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Sowing Guide 2014Henley A is a European malting barleylicensed to Heritage Seeds underevaluation in Australia. It is mid to latematuring and targeted for areas withmore than 400mm rainfall. Henley hasgood levels of resistance to powderymildew, leaf rust and net form net blotch,susceptibility to spot form net blotchand CCN and variable scald resistance.Malting accreditation will not becompleted before March 2014 with seedavailable from Heritage Seeds.La Trobe A (IGB1101) is currentlyundergoing malt accreditation withpotential for release to growers in2014. It is an early maturing semi dwarfvariety with growth habit and plantarchitecture very similar to Hindmarsh,and its agronomic performance has alsobeen similar to Hindmarsh. La Trobeis resistant to CCN and net form of netblotch but susceptible to SFNB likeHindmarsh. Seed will be available fromIntergrain Pty Ltd.Navigator A (WI4262) has beendeveloped by the University of Adelaideand is a recently released and accredited,domestic malt quality variety. Navigator ismid to late maturing, similar to Gairdnerbut offering 2-3% higher yield potential,significantly improved physical grainquality and a good disease resistanceprofile with the exception of highsusceptibility to leaf rust and some strainsof net form net blotch. Production will betargeted for the South East region of SA.Seed is available from Seednet.Skipper A (WI4446) has been developedby the University of Adelaide as an earlymaturing, potential malting qualityvariety and is expected to completeBarley Australia malt accreditation in2015. Data from NVT in SA since 2009has shown Skipper to yield similarly toCommander and a useful alternative inlower rainfall environments.Skipper has good resistance to bothforms of net blotch, powdery mildewand CCN but is high susceptibile to somestrains of leaf rust and is susceptible toleaf scald. Strong performance in Shochumarket evaluation will see significantcontract production in 2014 and retailseed is expected to be available forcommercial production in 2015 fromSeednet.SouthernStar A is a new malting barleydeveloped by Sapporo Breweries andthe University of Adelaide. SouthernStaris based on the variety Flagship andincorporates a patented novel gene forimproved beer quality. It has almostidentical agronomic characteristics toFlagship with good early vigour, CCNresistance and a strong foliar diseaseresistance profile. SouthernStar also hassensitivity to sprouting so timely harvestmust be a priority. SouthernStar will begrown under production contracts forsupply to Barrett Burston Maltings andJoe White MaltingsWimmera A (VB0432) was developed bythe Victorian DPI and the University ofAdelaide as a potential malting quality,mid to late maturing variety. Wimmera isundergoing malt accreditation trials withcompletion expected by March 2014. Ithas similar plant architecture to Gairdnerhowever it has significantly higher yieldpotential as shown in SA NVT since 2009.During the past three seasons Wimmerahas averaged more than 10% higheryield than Gairdner. Wimmera has goodresistance to leaf rust, powdery mildew,net form net blotch and black point butis susceptible to leaf scald and CCN.Seed will be available for commercialproduction in 2014.onPractical Grains r&D viDeosWherever you are!search, broWse, share, comment… subscribe!Groundcovertv on youtube … research to Profit Grain Growers.www.grdc.com.au/Gctv20 > SARDI Sowing Guide 2014Level 1, Tourism House | 40 Blackall Street, Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box 5367, Kingston ACT 2604 | T +61 2 6166 4500 | F +61 2 6166 4599 | E grdc@grdc.com.au | W www.grdc.com.au