Development:

Origin:

Justina/ M5 (Danuta/Austris)

Maintainer and representative of selection breeders:

Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics, Stende Research Centre

Authors of the variety:

M. Bleidere, I. Grunte

Registered:

2018.

Protection period of the variety:

2043.

Morphological description:

Two-row ear, on average 7.5 cm long, the average stem length 70 cm (similar to the variety ‘Ansis’).

Economic characteristics:

Medium-early variety, vegetation period 95 - 105 days (4 days shorter than that of ‘Ansis’). High lodging resistance (8.5 - 9.0 points). Potential productivity at the average fertilisation does is up to 7.5 t ha^-1 (average productivity at Stende over a period of 5 years: 6.53 t ha^-1).

Quality:

The grain is coarse, 1,000 grain weight 46-53 g, density is high 680-710 g L^-1. Total protein content in grains 9.5 - 12.5 %.

Susceptibility to diseases:

Very high or complete resistance to mildew in field conditions, high resistance to net blotch. Medium resistance to fusariosis.

Use:

The grain can be used for animal feed and food

Cultivation:

The variety is suitable for cultivation in good and medium cultivated soils, sowing rate 350-400 germinating seeds per m². Optimum dose of nitrogen fertiliser in well cultivated soils averages from 90 to 110 kg ha^-1. Cultivation by using integrated agriculture technologies is permissible.

For information:

Māra Bleidere