|
VERY HIGH YEILD POTENTIAL |
|
Treated Trials |
Untreated Trials |
| ZEBEDEE |
105 |
81 |
| Consort |
98 |
71 |
| Claire |
100 |
79 | | Zebedee has shown excellent yield potential in fungicide treated and untreated trials.
|
REGIONAL PERFORMANCE |
|
North |
Dry (East) |
West (Wet) |
| ZEBEDEE |
103 |
105 |
105 |
| Consort |
100 |
98 |
97 |
| Claire |
98 |
100 |
101 | | Zebedee has performed well in all areas of the UK, producing exceptionally high yields in the HGCA East and West regions.
|
SHORT STRAW |
|
ZEBEDEE |
Consort |
Claire |
| Straw Height (cm) Untreated |
85 |
84 |
88 |
| Resistance to lodging (no PGR) |
6 |
8 |
6 |
| Resistance to lodging (with PGR) |
7 |
8 |
7 |
| Ripening (days +/- Claire, + = Late |
0 |
+2 |
0 | | Zebedee is a short strawed variety, similar to Consort in height. It's lodging resistance both with and without a PGR treatment is comparable with Claire. Zebedee is earlier to ripen than Claire and Consort |
|
GRAIN QUALITY |
|
ZEBEDEE |
Consort |
Claire |
| NABIM Group |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Endosperm texture |
Soft |
Soft |
Soft |
| Protein content (%) |
11.6 |
11.8 |
11.7 |
| Hagberg Falling Number |
256 |
223 |
202 |
| Specific weight (kg/hl) |
74.4 |
76.8 |
76.2 | | Zebedee is a soft textured Group 3 variety with a high Hagberg Falling Number. In preliminary tests it has shown good dough extensibilty for biscuit flour and given positive results from distilling tests.
|
DISEASE RESISTANCE |
|
ZEBEDEE |
Consort |
Claire |
| Mildew |
6 |
6 |
4 |
| Yellow Rust |
9 |
6 |
9 |
| Brown Rust |
4 |
3 |
5 |
| Septoria tritici |
5 |
4 |
6 |
| Eyespot |
4 |
6 |
5 | | Zebedee has good overall disease resistance with an excellent rating for yellow rust..
|
SOWING DATE |
| The latest safe sowing date for Zebedee is the end of January. | | |