Product Description
- New high yielding variety with potential of up to 12 tonnes per hectare
- Medium maturing white grain wheat variety
- Available commercially in Zambia
Product Characteristics
- White grain
- Early maturing, taking between 125 and 135 days to physiological maturity, and between 65 and 68 days to flowering
- Good tolerance to Leaf Rust pathotypes, Powdery mildew, Septoria tritici and Bacterial Leaf Streak
- Adapted to soils with medium to high clay content
- Good milling and baking qualities including: ≥ 13.8% protein content, falling numbers >300 per second, ≥ 80 kg/hl test weight, 33.7% wet gluten content
- Characterised by good tillering and stand ability at populations of 2.5 million plants per hectare