“FORAGE BARLEY WITHOUT WEDGES”

ADVANTAGES OF CHOOSING THIS VARIETY
• Late development
• High nutritional value
• Palatable forage with excellent intake capacity
• Very good tolerance to winter cold
• Suitable for winter grazing
• Outstanding forage yield potential

MORPHOLOGY
Growth habit Medium
Tillering capacity High
Spike 6-row, compact
Awns Modified, light green

SOWING
• Seeding rate: 140-170 Kg/Ha.
• Recommended areas: All forage-producing regions.
• Suitable as a monoculture or in mixture with legumes (vetch, peas, etc.).

QUALITY TRAITS
Grain test weight High
Grain size Large
Forage crude protein content Medium to high (approx. 12%)
Forage dry matter yield 10-12 Tm MS/Ha
Preferred use Green forage or grain for animal feed

GROWING CYCLE
Vernalization requirement Medium (semi-winter type)
Sowing period October to December
Heading Mid to late
Maturity Mid to late

DISEASE AND STRESS TOLERANCE
Powdery mildew High
Leaf rust (Puccinia hordei) High
Net blotch (Helminthosporium spp.) Very high
Leaf blotch (Rynchosporium secalis) Very high
Lodging resistance High