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VERY HIGH YIELD POTENTIAL |
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Treated Trials |
Untreated Trials |
ZEBEDEE |
105 |
81 |
Consort |
98 |
71 |
Claire |
100 |
79 |
Zebedee has shown excellent yield potential in fungicide treated and untreated trials.
REGIONAL PERFORMANCE |
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North |
Dry
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West (Wet) |
ZEBEDEE |
103 |
105 |
105 |
Consort |
100 |
98 |
97 |
Claire |
98 |
100 |
101 |
Zebedee has performed well in all areas of the UK, producing exceptionally high yields in the HGCA East and West regions.
SHORT STRAW |
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ZEBEDEE |
Consort |
Claire |
Straw Height (cm) Untreated |
85 |
84 |
88 |
Resistance to lodging (no PGR) |
6 |
8 |
6 |
Resistance to lodging (with PGR) |
7 |
8 |
7 |
Ripening (days +/- Claire, + = Late |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
Zebedee is a short strawed variety, similar to Consort in height. It's lodging resistance both with and without a PGR treatment is comparable with Claire.
GRAIN QUALITY |
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ZEBEDEE |
Consort |
Claire |
NABIM Group |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Endosperm texture |
Soft |
Soft |
Soft |
Protein content (%) |
11.6 |
11.8 |
11.8 |
Hagberg Falling Number |
256 |
223 |
236 |
Specific weight (kg/hl) |
74.4 |
76.8 |
76.2 |
Zebedee is a soft textured Group 3 variety with a high Hagberg Falling Number. In preliminary tests it has shown good dough extensibilty for biscuit flour and given positive results from distilling tests.
DISEASE RESISTANCE |
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ZEBEDEE |
Consort |
Claire |
Mildew |
6 |
6 |
4 |
Yellow Rust |
9 |
6 |
9 |
Brown Rust |
4 |
3 |
5 |
Septoria tritici |
5 |
4 |
6 |
Eyespot |
4 |
6 |
5 |
Zebedee has good overall disease resistance with an excellent rating for yellow rust.
SOWING DATE |
The latest safe sowing date for Zebedee 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