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Einstein winter wheat is a high yielding nabim Group 2 breadmaking variety

EINSTEIN is a high yielding nabim Group 2 bread-making variety which has performed extremely well across a range of situations including first and second wheat and late drilling.

Einstein has good all-round disease resistance, particularly to eyespot and has good grain quality which is suitable for both domestic and overseas grists. Einstein is also suitable for organic situations.

 

PEDIGREE
(NHC 49 x UK Yield Bulk) x (Haven x (Moulin x Galahad))

YIELD (% Treated Control)
  Treated Trials Untreated Trials
EINSTEIN 97 84
Cordiale 98 83

REGIONAL TREATED TRIALS
  North East West
EINSTEIN 99 97 97
Cordiale 97 99 98

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
  EINSTEIN Cordiale
Resistance to Lodging with PGR 7 8
Height without PGR (cm) 86 80
Ripening (days +/- Solstice) -1 -2
Resistance to Sprouting 6 6


 

GRAIN QUALITY
  EINSTEIN Cordiale
Endosperm Texture Hard Hard
*Protein Content (%) 11.9 12.2
Hagberg Falling Number 278

318

Specific Weight (kg/hl) 77.8 79.5
1000 Grain Weight (g) 51.2 46.4
* Official HGCA trials do not receive additional nitrogen to enhance grain protein levels and high yielding varieties, like Einstein, tend to produce low proteins in these trials.

DISEASE RESISTANCE
  EINSTEIN Cordiale
Mildew 6 6
Yellow Rust 6 7
Brown Rust 5 3
Septoria nodorum 6 5
Septoria tritici 5 5
Fusarium Ear Blight 6 6
Eyespot 5 4
EXPORT QUALITY
CHOPIN ALVEOGRAPH
  W P/L
EINSTEIN

176

0.5
Cordiale 269 0.7

 

 



Data from the HGCA Recommended Lists database, full data at www.hgca.com.

On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that the variety shows the character to a high degree.

Bred by Nickerson.

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