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Parentage: Stanza x Cebeco 8331

Key Benefits

  • High straw output
  • Consistent regional performance
  • Early maturing
  • Large grains, ideal for livestock rations
  • Robust disease package with excellent mildew resistance



Agronomy
Riviera is an early long-strawed variety with good standing ability. It yields consistently across regions and has good untreated yield.

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It has excellent disease resistance and is moderately resistant to yellow rust, brown rust and Rhynchosporium.

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Riviera

Static

Optic

Mildew

8

9

5

Yellow Rust

5

5

8

Brown Rust

5

7

6

Rhychosporium

5

5

4

BYDV

5

-

7

Standing

7

9

8

Straw Height (cm)

82

76

75

Ripening (days +/- Optic)

-2

-1

0



Quality
The high thousand-grain weight of Riviera produces an excellent quality sample with low screenings.

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Riviera

Static

Optic

Specific weight (kg/hl)

71.2

68.8

70.2

Screening % through 2.25mm

2.3

2.4

3

All information is a partial extraction from the Ragt website and also the HGCA Recommended List 2007/8. See http://www.ragt.co.uk and also www.hgca.com for the full dataset