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WESTMINSTER is a very high yielding spring malting barley with long, stiff straw. It has excellent all round disease resistance combined with very high specific weight and the highest hot water extract available. Westminster has all of the necessary qualities for brewing and export markets plus significant benefits for the feed barley grower making it a true multi-purpose variety.

STATUS: UK HGCA Recommended List 2007 and provisional IDB approval for brewing

PEDIGREE: NSL 97-5547 x Barke

YIELD (% Treated controls)

WESTMINSTER

Optic

Cocktail

Fungicide treated

102

96

103

Untreated

96

79

91

 

STRAW CHARACTERS

WESTMINSTER

Optic

Cocktail

Resistance to lodging

8

8

9

Straw length (cms)

80

72

67

Resistance to brackling

6

5

9

Maturity (days +/- Optic)

0

0

-1

 

GRAIN QUALITY

WESTMINSTER

Optic

CocKtail

Hot water extract

317.7

313.1

313.8

Nitrogen content (%)

1.54

1.55

1.49

Specific weight (kg/hl)

70.6

70.4

70.2

Sieving % <2.5mm

6.9

10.3

11.3

Sieving % <2.25mm

2.3

3.0

3.4

 

DISEASE RESISTANCE

WESTMINSTER

Optic

Cocktail

Mildew

9

5

7

Yellow rust

5

9

4

Brown rust

5

5

6

Rhynchosporium

8

4

5

BYDV

(8)

(7)

-

 

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