Spring barley 'KRISTAPS'
Species: Spring barley
Variety title: Kristaps
Development |
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Pedigree: |
CF79502/ST 9023 |
Maintainer and representative of selection breeders: |
Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics, Stende Research Centre |
Authors of the variety: |
S.Kaļiņina, V. Vīksne, G. Timule, D.Muižniece, A.Nīcgale, S.Maļecka |
Registered: |
2006. |
Protection period of the variety: |
2030. |
Morphological description:
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Two-row ear, the average ear length is 6.0 cm, dense (variety erectum). The average stem length is 76 cm. The grain is yellow, prolonged, medium coarse. |
Economic characteristics: |
Medium-late variety, vegetation period - 80 -100 days. Good lodging resistance (7 - 9 points), productive tillering coefficient 2.5-3.5. Potential productivity at the optimum fertilisation does is up to 6.5 t ha-1. |
Quality: |
1,000 grain weight 46-49 g, density is high 660-700 g L-1. Total protein content in grains 10.5 - 13.0 %, extractability 78-81 %. |
Susceptibility to diseases: |
Resistant to loose smut and net blotch. Medium resistance to rinhosporiosis. |
Use: |
The grain can be used for animal feed, food and malt |
Cultivation: |
The variety is suitable for cultivation in good and medium cultivated soils, sowing rate 400 germinating seeds per m2. Optimum dose of nitrogen fertiliser in well cultivated soils is 60 - 90 kg ha-1. Recommended for cultivation either in conventional or biological cultivation systems. |
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