
Carat is a high yielding, stiff-strawed 2-row feed quality, winter
barley with very short straw and early maturity.
Good all round disease resistance is combined with resistance to
Barley Yellow Mosaic Virus.
Pedigree - Volley x Cabrio.
YIELD
|
| |
Treated
Trials |
Untreated
Trials |
| CARAT |
98
|
78
|
| Haka |
98
|
80
|
| Cannock
|
101
|
76
|
Source: 2007/8 HGCA Recommended List
REGIONAL
TREATED TRIALS |
| |
North
|
East
|
West
|
| CARAT
|
96
|
98
|
98
|
| Haka
|
98
|
99
|
96
|
| Cannock
|
102
|
100
|
99
|
Source: 2007/8 HGCA Recommended List
AGRONOMIC
CHARACTERS |
| |
CARAT
|
Haka
|
Cannock
|
| Resistance
to lodging |
8
|
8
|
6
|
| Straw
height (cms) |
89
|
94
|
97
|
| Ripening
(days +/- Pearl) |
-3
|
-2
|
+2
|
| Winter
hardiness |
5
|
7
|
4
|
Source: 2007/8 HGCA Recommended List
GRAIN
QUALITY |
| |
CARAT
|
Haka
|
Cannock
|
| |
|
|
|
| Specific
weight (kg/hl) |
72.0
|
71.6
|
66.7
|
| Sieving
% through 2.25mm |
1.7
|
1.6
|
4.4
|
| Sieving
% through 2.5mm |
4.3
|
4.5
|
13.6
|
Source: 2007/8 HGCA Recommended List
DISEASE
RESISTANCE |
| |
CARAT
|
Haka
|
Cannock
|
| Mildew
|
6
|
7
|
4
|
| Yellow
rust |
6
|
7
|
8
|
| Brown
rust |
4
|
7
|
5
|
| Rhynchosporium
|
7
|
5
|
8
|
| Net
blotch |
6
|
7
|
8
|
| Barley
Yellow Mosaic Virus |
R
|
S
|
S
|
| R =
Resistant 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
|