
ISTABRAQ is a soft endosperm Group 4 feed variety also suitable
for export, starch and distilling. It is recommended on the 2007/8
HGCA Recommended List.
It is a very high yielding variety suitable for all regions of
the UK, all soil types,drilling dates and every rotational position.
YIELD
|
|
Treated
Trials |
Untreated
Trials |
ISTABRAQ
|
106
|
84
|
Access
|
103
|
78
|
Napier
|
103
|
80
|
AGRONOMIC
CHARACTERS |
|
ISTABRAQ
|
Napier
|
Resistance
to lodging with PGR |
8
|
8
|
Height
(cms) |
93
|
81
|
Ripening
(days+/- Claire) |
+2
|
+1
|
Resistance
to sprouting |
(5)
|
6
|
GRAIN
QUALITY |
|
ISTABRAQ
|
Napier
|
Starch/distilling
|
Y
|
|
Endosperm
texture |
Soft
|
Hard
|
Protein
content (%) |
11.1
|
11.5
|
Hagberg
Falling Number |
203
|
175
|
Zeleny
volume |
16
|
23.6
|
Specific
weight (kg/hl) |
78.2
|
75.7
|
1000
grain weight (g) |
49.2
|
52.3
|
Chopin
Alveograph - W |
67
|
82
|
Chopin
Alveograph - P/L |
0.3
|
2.2
|
(Y = suited to that market)
DISEASE
RESISTANCE |
|
ISTABRAQ
|
Napier
|
| Mildew
|
5
|
6
|
Yellow
rust |
9
|
4
|
Brown
rust |
5
|
8
|
Septoria
nodorum |
(8)
|
6
|
Septoria
tritici |
5
|
4
|
Fusarium
ear blight |
7
|
5
|
Eyespot
|
6
|
5
|
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
|