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Ascot spring oat is a potentially very high yielding conventional husked variety, fully Recommended on the HGCA List

Ascot has a very high yield potential (both with and without fungicide), a sound combination of agronomic characters and good grain quality. Ascot was added to the HGCA Recommended List of spring oats in 2007.

Breeder: Wiersum Plantbreeding BV, Netherlands

Agent: Limagrain UK

Official Trial Status: HGCA and DARD Recommended Lists.

PEDIGREE
(LW 8706-7 x Semu 0.170) x (Floriant x Piper)

UK YIELD (% Treated Control)
  Treated Trials Untreated Trials
ASCOT 103 86
Husky 99 85
Firth 98 85

Ascot has a very high yield potential and is the highest yielding fully recommended spring oat on the 2012 HGCA Recommended List.

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
  ASCOT Husky Firth
Resistance to lodging 7 8 8
Straw lenght (cm) 110 105 102
Ripening (days +/- Firth) +1 -4 0
- = earlier

Ascot is a tall strawed variety with similar lodging resistance to Firth.

Ascot is slightly later to ripen than Firth.
GRAIN QUALITY
  ASCOT Husky Firth
Kernel content (%) 76.9 77.5 78.3
Specific weight (kg/hl) 51.9 54.0 53.0
Screenings % thro' 2.0mm   0.2  0.1  0.1

Ascot has a good specific weight with a high kernal content.

DISEASE RESISTANCE
  ASCOT Husky Firth
Mildew 6 7 7
Crown Rust 5 4 5

Ascot has good mildew resistance but, like Firth, is moderately susceptible to crown rust.

 

 

 

 


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.

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