Retriever is a 2-row winter feed barley with exceptionally high yields - competitive with non-hybrid six-row varieties

Technical & Marketing Guide

RETRIEVER is a 2-row feed winter barley with an exceptionally high yield potential when fungicide treated and no major agronomic weaknesses. It has also performed very well in the HGCA North region.

Retriever has short straw, similar lodging resistance to Cassia and a broad foliar disease resistance spectrum that includes resistance to the commonly occurring strains of Barley Mosaic Virus and good resistance to yellow rust and Rhynchosporium.

Breeder: Sejet, Denmark

PEDIGREE
Clara x SJ 990647

YIELD (%Treated Control)
  Treated Trials Untreated Trials
RETRIEVER 109 86
Saffron 103 85

REGIONAL TREATED TRIALS(% Treated Control)
  North East

West
RETRIEVER 111

109

 107
Saffron 100 103 104

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
  RETRIEVER Saffron
Resistance to Lodging 7 8
Straw Height 81 85
Ripening (days +/- Pearl) -1 0
Winter Hardiness 6 5
GRAIN QUALITY
 

RETRIEVER

 Saffron
Specific Weight (kg/hl) 66.8 70.2

DISEASE RESISTANCE
  RETRIEVER Saffron
Mildew 6 3
Yellow Rust 9 7
Brown Rust 5 7
Rhynchosporium 6 4
Net Blotch 5 8
Barley Yellow Mosaic Virus R S
R = Resistant S = Susceptible

 

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.

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