Retriever Winter Barley

Retriever is a 2-row feed winter barley with an exceptionally high yield potential when fungicide treated and no major agronomic weaknesses. 

Retreiver has:

·         Short straw and similar lodging resistance to Cannock

·         A broad foliar disease resistance spectrum that includes resistance to the commonly occurring strains of Barley Mosaic Virus.

 Pedigree:  Clara x SJ 990647

Breeder: Sejet, Denmark


 

YIELD
Treated Trials Untreated Trials
RETRIEVER 109 83
Saffron 104 85


REGIONAL TREATED TRIALS
North East West
RETRIEVER 113 109 106
Saffron 104 105 103


AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
RETRIEVERL Saffron
Resistance to lodging 7 8
Straw height 90 94
Ripening (days +/- Pearl) -2 -1
Winter hardiness (7) 5
GRAIN QUALITY

RETRIEVER

 Saffron
Grain nitrogen content (%) 1.61
Specific weight (kg/hl) 66.4 70.4
Sieving % through 2.25mm 6.2 2.3
Sieving % through 2.5mm 19.5 7.7

DISEASE RESISTANCE
RETRIEVER Saffron
Mildew 6 4
Yellow rust 7 5
Brown rust 5 7
Rhynchosporium 8 6
Net blotch 7 8
Barley Yellow Mosaic Virus R S
S = Susceptible

 

All data is a partial extraction from the HGCA Recommended List 2007/8.  The full HGCA Recommended List Database can be consulted at www.hgca.com

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