Variety Honor Roll
Sicot 1
Normal leaf high yielding variety
Sicot 3
World's first commercial glabrous, frego bract variety
1983
Siokra 1-1
Australia's first okra leaf variety and first bacterial blight resistant variety
1985
Siokra 1-2
2% higher yielding replacement for Siokra 1-1
Sicala 3-1
High quality normal leaf variety
1987
Siokra 1-4
6% higher yielding replacement for Siokra 1-2
Sicala 3-2
2% higher yielding and better quality replacement for Sicala 3-1
1988
Sicala 33
5% higher yielding replacement for Sicala 3-2
1989
Siokra S324
Australia's first early maturing okra leaf variety
Siokra L22
Full season okra leaf variety; good dryland variety
CS 6S
Australia's first early maturing normal leaf variety
CS 189
High yielding normal leaf variety with some Verticillium wilt tolerance
1990
Sicala V-1
Australia's first variety with high tolerance to Verticillium wilt
1991
Sicala 34
4% higher yielding replacement for Sicala 33
CS 7S
10% higher yielding replacement for CS 6S
CS 50
Very high yielding normal leaf variety
1992
Siokra L23
3% higher yielding replacement for Siokra L22
CS 189+
3% higher yielding replacement for CS 189, good Verticillium tolerance
1993
Siokra V-15
Australia's first Verticillium tolerant okra leaf variety; good fibre quality
Sicala V-2
8% higher yielding replacement for Sicala V-1
CS 8S
9% higher yielding replacement for CS 7S; good Verticillium tolerance
1994
Siokra S-101
13% higher yielding replacement for Siokra S324; good Verticillium tolerance
Sicot 189
5% higher yielding replacement for CS 189+
Siokra V-15i
Siokra V-15 type with the Monsanto Ingard gene for Helicoverpa protection
Siokra L-23i
Siokra L23 type with the Monsanto Ingard gene for Helicoverpa protection
Sicala V-2i
Sicala V-2 type with the Monsanto Ingard gene for Helicoverpa protection
Sicot 50i
CS 50 type with the Monsanto Ingard gene for Helicoverpa protection
Sicot S-8i
CS 8S type with the Monsanto Ingard gene for Helicoverpa protection
1996
Siokra V-16
5% higher yielding replacement for Siokra V-15
Sicala 40
High yielding normal leaf variety; 8% higher yielding than Sicala V-2
Sicot 189i
Sicot 189 type with the Monsanto Ingard gene for Helicoverpa protection
1998
Sicot 53
5% higher yielding replacement for CS 50
Siokra V-17
Okra leaf variety with some fusarium tolerance and good verticillium tolerance
1999
Sicot 289i
Improved Sicot 189 type with the Monsanto Ingard gene for Helicoverpa protection
Siokra V-16i
Improved Siokra V-16 type with the Monsanto Ingard gene for Helicoverpa protection
Sicot 189RR
Sicot 189 type with the Monsanto gene for Roundup tolerance
Sicala V-2RR
Sicala V-2 type with the Monsanto gene for Roundup tolerance
2000
Sicot 70
Full season normal leaf variety with good fusarium tolerance
Sicot 72
Full season normal leaf variety with broad adaptation
Sicot 80
Vigorous, full season normal leaf variety with good disease tolerance
Siokra S-102
Earlier maturing replacement for Siokra S-101
Sicala V-3i
Improved Sicala V-2 type with the Monsanto Ingard gene for Helicoverpa protection
Sicala V-3RRi
Improved Sicala V-2 type with the Monsanto Ingard and Roundup tolerance genes
Siokra 201i
Medium maturity okra type with the Monsanto Ingard gene for Helicoverpa protection
Sicot 42i
Early maturing variety with some fusarium tolerance and containing the Monsanto Ingard gene
2001
Sicala 43
Medium maturing normal leaf variety
Sicot 71
Full season normal leaf variety with good disease tolerance
Sicala 40i
Sicala 40 type with the Monsanto Ingard gene for Helicoverpa protection
Sicala 40RRi
Sicala 40 type with the Monsanto Ingard and Roundup tolerance genes
Sicot 289RRi
Sicot 189 type with the Monsanto Ingard and Roundup tolerance genes
Siokra V-16RRi
Siokra V-16 type with the Monsanto Ingard and Roundup tolerance genes
Siokra V-17i
Siokra V-17 type with the Monsanto Ingard gene for Helicoverpa protection
2002
Sicala 45
is a normal leaf variety with medium maturity and a Fusarium resistance rank better than Sicot 189.
Siokra V-18
is a medium maturity okra leaf, compact growing variety with large bolls and improved Fusarium resistance rank.
Sicot 11B
is a relatively early maturing compact plant type with larger bolls than other Bollgard II varieties available in,2003).
Sicot 12B
is an early to medium maturing variety with intermediate growth habit and small to medium sized bolls.
Sicot 13B
is a medium maturing taller plant type with average boll size. It has good yield potential but low Fusarium resistance ranking and should therefore be grown only in regions free of Fusarium Wilt such as Tandou, lower Namoi and Emerald.
Sicot 14B
is a medium maturing compact plant type with average boll size. In longer season locations, agronomic management should ensure full plant size is obtained.
2003
Sicot F-1
is a full season variety with very high Fusarium resistance. It has vigorous growth habit and is targeted at fields with high incidence of Fusarium.
Sicot 73
is a broadly adapted full season type with high yield potential. It has longer staple than Sicot 71 and more vigorous growth habit.
Siokra 24
is a full season okra leaf variety with vigorous growth habit, with long and fine fibre. It is best adapted to early dryland sowings and for central Qld irrigated areas. It has much improved Fusarium resistance compared with Siokra V-16. The okra leaf trait provides some pest resistance, particularly mites.
Sicot 289RR
is a full season variety with vigorous growth habit, adapted to central, western and northern production areas. It has slightly improved yield and Fusarium resistance to Sicot 189RR.
Sicot 60RR
is a medium season variety, best suited to central and southern production areas. It has improved Fusarium resistance compared with Sicala V-2RR.
Sicot 289BR
is a full season variety with vigorous growth habit best suited to central, western and northern production areas. It has good yield potential and a good disease resistance package.
Sicot 71BR
is a full season variety with compact growth habit suited to most production areas. It has high yield potential and a good disease resistance package
Sicala 60BR
is a medium season variety adapted to central, southern and eastern production areas. It has good disease resistance and good fibre quality.
Sicala V-3BR
is a medium season variety with compact growth habit best suited to southern and eastern production areas.
Siokra V-16BR
is a full season okra leaf variety for dryland production systems free of Fusarium wilt. The okra leaf trait provides some pest resistance, particularly mites.
Sicala 40BR
is a short season variety with compact growth habit for southern and eastern production areas. It has good fibre quality.
Sicot 289B
is a full season variety with vigorous growth habit best suited to central, western and northern production areas. It has good yield potential and a good disease resistance package.
Sicot 80B
is a full season variety with vigorous growth habit suited to central, northern and western production areas and for dryland systems. It has a good disease resistance package.
Siokra V-18B
is a medium maturing okra leaf variety best suited to southern and eastern production areas. Disease resistance and fibre quality packages are good. The okra leaf trait provides some pest resistance, particularly mites.
Sicala 40B
is a short season variety with compact growth habit for southern and eastern production areas. It has good fibre quality.
Siokra V-16B
is a full season okra leaf variety for dryland production systems free of Fusarium wilt. The okra leaf trait provides some pest resistance, particularly mites.
2004
Sicot 71B
is a full season variety with compact growth habit suited to most production areas. It has high yield potential and a good disease resistance package
Sicot 71RR
is a full season variety with compact growth habit and good yield potential suited to most production areas. It has a good disease resistance package
Sicot 43BR
is a medium maturing normal leaf variety with good fusarium tolerance.
Sicot 43B
is a medium maturing normal leaf variety
Sicot 43RR
is an early to medium maturing variety best suited to southern and eastern districts.
Sicot 80RR
is a full season variety with vigorous growth habit and long fine fibres. Well suited to dryland systems.
2005
Sicala 350B
is a specialist premium quality variety. It has a full season growth habit, and a good disease resistance package.
Sicala 60BRF
is a medium season variety adapted to central, southern and eastern production areas. It has a good disease resistance and fibre quality package.
Sicot 80BRF
is a full season variety with vigorous growth habit suited to central, northern and western production areas and for dryland systems.
Sicot 43BRF
is a medium maturing normal leaf variety suited to southern and eastern production systems.
Sicot 80RRF
is a full season variety with vigorous growth habit and long fine fibres. Well suited to dryland systems.
Sicot 43RRF
is an early to medium maturing variety best suited to southern and eastern districts.
2006
Sicot 70BRF
is a full season variety with compact growth habit suited to most production areas. It has high yield potential and a good disease resistance and fibre quality package.
Sicot F-1B
is a full season variety with very high Fusarium and Verticillium resistance. It has vigorous growth habit and is targeted at fields with high incidence of Fusarium.
Sicala 45B
is a medium maturing variety with a very high Fusarium resistance rank.
Sipima 280
is the first CSIRO bred Pima variety. It s a vigorous full season variety best suited to northern and western production regions. It has high levels of resistance to Fusarium, Verticillium and bacterial blight.
Sicot 75
is a broadly adapted full season type with similar yield potential to Sicot 71 but much improved staple length and Fusarium resistance.
Sicot 80L
is a vigorous, full season Liberty Link variety with good disease tolerance and fibre quality package.
Sicot 43L
is a medium maturing, Liberty Link variety best suited to southern and eastern districts.