Abstract:
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"Sixty -eight "short day" selections from the Australian Temperate breeding program were compared in a trial planting on a commercial property at Wanner00 from a mid May planting. Thirty-three of the selections were derived from crosses in 2003 (new Stage 4 selections) and twenty-nine were from crosses made between 1998 and 2002 (Intermediate Stages 5 and 6). In addition, three advanced selections were compared in large plots of 1,000-1,500 plants together with three commercial control cultivars, Gaviota,
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