Husbandry Guidelines

DECANTER is a high yielding spring malting barley with very stiff straw and good resistance to ear loss and brackling. Excellent all round disease resistance is combined with earlier maturity than Optic. Decanter has malting characteristics which are of particular use to the grain distilling industry.

PEDIGREE
Heron x Dallas

YIELD (% Treated Controls)
 NE region Treated TrialsUntreated Trials
DECANTER9486
Optic9780



AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
 DECANTEROptic
Resistance to Lodging98
Straw Height (cm)7474
Ripening (days +/- Optic)-20
Resistance to Brackling85
GRAIN QUALITY
 DECANTEROptic
Grain Nitrogen Content (%)*1.61.5
Specific Weight (kg/hl)69.669.9
IBD Malting Approval for Brewing-F
IBD Malting Approval for DistillingFF
   
Sieving % through 2.25mm3.32.5
Sieving % through 2.5mm10.28.6

*2007 RL    (F = Full IBD approval) 

 

DISEASE RESISTANCE
 DECANTEROptic
Mildew95
Yellow Rust89
Brown Rust55
Rhynchosporium64


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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