NICKERSON direct - Nijinsky

	Technical & Marketing Guide Husbandry Guidelines

NIJINSKY is a 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 Controls)
	Treated Trials	Untreated Trials
NIJINSKY	98	79
Claire	99	78
Consort	98	70

REGIONAL TREATED TRIALS (% Treated controls)
	North	East	West
Nijinsky	97	99	99
Claire	97	99	99
Consort	100	98	95

STRAW CHARACTERS
	NIJINSKY	Claire	Consort
Resistance to Lodging with PGR	8	7	8
Height without PGR (cm)	88	89	86
Ripening (days +) - Claire	0	0	+3

GRAIN QUALITY
	NIJINSKY	Claire	Consort
Biscuit-Making Quality	Y	Y	Y
Endosperm Texture	Soft	Soft	Soft
Protein Content (%)	12.0	12.0	11.8
Hagberg Falling Number	219	242	226
Specific Weight (kg/hl)	74.7	76.3	76.8
1000 Grain Weight (g)	47.6	47.2	50.7

Y = Suited to this market

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

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.

Nickerson-Advanta Ltd Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT Tel: 01472 371471