Lentil variety sowing guide 2012 - Seed Distributors

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Table 3: Agronomic characteristics of selected barley varieties
Variety Coleoptile Early Tillering Standing Height Earliness Head Ease of Boron tox Manganese
length vigour ability ability to head to flower retention threshing symptoms efficiency
Barque 6 9 6 7 6 5 3 6 3
Bass 7 4 6
Baudin 4 5 8 6 4 4 7 7
Buloke 4 5 7 5 7 5 6 3
Capstan 4 9 8 3 3 8 7 6
Commander 6 6 7 5 6 5 5 7 6
Finniss 8 4 7 8 4 4 8
Flagship 5 5 7 5 6 5 7 7 8
Fleet 8 6 8 6 7 6 5 4 5
Gairdner 5 4 9 6 5 4 8 6 7 3
Henley 8 4
Hindmarsh 3 3 8 7 5 6 7 6 8
Keel 6 8 5 6 8 5 6 6 4
Maritime 7 8 7 4 6 6 7 7 8 7
Mundah 9 6 6 6 7 3 6 7 5
Navigator 6 4 9 7 4 4 7 8 2
Oxford 8 9 8 4 3 8 7 7
Schooner 6 6 7 6 7 5 4 7 7 5
Scope 5 7 5 7 5 6
Skipper 6 6 7 5 6 6 6 3
Sloop SA 6 6 7 5 7 5 3 7 7 6
Vlamingh 6 7 4 7
Wimmera 5 4 9 8 4 4 8 7
Yarra 3 8 7 4 5 8
Relative values based on a 0-9 scale, a high figure indicating the variety expresses the character to a high degree. These values are only a guide; growing conditions greatly
influence differences. * A high boron toxicity symptom score relates to high presence of leaf symptoms.
Vlamingh A
Vlamingh was developed and released
by Department of Agriculture and Food
WA in 2006. Vlamingh has completed
malting accreditation in WA where it is
widely adapted and has yields generally
greater than Baudin and Gairdner
together with plumper grain than
these varieties. It is highly susceptible
to powdery mildew and is susceptible
to CCN. Within SA NVT, yields have
generally been slightly superior to
Gairdner seed is licensed to the Grain
Pool of WA.
Yarra A
Yarra is a moderately late maturing,
semi dwarf, feed variety developed by
VicDPI and released in 2005. Yarra
exhibits prostrate early growth with
modest early vigour, and hence possible
poor weed competitiveness, but excellent
yield potential, good straw strength and
very plump grain albeit very susceptible
to black point. Yarra is resistant to CCN
and has had outstanding resistance to
leaf rust although a new strain found
in 2011 has rendered the variety more
susceptible.. It is rated as susceptible
to very susceptible to leaf scald and has
moderate susceptibility to both forms
of net blotch. Yarra is available through
Viterra.
Notes on New Varieties
Bass A (WABAR2315) is a “Baudin type”
export quality malting barley currently
undergoing the final stage of Barley
Australia malt accreditation. It is a mid
to late maturing variety targeted to
Gairdner production areas. Bass offers
good resistance to scald, leaf rust and
barley yellow dwarf virus but has no CCN
resistance and is susceptible to net form
net blotch so is not recommended for
growing in SA where the disease occurs.
Fathom A (WI4483) is a feed quality
line developed using wild barley to
improve stress tolerance and water use
efficiency. Widespread yield data from
SA NVT is limited to 2010 where Fathom
averaged slightly higher yields relative
to Hindmarsh and has good levels
of resistance to CCN, scald, spot form
net blotch and leaf rust. Fathom has
shown susceptibility to NFNB so is not
recommended for growing in SA where
the disease occurs.
Henley A is a European malting barley
licensed to Seedmark under evaluation
in Australia. It is mid to late maturing
targeted as a Baudin replacement having
good levels of resistance to powdery
mildew, leaf rust and net form net blotch
and variable scald resistance. Preliminary
NVT trials in 2010 produced yields above
Baudin in SA. Malting accreditation will
not be completed before March 2013
Navigator A (WI4262) is a potential,
domestic malt quality barley currently
undergoing Barley Australia accreditation
and large scale trials with Coopers,
Lion and CUB breweries. Navigator is
a mid to late maturing variety similar
to Gairdner but offering 2-3% higher
yield potential, significantly improved
physical grain quality and a good disease
resistance profile with the exception of
extreme susceptibility to leaf rust. Seed
will be available for 2012 and for further
information contact Viterra.
Skipper A (WI4446) is an early to mid
maturing potential malting quality line
similar in phenology and plant type
to Buloke and Flagship. Grain yield in
2009 and 2010 SA NVT was similar to
Commander. Skipper entered Stage 1
malting accreditation in 2011. Skipper
has a good disease resistance profile
although has shown S/VS susceptibility to
leaf rust in some regions.
Wimmera A (VB0432) is a mid to late
maturing variety with similar plant
architecture to Gairdner however it
has significantly higher yield potential.
Within SA NVT during the past two
seasons it has averaged more than 20%
higher yield than Gairdner. Wimmera is
undergoing malt accreditation trials with
completion expected by March 2013.
Wimmera has shown resistance to leaf
rust until a new strain emerged in 2011 to
which it is now more susceptible.