HYPERION is a very stiff strawed, soft endosperm Group 4 winter wheat variety with very high treated and untreated yields and an excellent specific weight. Good all round disease resistance, particularly to eyespot, make Hyperion well suited to
the second and continuous wheat slot.
TRIAL STATUS: Hyperion was added to the HGCA Recommended List in the autumn of 2005.
PEDIGREE: Aardvark x (Consort x Woodstock)
|
VERY HIGH YIELDING |
|
TREATED
TRIALS |
UNTREATED TRIALS |
| HYPERION |
103 |
85 |
| Gladiator |
105 |
83 |
| Napier |
103 |
80 | |
|
SHORT, STIFF STRAW |
| |
HYPERION |
Napier |
Gladiator |
| Resistance to lodging without PGR |
7 |
7 |
8 |
| Resistance to lodging with PGR |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| Height without PGR (cms) |
83 |
81 |
83 |
| Ripening (days +/- Claire) |
0 |
+1 |
0 | | Hyperion is a short strawed variety with good lodging resistance, like CNapier and Gladiator. |
|
GOOD ALL ROUND DISEASE RESISTANCE |
| |
HYPERION |
Napier |
Gladiator |
| Mildew |
6 |
6 |
6 |
| Yellow rust |
5 |
4 |
8 |
| Brown rust |
9 |
8 |
8 |
| Septoria tritici |
5 |
4 |
5 |
| Eyespot |
8 |
5 |
4 | | Good all round foliar disease resistance and outstanding eyespot resistance make Hyperion well suited to the second and continuous wheat slot.
|
EXCELLENT SPECIFIC WEIGHT |
| |
HYPERION |
Napier |
Gladiator |
| Specific weight (kg/hl) |
77.9 |
75.7 |
77.2 |
| Hagberg falling number |
227 |
175 |
267 |
| Protein content % |
12.3 |
11.5 |
11.8 |
| Endosperm texture |
Soft |
Hard |
Hard | | Most Group 4 varieties have low specific weight whereas Hyperion produces a bold sample with high specific weight. |
Al data is a partial extraction form the HGCA database. The full dataset can be see at www.hgca.com
