Winter Barley Products
Wintmalt
Wintmalt is a two-row malting winter barley that combines short stiff straw with high yield and resistance to Barley Mosaic Virus. Excellent resistance to the major barley diseases, Rhynchosporium and net blotch, makes Wintmalt an easy barley to manage in the field and rewarding to grow.
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High yielding malting winter barley
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BaYMVresistant
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Short, stiff straw
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Good untreated yields
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Excellent resistance to Rhynchosporium and net blotch
Yield
Whatever the region, Wintmalt will deliver both yield and quality.
Malting Quality
Wintmalt is continuing malting quality analysis. Results currently indicate excellent malting quality and Wintmalt should continue to demonstrate the same results from large scale malting analysis.
Agronomy
Wintmalt has excellent resistance to the two main barley diseases, Rhynchosporium and net blotch, the most difficult and expensive diseases to control year on year. Importantly, Wintmalt also has one of the best available resistance ratings to brown rust, a disease which can devastate crops in some seasons. In high pressure situations, Wintmalt may need a specific treatment for mildew.
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Mildew |
Brown rust |
Rhynchosporium |
Net blotch |
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| Wintmalt |
4 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
| Pearl |
6 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
| Flagon |
7 |
7 |
8 |
6 |
| Cassata |
4 |
7 |
8 |
5 |
Plant Growth Regulators
With short, stiff straw, use of plant growth regulators can be minimised, and on less fertile soils may not be needed. Where a PGR is planned, we recommend a low rate mix of CCC plus Moddus at GS 32, which should remove any need for further applications later in the season.
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Lodging |
Straw height (cm) |
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| Wintmalt |
7 |
90 |
| Pearl |
7 |
102 |
| Flagon |
5 |
102 |
| Cassata |
8 |
93 |
Seed rates
Seed rates should be selected to suit the seedbed condition and soil type. We do not recommend low seed rates with any malting barley as in some seasons it may encourage high secondary tillering, which may result in high screenings and lower specific weight.
