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 | |
| REGIONAL TREATED TRIALS |
|
North |
East |
West |
| CARAT |
96 |
98 |
98 |
| Haka |
98 |
99 |
96 |
| Cannock |
102 |
100 |
99 | |
| AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS |
|
CARAT |
Haka |
Cannock |
| Resistance to lodging |
8 |
8 |
7 |
| Straw height (cms) |
89 |
94 |
97 |
| Ripening (days +/- Pearl) |
-3 |
-2 |
+2 |
| Winter hardiness |
5 |
7 |
4 | | |
| GRAIN QUALITY |
|
CARAT |
Haka |
Cannock |
| Grain nitrogen content (%) |
1.6 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
|
All data is a partial extraction from the HGCA Recommended List 2007/8. The full Recommended List database can be consulted at www.hgca.com
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