Decanter Spring Barley
Decanter Husbandry

Decanter is a high yielding spring malting barley with very stiff straw and good resistance to ear loss and brackling. Excellent all round disease resistance is combined with earlier maturity than Optic. Decanter has malting characteristics which are of particular use to the whisky distilling industry.


Pedigree - Heron x Dallas.


YIELD
Treated Trials Untreated Trials
DECANTER 96 88
Optic 96 79


REGIONAL TREATED TRIALS
North East North West East  West
DECANTER 95 95 97 96
Optic 97 95 96 97

 

 

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
DECANTER Optic
Resistance to lodging 9 8
Straw height (cms) 73 75
Ripening (days +/- Optic) -1 0
Resistance to brackling 8 5
GRAIN QUALITY
DECANTER Optic
Grain nitrogen content (%) 1.6 1.5
Specific weight (kg/hl) 70.1 70.4
IDB malting approval for brewing - F
IoB malting approval for distilling F F
Sieving % through 2.25mm 4.6 3.0
Sieving % through 2.5mm 13.5 10.3

(F = Full IoB approval)

DISEASE RESISTANCE
DECANTER Optic
Mildew 9 5
Yellow rust 8 9
Brown rust 5 5
Rhynchosporium 6 4

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

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