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WAKANUI<br />

YEAR 5 KWW42<br />

YEAR 2<br />

High yielding feed cultivar particularly on<br />

irrigated sites. Below average at dryland<br />

Chertsey site. Good resistance to most<br />

diseases, but moderately susceptible to<br />

powdery mildew. Late maturing and tall but<br />

with a stiff straw.<br />

relatIVE YIelDS - 4 year adjusted mean<br />

(% of site mean yield)<br />

Bulls<br />

Methven<br />

Chertsey (Dryland)<br />

Chertsey (Irrigated)<br />

Wakanui<br />

Temuka<br />

St. Andrews<br />

Balfour<br />

Oreti<br />

IRRIGATION RESPONSE (Canterbury relative yield)<br />

Dryland sites (4 year) 103<br />

Irrigated sites (4 year) 106<br />

DISEASE RESISTANCE<br />

BYDV<br />

Septoria leaf blotch<br />

Stripe rust<br />

Leaf rust<br />

Powdery mildew<br />

Fusarium head blight<br />

FIELD CHARACTERISTICS<br />

Straw strength<br />

Crop height<br />

Maturity<br />

Sprouting risk<br />

Unknown<br />

Moderately resistant<br />

Mostly resistant<br />

Moderately resistant<br />

Moderately susceptible<br />

Moderately resistant<br />

Stiff<br />

Tall<br />

Late<br />

Moderate<br />

GRAIN QUALITY (4 year means) Sth Nth Is Canty Sthld<br />

TGW (g) 44 49 53<br />

Test weight (kg/hl) 66 73 75<br />

Protein (%) (N% x 5.7) 10.8 10.0 9.6<br />

Falling number (sec) 178 240 223<br />

Screenings (%) 2.3 1.0 0.9<br />

END USE<br />

BACKGROUND<br />

106<br />

107<br />

96<br />

102<br />

108<br />

109<br />

105<br />

108<br />

105<br />

80 90 100 110 120<br />

Feed<br />

Breeder<br />

Plant & Food Research<br />

Agent<br />

Luisetti Seeds,<br />

Canterbury Seed<br />

Note: Yields are relative to other feed/biscuit <strong>wheat</strong>s only.<br />

KWW42 is a feed cultivar which has<br />

produced mostly above average yields<br />

on Canterbury irrigated sites. Moderately<br />

susceptible to both leaf rust and septoria<br />

leaf blotch. Shows good resistance to<br />

stripe rust and to a lesser extent to powdery<br />

mildew. KWW42 is stiff strawed with high<br />

thousand grain weight with low to moderate<br />

sprouting risk.<br />

relatIVE YIelDS - 4 year adjusted mean<br />

(% of site mean yield)<br />

Bulls<br />

Methven<br />

Chertsey (Dryland)<br />

Chertsey (Irrigated)<br />

Wakanui<br />

Temuka<br />

St. Andrews<br />

Balfour<br />

Oreti<br />

IRRIGATION RESPONSE (Canterbury relative yield)<br />

Dryland sites (4 year) 101<br />

Irrigated sites (4 year) 102<br />

DISEASE RESISTANCE<br />

BYDV<br />

Septoria leaf blotch<br />

Stripe rust<br />

Leaf rust<br />

Powdery mildew<br />

Fusarium head blight<br />

FIELD CHARACTERISTICS<br />

Straw strength<br />

Crop height<br />

Maturity<br />

Sprouting risk<br />

Unknown<br />

Moderately susceptible<br />

Mostly resistant<br />

Moderately susceptible<br />

Moderately resistant<br />

Unknown<br />

Stiff<br />

Medium<br />

Intermediate-Late<br />

Low-Moderate<br />

GRAIN QUALITY (4 year means) Sth Nth Is Canty Sthld<br />

TGW (g) 45 53 53<br />

Test weight (kg/hl) 59 70 73<br />

Protein (%) (N% x 5.7) 13.2 11.1 10.2<br />

Falling number (sec) 174 267 250<br />

Screenings (%) 3.9 1.3 1.9<br />

END USE<br />

BACKGROUND<br />

Breeder<br />

Agent<br />

100<br />

104<br />

102<br />

101<br />

104<br />

97<br />

100<br />

100<br />

100<br />

80 90 100 110 120<br />

Feed<br />

Nickerson International Research SNC<br />

PGG Wrightson Grain<br />

Note: Yields are relative to other feed/biscuit <strong>wheat</strong>s only.

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