NIJINSKY

Technical & Marketing Guide
Husbandry Guidelines

NIJINSKY is a endosperm 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 TrialsUntreated Trials
NIJINSKY9879
Claire9978
Consort9870

REGIONAL TREATED TRIALS (% Treated controls)
 NorthEastWest
Nijinsky979999
Claire979999
Consort1009895

STRAW CHARACTERS
 NIJINSKYClaireConsort
Resistance to Lodging with PGR878
Height without PGR (cm)8889

86

Ripening (days +) - Claire00+3
GRAIN QUALITY
 NIJINSKYClaireConsort
Biscuit-Making QualityYYY
Endosperm TextureSoftSoftSoft
Protein Content (%)12.012.011.8
Hagberg Falling Number219242226
Specific Weight (kg/hl)74.776.376.8
1000 Grain Weight (g)47.647.250.7
Y = Suited to this market

DISEASE RESISTANCE
 NIJINSKYClaireConsort
Mildew646
Yellow Rust897
Brown Rust553
Septoria nodorum684
Septoria tritici564
Eyespot666
Fusarium Ear Blight775

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 2008-9, 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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