NICKERSON direct - Istabraq

	Technical Guide - Humber & South Technical Guide - North & Scotland Husbandry Guidelines

ISTABRAQ is an HGCA Recommended, soft endosperm, nabim Group 4 variety with good all-round disease resistance. It is suitable for many outlets and offers flexibility in marketing.

Istabraq has performed well when late sown, as a second cereal and is particularly suited to the north of the UK.

YIELD (% Treated Controls)
	Treated Trials	Untreated Trials
ISTABRAQ	104	83
Consort	98	70

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
	ISTABRAQ	Consort
Resistance to Lodging with PGR	7	8
Height (cm)	95	86
Ripening (days+/- Claire)	+2	+3
Resistance to Sprouting	5	6

DISEASE RESISTANCE
	ISTABRAQ	Consort
Mildew	5	6
Yellow Rust	9	7
Brown Rust	5	3
Septoria nodorum	8	4
Septoria tritici	5	4
Fusarium Ear Blight	7	6
Eyespot	7	5

GRAIN QUALITY
	ISTABRAQ	Consort
UK Distilling	Y	(Y)
Endosperm Texture	Soft	Soft
Protein Content (%)	11.2	11.8
Hagberg Falling Number	207	226
Specific Weight (kg/hl)	78.2	76.8
1000 Grain Weight (g)	49.5	50.7
Chopin Alveograph - W	73	112
Chopin Alveograph - P/L	0.3	0.3

Y = suited to that market
(Y) = may be suited to that market

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR SCOTLAND AND NORTH OF ENGLAND

The following is additional information for growers in Scotland & North of England, click on the button above to download the Technical & Marketing Guide for growers in Scotland and the North of England for full details.

Istabraq is the highest yielding fully recommended winter wheat variety on the 2007 SAC Cereal Recommended List. Istabraq is very well adapted for the North of England and Scotland with straw length similar to Consort (Istabraq = 7, Consort = 8) but with much improved specific weight, Istabraq is the only variety on the SAC list which is rated Good for distilling.

HIGH YIELDING (% mean of treated controls)*
	Treated Trials	Untreated Trials
ISTABRAQ	106	84
Consort	100	79
Robigus	102	84

DISTILLING TRIALS 2004 - 2006 ** Spirit Yield (LA/T) Dry Weight
ISTABRAQ	449
Robigus	442
Consort	445
Riband	450

SWRI Comment - "Istabraq achieved above average in alcohol yield and well below average in residue viscosity on all 7 trial sites. Given its consistent high quality distilling performance over several years of trials, thoroughly deserves its 'good' rating".

Data from the HGCA Recommended Lists database, full data at www.hgca.com.

On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that the variety shows the character to a high degree.

* Source: SAC

** Source: SWRI (LA/T = Litres of Alcohol per Tonne)

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