Stigg is a hard textured feed winter wheat with a very high yield potential, particularly in the absence of fungicide.

Stigg has short, stiff straw and excellent foliar disease resistance, especially to Septoria tritici. It has good physical grain quality and is suitable for the animal feed market.

PEDIGREE
(Biscay x LW 96-2930) x Tanker

VERY HIGH YIELD POTENTIAL (% Treated Controls)
	Treated Trials	Untreated Trials
STIGG	102	98
Grafton	101	90
JB Diego	104	91

Stigg has a very high yield potential: similar to JB Diego when fungicide treated and 7% above without a fungicide.

REGIONAL PERFORMANCE
	East	West
STIGG	102	103
Grafton	101	102
JB Diego	104	106

Stigg has produced very high yields in the HGCA Eastern and Western regions.

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
	STIGG	Grafton	JB Diego
Straw Height (cm) Untreated	82	77	89
Resistance to Lodging (no PGR)	8	9	7
Resistance to Lodging (with PGR)	8	9	8
Ripening (days +/- Solstice, + = late)	+2	-2	0

Stigg has short straw with very good resistance to lodging.

GRAIN QUALITY
	STIGG	Grafton	JB Diego
nabim Group	4	4	4
Endosperm Texture	Hard	Hard	Hard
Protein Content (%)	11.3	10.5	11.0
Hagberg Falling Number	306	287	305
Specific Weight (kg/hl)	74.7	78.8	77.8

Stigg is a hard textured nabim Group 4 wheat with a high Hagberg falling number.

DISEASE RESISTANCE
	STIGG	Grafton	JB Diego
Mildew	8	7	6
Yellow Rust	9	8	8
Brown Rust	9	3	4
Septoria nodorum	6	6	6
Septoria tritici	7	5	5
Eyespot	6	8	4
Fusarium ear blight	6	5	6

Stigg has an excellent disease resistance profile for all the main foliar diseases, with a very high level of resistance to Septoria tritici.

MARKET OPTIONS

Stigg is well suited for animal feed markets.

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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