Oxbridge

Technical & Marketing Guide
Husbandry Guidelines

OXBRIDGE is a very high yielding spring malting variety with short, stiff straw and good all-round disease resistance. Oxbridge has a high specific weight and produces a very low level of screenings.

Early commercial trials indicate that Oxbridge accumulates grain nitrogen at a low level – like Optic – and has particular malting characteristics which will make it highly suitable for the malt distilling industry. Oxbridge is fully approved by the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD) for distilling.

PEDIGREE
Tavern x Chime

YIELD (% Treated Controls)
 OXBRIDGEOpticCocktail
Fungicide Treated10096102
Untreated908090
Fungicide Treated North-East10097101

STRAW CHARACTERS
 OXBRIDGEOptic
Cocktail
Resistance to Lodging 98
9
Straw Length (cm)7374
68
Resistance to Brackling85
9
Maturity (days +/- Optic)-10
-1
GRAIN QUALITY
 OXBRIDGEOpticCocktail
Nitrogen Content (%) 1.501.551.52
Specific Weight (kg/hl)69.769.969.9
Sieving % <2.25mm1.82.53.1
Sieving % <2.5mm5.28.610.0

DISEASE RESISTANCE
 OXBRIDGEOpticCocktail
Mildew757
Yellow Rust 594
Brown Rust 557
Rhynchosporium745

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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