PEXESO

Triticum aestivum L. emend. Fiori et Paol.

A medium early excellently yielding spring wheat with grain quality class A and with increased lutein content

  • Increased lutein content - 2x more than common varieties
  • Excellently yielding
  • Good resistance to lodging
  • Good resistance to powdery mildew
  • Good sprouting resistance
  • High specific weight ca. 82.0 kg/hl
  • High bread volume
  • High Zeleny test
  • High protein content
  • A class baking quality
  • Suitable for processing into pastries (yellow tint of pastry and pasta) and for feeding
  • Excellent yields, both with and without seed-dressing
  • Food type, A quality class
  • Contains twice as much lutein as conventional varieties
  • Excellent cultivation results in Western Europe
  • Yield potential – 11.0 t/ha
  • Days to heading – 72-78
  • Vegetation period – 125 days.
  • Plant height – 93 cm
  • Resistance to lodging – 6.6 points
  • Resistance to diseases – very high
  • Resistance to powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis) on leaves – 6.1-7.3 points (when 9.0 – very resistant)
  • Resistance to powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis) on ears – 7.8 points (when 9.0 – very resistant)
  • Resistance to ear septoria (Stagonospora nodorum) – 7.7 points (when 9.0 – very resistant)
  • Resistance to brown rust (Puccinia recondita) – 7.8 points (when 9.0 – very resistant)
  • Resistance to yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis) on leaves – 7.3 points (when 9.0 – very resistant)
  • Resistance to yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis) on ears – 8.1 points (when 9.0 – very resistant)
  • Resistance to ear fusariosis (Fusarium spp.) – 7.5 points (when 9.0 – very resistant)
  • Resistance to ear blight (Microdochium nivale/majus) – 7.7 points (when 9.0 – very resistant)
  • Resistant to grain sprouting in ears
  • Grain size – medium
  • Weight of 1000 grains – 42.9 g
  • High hectoliter weight – 82.0 kg/hl
  • A lot of protein – 13.3 %
  • Falling number – 311 s
  • Sedimentation (Zeleny test) – 58 ml
  • Suitable for dough, baked goods (yellow colour of cake and pasta) and fodder
  • Average yield – 6.38 t/ha
  • Plant height – 81 cm
  • Days to heading – 67-71 days
  • Maturity – after 120-124 days
  • Number of ears – 450/m2
  • Weight of 1000 grains – 40 g
  • Hectoliter weight of – 80.1 kg/hl
  • Protein content – ​​12.6 %
  • Sedimentation (Zeleny test) – 49 ml
  • Falling – 319 s
  • Wet gluten content – 28 %
  • Resistance to powdery mildew – 6.0 points (out of 9.0)
  • Resistance to brown rust on leaves – 7.0 points (out of 9.0)
  • Resistance to yellow rust on leaves – 6.5 points (out of 9.0)
  • Resistance to wheat leaf disease complex – 8.0 points (out of 9.0)

*data from variety resting trials in the Czech Republic (2019-2021)

The varietal parameters may differ from those indicated here when the testing circumstances differ from quondam


Recommended sowing rate: 450-500 seeds/m2, or 220-250 kg/ha