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2. www.pacificseeds.com.au Spitfire versus commercial varieties in Central QLD Spitfire Baxter Hartog Kennedy EGA Wylie Sunvale Lang Ellison Sunvex 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60 1.80 2.00 2.20 2.40 2.60 2.80 3.00 Data sourced from 2009 Main Season NVT Trials - sites include Wowan & Kilcummin T/Ha Spitfire versus commercial varieties Southern QLD SPITFIRE EGA Wylie Baxter Sunvale Kennedy Lang Hartog Sunvex Ellison 2.30 2.60 2.90 3.20 Data sourced from 2009 Main Season NVT Trials - sites include Pittsworth, Dalby, Chinchilla, Roma, Bungunya & Goondiwindi T/Ha y ie L d p er F ormance – Q ueens L and y ie L d p er F ormance – n orthern ns W g rain Qua L ity Spitfire has a final APH classification in Queensland and Northern NSW Spitfire has large grain size, similar to Ellison, larger than Ventura and Livingston Spitfire has consistent high grain protein s pitfire g rain r eceival Quality (Qld- n V t , 2009) Qld n V t 2009 t est Weight (kg/ hectolitre) g rain p rotein % s creenings % (2.0mm sieve) Variety Trial No. Ave Min Max Ave Min Max Ave Min Max Baxter 8 81.6 80.0 85.0 13.1 8.4 15.9 1.8 0.4 5.2 Ellison 8 82.1 78.0 86.0 13.8 10.8 16.6 1.7 0.5 4.9 Kennedy 8 80.6 78.0 84.0 13.3 8.3 15.9 1.1 0.0 4.5 Lang 8 82.6 81.0 86.0 13.2 8.3 16.6 1.8 0.3 5.9 Spitfire 8 84.4 82.0 88.0 13.9 8.7 17.4 1.8 0.0 5.0 Sunvale 8 83.4 81.0 87.0 13.1 8.2 15.9 1.7 0.3 6.9 Sunvex 8 82.8 81.0 86.0 12.7 8.8 16.4 2.5 0.0 6.5 Ventura 8 82.4 78.0 86.0 12.6 8.2 14.9 2.3 0.0 6.7 a verage 82.4 80.7 85.2 12.8 8.4 15.6 2.1 0.8 5.2 s pitfire g rain r eceival Quality ( ns W n orth e ast- n V t , 2009) ns W ne n V t 2009 t est Weight (kg/ hectolitre) g rain p rotein % s creenings % (2.0mm sieve) Variety Trial No. Ave Min Max Ave Min Max Ave Min Max Baxter 8 81.6 79.6 84.4 14.1 12.6 18.8 5.2 1.9 10.5 Ellison 8 82.0 80.8 84.1 13.8 12.3 18.3 7.4 3.4 19.0 Kennedy 8 80.8 79.0 82.8 13.8 12.0 18.3 6.0 2.7 12.0 Lang 8 81.7 80.8 84.4 13.7 11.8 17.6 5.4 2.0 13.0 Spitfire 8 83.4 80.9 84.7 14.6 12.5 20.0 6.1 2.3 10.4 Sunco 8 82.9 81.1 84.6 14.1 12.2 17.2 3.9 1.5 9.9 Sunvale 8 83.4 81.4 86.5 14.1 12.4 16.8 4.6 2.3 10.3 Ventura 8 82.0 80.2 84.0 13.2 11.7 18.2 7.5 2.1 17.3 Average 8 81.9 80.5 83.6 13.4 12.1 17.4 5.9 3.0 11.4 Spitfire versus commercial varieties in North East NSW Spitfire Livingston Ventura Lang Sunvex Baxter Kennedy Ellison 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 Data sourced from 2009 Main Season NVT Trials - sites include North Star, Delungra, Bellata, Wongarbon, Merriwa, Coolah & Spring Ridge T/Ha Spitfire versus commercial varieties North West NSW Spitfire Merinda Ventura Sunco Lang Kennedy Sunvex Ellison 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 Data sourced from 2009 Main Season NVT Trials - sites include Gilgandra, Goonumble, Trangie, Coonamble, Tulloona, Come-by-Chance & Bullarah T/Ha Long r each s pitfire n orthern ns W & QL d W heat s pitfire versus commercial varieties s outhern QL d s pitfire versus commercial varieties n orth West ns W s pitfire versus commercial varieties in c entral QL d s pitfire versus commercial varieties in n orth e ast ns W

1. www.pacificseeds.com.au Breeding Pedigree: Drysdale/Kukri Spitfire (LPB05-2148) was bred by LongReach Plant Breeders, and has been extensively evaluated by the LongReach Plant Breeders technical team led by Dr Bertus Jacobs. The line was first entered into National Variety Trials in 2008. Key Features  A high yielding early mid maturing variety similar to Baxter  Australian Prime Hard (APH) in Queensland and Northern NSW  Excellent Yield potential under extreme Root Lesion Nematode pressure (MT)  Good level of resistance to Stripe Rust (MR) resistance based on Adult Plant Resistance  Crown Rot Resistance (MS)  Market leading grain package with large grain size, low screenings and high protein accumulation  Long Coleoptiles with strong early seedling vigour Spitfire n orthern ns W & QL d Wheat t a BL e 1. s pit F ire o ptimum pL anting t imes Region Planting Times by Weeks April May June July 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Central Highlands Dawson-Callide - low frost risk (higher slopes) E E E O O O O O L L Central Highlands Dawson-Callide - high frost risk (river flats) E O O O O O L Maranoa, Balonne Western Downs South West E E O O O O O O L Darling Downs (Northern uplands) E E O O O O O L Darling Downs - high frost risk (Central, Southern) E O O O O L South Burnett E E O O O O L L NSW North-West Slopes E O O O O L L NSW North-West Plains E O O O O L L NOTES: E= Earlier than ideal but acceptable, depending on frost risk/probability O = Optimum planting time L= Later than ideal, but acceptable. o ptimum pL anting t imes and r egions – t a BL e 1 Spitfire is suited to a main season planting window with an early to mid season maturity. LongReach

3. www.pacificseeds.com.au d isease p ro F i L e - t a BL e 2 n otes: Resistance: R = Resistant, MR = Moderately Resistant, MS = Moderately Susceptible, S = Susceptible, VS = Very Susceptible t olerance: T = Tolerant, MT = Moderately Tolerant, MI = Moderately Intolerant, I = Intolerant, VI = Very Intolerant * = Preliminary Data. Data Provided by QLD DEEDI 2010, NSW DPI 2010, LongReach Plant Breeders 2009 a gronomic Features Spitfire is suited to main season planting with early to mid season maturity similar to Baxter Long Coleoptiles with excellent seedling vigour Medium plant height at maturity, fully awned, white chaffed and has white grain Spitfire is rated (MS) for lodging Appears well suited to Acid Soils, with good yield performance in low pH soils t able 2. d isease and p est r esistance r atings: s pitfire and commercial varieties. d isease r atings p est r eactions Variety s tem r ust Leaf r ust s tripe r ust c rown r ot c ommon r oot r ot y ellow s pot r oot Lesion n ematodes Jackie pt W a + y r17 pt p ratylenchus thornei ( p .thornei) r es r es r es r es r es r es r es t olerance Baxter R-MR R-MR MS MS MR-MS MR-MS MS-S MT-MI c rusader R-MR R R MR-MS MS* MS MR MT-MI e llison R-MR R R MR-MS S MS-S R-MR MI-I ega Wylie R R MR-MS MR-MS MR MR-MS MS-S MT Kennedy MR MR-MS MS MS MS MR-MS MR MT-MI Lang R MS MS MS MS MR MS MI-I Livingston MR R-MR R R-MR S MS-S MS MT-MI s pitfire r - mr ms mr mr ms ms ms - s * mt s unco R MS MR-MS MR-MS MR-MS MR MS-S MI-I s unstate MR R-MR R MS MS-S MR MS-S MT-MI s unvale R MR-MS R MR MS MR-MS MS-S MT-MI Ventura R-MR R-MR R MS MS MR MS-S MT-MI Long r each s pitfire n orthern ns W & QL d W heat