Oxbridge Spring Barley

YIELD
OXBRIDGE Optic Cocktail
Fungicide treated 102 96 103
Untreated 93 79 91
Fungicide treated North-East 103 97 102

STRAW CHARACTERS
OXBRIDGE Optic
Cocktail
Resistance to lodging 9 8
9
Straw length (cms) 73 72
67
Resistance to brackling 8 5
9
Maturity (days +/- Optic) -1 0
-1
GRAIN QUALITY
OXBRIDGE Optic Cocktail
Nitrogen content (%) 1.49 1.55 1.49
Specific weight (kg/hl) 70.2 70.4 70.2
Sieving % <22.5mm 2.0 3.0 3.4
Sieving % <2.5mm 5.6 10.3 11.3
DISEASE RESISTANCE
OXBRIDGE Optic Cellar
Mildew 7 5 7
Yellow rust 4 9 4
Brown rust 6 5 6
Rhynchosporium 7 4 5

All data is a partial extraction from the HGCA Recomended List 2007. The full dataset can be seen at www.hgca.com

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