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VERY HIGH YIELD POTENTIAL |
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Treated Trials |
Untreated Trials |
GATSBY |
102 |
86 |
Welford |
103 |
80 |
Robigus |
103 |
85 |
REGIONAL PERFORMANCE |
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GATSBY |
Welford |
Robigus |
North |
103 |
101 |
102 |
Dry (East) |
101 |
103 |
104 |
Wet (West) |
103 |
102 |
104 |
ROTATIONAL POSITION |
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GATSBY |
Welford |
Robigus |
First Cereal |
102 |
103 |
105 |
Second
or |
102 |
103 |
100 |
SOIL TYPE |
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GATSBY |
Welford |
Robigus |
Light Soils |
102 |
101 |
104 |
Heavy Soils |
102 |
104 |
103 |
Gatsby has yielded well in all areas of the UK. It out-yields Robigus as a second wheat.
STIFF STRAW |
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GATSBY |
Welford |
Robigus |
Straw Height (cm) Untreated |
89 |
78 |
87 |
Resistance to lodging (no PGR) |
7 |
9 |
7 |
Resistance to lodging (with PGR) |
9 |
9 |
8 |
Ripening (days +/- Claire, + = Late) |
+2 |
+1 |
+1 |
Gatsby has medium length straw (similar to Robigus) and is very stiff with good lodging resistance when pgr treated. It is later to ripen than Claire and Robigus.
GRAIN QUALITY |
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GATSBY |
Welford |
Robigus |
NABIM Group |
4 |
4 |
3 |
Endosperm texture |
Soft |
Hard |
Soft |
Protein content (%) |
12.0 |
11.7 |
11.8 |
Hagberg Falling Number |
229 |
258 |
198 |
Specific weight (kg/hl) |
76.2 |
74.4 |
76.4 |
Thousand Grain weight (gms) |
(42.8) |
43.4 |
45.7 |
Zeleny Volume |
19.2 |
27 |
(26.9) |
Chopin Alveograph W |
(80) |
69 |
104 |
Chopin Alveograph P/L |
(0.4) |
1.1 |
0.3 |
() Limited Data
Gatsby is a NABIM Group 4 variety with a soft endosperm and
a good specific weight for the feed sector .
EXCELLENT DISEASE RESISTANCE |
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GATSBY |
Welford |
Robigus |
Mildew |
7 |
6 |
7 |
Yellow Rust |
9 |
7 |
3 |
Brown Rust |
8 |
6 |
9 |
Septoria tritici |
7 |
5 |
6 |
Eyespot |
5 |
8 |
4 |
Gatsby has excellent resistance to all the major foliar diseases with no weaknesses. It is one of only three varieties on the HGCA Recommended List to have a '7' for Septoria tritici resistance .
ORANGE BLOSSOM MIDGE RESISTANT |
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GATSBY |
Welford |
Robigus |
Wheat
Orange |
Resistant |
Resistant |
Resistant |
Gatsby has proven genetic resistance to Wheat Orange Blossom Midge and was added to the 2006 HGCA Recommended List with a specific recommendation for this character.
LATEST SAFE SOWING DATE |
Gatsby has the attributes required for early sowing: stiff straw, very good Septoria resistance and slow primordia development. It is currently being evaluated in trials to produce more information on its performance in early sown situations. The latest safe sowing date for Gatsby is the end of January. |
All information is a partial extraction from the nickerson website and also the HGCA Recommended List 2007/8. See www.nickersonuk.com and also www.hgca.com for the full dataset