety. 

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Contact information 

Registration 

Publication 

Voluntary Cereal Registration Scheme 

Registrar PBR 

C/- Australian Winter Cereals Collection 

Plant Breeder’s Rights Office 

RMB 944, Calala Lane GPO Box 858 

TAMWORTH NSW 2340 CANBERRA ACT 2601 

Phone: (02) 6763 1149 Phone: (02) 6272 4228 

Fax: (02) 6763 1154 Fax: (02) 6272 3650 

e-mail: mackaym@agric.nsw.gov.au 

e-mail: Doug.Waterhouse@affa.gov.au 

No descriptions have been received for this issue. 

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SERVICE DIRECTORY 

WARATAH SEED CO. LTD. 

The Seed Professionals 

Broadacre Crop Seed Specialists 

All Members NSW Registered Cereal Growers 

Will Licence, Sub Licence or Contract grow your 

varieties under Internal, 

Registered or Certified Schemes 

Professional Seedgrowers with 

strong affiliations Australia wide 

“We are ready to grow” 

Contact: 

Chairman Hugh Roberts, Phone (02) 6942 1184 

Fax (02) 6942 3337 

Secretary Bill Freebairn, Phone or Fax (02) 6864 3211 

For assistance regarding Plant Breeders Rights and Trade Marks, 

please contact any of the following 

Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Perth 

Dr Vivien Santer Mr John Terry Peter Williams R. Van Wollingen 

(Plant Breeders Rights) 

Ann Makrigiorgos 

(Trade Marks) 

Telephone (03) 9243 8300 (02) 9957 5944 (07) 3221 7200 (08) 9221 3779 

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ADVERTISE YOUR NEW VARIETY 

OR SERVICES 

IN THE 


Journal 

ACasual 

Plant Breeders and their agents are invited to take this opportunity to promote their new plant 

varieties by advertising in the Plant Varieties Journal. Consultant Qualified Persons are also 

invited to advertise their services. The Journal is well circulated throughout the horticultural and 

agricultural industry. Advertising in the Journal will promote the commercialisation of new plant 

varieties and the services offered by the qualified persons. Our policy is to promote the varieties which 

are currently in the PBR scheme and the services of those who are currently accredited by the PBR 

office. 

The Journal also has a Service Directory. This Directory is suitable for advertising the services provided 

by Consultant Qualified Persons, Agents, Patent Attorneys, CTC sites or photographers. 

Advertising is available at a casual space rate as well as a four times rate, attracting a considerable 

discount of 25%! Advertisements will be published on the back cover or inside front and back covers. 

The front cover is restricted to full colour photographs of a PBR variety. 

Advertising Rates 

4 issues 

Front Cover Colour $1100.00 $3300.00 

Back Cover (Full Page only) Colour 825.00 2475.00 

(Full Page only) Mono 550.00 1650.00 

Inside Front Cover (Full Page) Mono 440.00 1320.00 

(Half Page) Mono 275.00 825.00 

Inside Back Cover (Full Page) Mono 330.00 990.00 

(Half Page) Mono 220.00 660.00 

Service Directory (6cm x 6cm) Mono 55.00 per spot 

For bookings or further information please contact Kathryn Dawes-Read on 02 6272 4228, fax 02 6272 3650 or email 

Kathryn.Dawes-Read@affa.gov.au

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