NICKERSON direct

Nijinsky

Nijinsky is an HGCA Recommended soft endosperm nabim group 3 variety. Nijinsky is the progeny of a Claire x Consort cross and has inherited many of the strengths of both parents.

Disease resistance is good like Claire with the benefit of improved mildew resistance.

PEDIGREE Claire x Consort.

YIELD
	Treated Trials	Untreated Trials
NIJINSKY	101	80
Claire	100	79
Consort	98	71

REGIONAL TREATED TRIALS
	North	East	West
Nijinsky	99	101	102
Claire	98	100	101
Consort	100	98	97

STRAW CHARACTERS
	NIJINSKY	Claire	Consort
Resistance to lodging with pgr	8	7	8
Height without PGR(cm)	85	88	84
Ripening (days +) - Claire	0	0	+2

GRAIN QUALITY
	NIJINSKY	Claire	Consort
Biscuit-making quality	Y	Y	Y
Endosperm texture	Soft	Soft	Soft
Protein content (%)	11.9	11.8	11.8
Hagberg Falling Number	216	236	223
Specific weight (kg/hl)	74.8	76.2	76.8
1000 grain weight (g)	47.1	47.7	50.7

Y = Suited to this market

DISEASE RESISTANCE
	NIJINSKY	Claire	Consort
Mildew	6	4	6
Yellow Rust	8	9	6
Brown Rust	5	5	3
Septoria nodorum	6	8	4
Septoria tritici	5	6	4
Eyespot	6	5	6
Fusarium ear blight	7	7	5

Nijinsky has excellent all round disease resistance and, like one of its parents Claire, has particularly good resistance to yellow rust.

Al data is a partial extraction from the HGCA Recommended List 2007-8. The full database can be consulted at: www.hgca.com

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