Parentage: 98ST08 x Aardvark
Key Benefits
· The highest yielding milling wheat on the 2007/8 HGCA Recommended
List
· Short stiff straw
· Excellent disease resistance including Pch1 eyespot and
WSBMV
· Top untreated and 2nd wheat yields
Yield
Battalion has the highest treated and untreated yields of any quality
wheat. Untreated yields are equivalent to those of the highest yielding
feed wheats.
Agronomy
Battalion's second wheat yields are the highest on the 2007/8 Recommended
List. 
Battalion has excellent all-round foliar disease resistance and
Pch1 eyespot resistance, as well as resistance to wheat
soil borne mosaic virus (WSBMV).
|
Battalion
|
Einstein
|
Cordiale
|
Alchemy
|
Mildew
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
Yellow
Rust |
7
|
6
|
6
|
9
|
Brown
Rust |
9
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
Septoria
tritici |
5
|
5
|
5
|
7
|
|
Eyespot
|
6
( Pch1 ) |
6
|
5
|
6
|
|
Battalion
|
Einstein
|
Cordiale
|
Alchemy
|
Lodging
- PGR |
7
|
7
|
9
|
7
|
Lodging
+ PGR |
8
|
8
|
9
|
9
|
Maturity
(days +/- Claire) |
0
|
0
|
-1
|
+1
|
Quality
Battalion is a hard milling wheat without 1B/1R. It is of similar
milling quality to Einstein but with better water absorption.
|
Battalion
|
Einstein
|
Cordiale
|
Alchemy
|
Protein
(%DM) |
12.3
|
12.0
|
12.4
|
11.8
|
HFN
|
261
|
268
|
301
|
245
|
| Spec
Wt. (kg/hl) |
76.5
|
77.1
|
79.1
|
77.3
|
ukp
|
(B)
|
B
|
Y
|
-
|
Data a partial abstraction from the RAGT website and the HGCA Recommended
List Winter Wheat 2007/8.
The full HGCA Recommended List Winter Wheat 2006 can be consulted
at www.hgca.com and www.ragt.co.uk
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