Retriever

Retriever is a 2-row feed winter barley with an exceptionally high yield potential when fungicide treated and no major agronomic weaknesses.

Retriever has:

· An exceptionally high yield potential when fungicide treated in UK and regional trials.

· Short straw and a similar lodging resistance to Cannock.

· A broad foliar disease resistance spectrum with no major weaknesses and including resistance to the commonly occurring strains of Barley Mosaic Virus.

Pedigree: Clara x SJ 990647

Breeder: Sejet, Denmark

YIELD
	Treated Trials	Untreated Trials
RETRIEVER	109	83
Saffron	104	85

Source: 2007/8 HGCA Recommended List

REGIONAL TREATED TRIALS
	North	East	West
RETRIEVER	113	109	106
Saffron	104	105	103

Source: 2007/8 HGCA Recommended List

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
	RETRIEVER	Saffron
Resistance to lodging	7	8
Straw height	90	94
Ripening (days +/- Pearl)	-2	-1

Source: 2007/8 HGCA Recommended List

GRAIN QUALITY
	RETRIEVER	Saffron
Grain nitrogen content (%)	1.61	-
Specific weight (kg/hl)	66.4	70.4
Sieving % through 2.25mm	6.2	2.3
Sieving % through 2.5mm	19.5	7.7

Source: 2007/8 HGCA Recommended List

DISEASE RESISTANCE
	RETRIEVER	Saffron
Mildew	6	4
Yellow rust	7	5
Brown rust	5	7
Rhynchosporium	8	6
Net blotch	7	8
Barley Yellow Mosaic Virus	R	S
S = Susceptible

Source: 2007/8 HGCA Recommended List

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