RGT KILIMANJARO

Triticum aestivum L. emend. Fiori et Paol.

A mid-late winter wheat for flour production (class A), resistant to diseases, suitable for organic farms

  • Technological quality class: BPS (Superior Bread Wheat)
  • Very profitable and particularly stable for the environment
  • Very high protein content
  • Excellent stability and winter hardiness
  • Excellent resistance to Fusarium
  • Very low DON content
  • High yield potential
  • Heading time – quite late
  • Maturity – late
  • Stem length – quite short (3.5 points)
  • Resistant to lodging – 6.5 points
  • Winter hardiness – 7.5 points
  • Resistance to grain germination in ears – good (6 points)
  • Resistant to leaf diseases and fusarium wilt
  • Very low DON content – not very sensitive (5.5 points)
  • Tolerates cold well
  • Late growth
  • Very suitable for early sowing
  • 1000 grain weight of – medium (5 points) (47.7 g)
  • Hectoliter weight – high (8 points) (72.8 kg/hl)
  • Excellent protein content
  • Protein content – ​​high (6 points) (13.0-16.1%)
  • Very good grain quality
  • Flour with good baking properties
  • Zeleny test – 30-50 ml
  • Zeleny's test – 65.9 cm3
  • Falling number – 261
  • Gluten content – 35.0 %
  • Starch content – ​​65.9 %
  • Grain hardness – medium hard
  • Tolerates the herbicide CHLORTOLURON
  • Susceptible to the pest Cécidomyie orange

Resistance to diseases (when 1 – very susceptible, 9 – very resistant)

General susceptibility to diseases

not very sensitive, 7 points

Mildew

resistant, 8

Brown rust

not very sensitive, 6

Helmintosporium

not very sensitive, 6

Septoriose

medium sensitive, 5,5

Ear fusariose

medium sensitive, 5,5

Yellow rust

medium sensitive, 5

Fusariose

medium sensitive, 5

Mosaic virus

sensitive, 2 points

 

  • Maturity – 6 points
  • Plant height – 4 points
  • Winter hardiness – 4 points
  • Susceptibility to wheat stalk breakage – 5 points
  • Susceptibility to powdery mildew – 3 points
  • Susceptibility to leaf septoria – 4 points
  • Susceptibility to wheat Helmintosporium – 5 points   
  • Grude protein content – medium (5 points)
  • Falling number – very high (9 points)
  • Stability of falling number – ++
  • Sedimentation – 7 points  
  • Susceptibility to yellow rust – 4 points
  • Susceptibility to brown rust – 3 points
  • Susceptibility to ear septoria – 4 points

*R.A.G.T. According to Saaten Deutschland GmbH (1 = very low; 9 = very high)

Trials on the economic value (VCU) of this variety in Lithuania was carried out in 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022.

Trials were carried out in various plant variety testing departments:

• Plunges plant variety testing department (Plunges AVTS)

• Kaunas Plant variety testing Department (Kaunas AVTS)

• Pasvalio plant variety testing department (Pasvalio AVTS)

• Utena plant variety testing department (Utena AVTS)

Results of the trials of winter wheat RGT KILIMANJARO in Lithuania (1) – agronomic indexes

Index

Plunges AVTS

Kauno AVTS

Pasvalio AVTS

Utenos AVTS

Grain yield, t/ha (14 % st. d.)

8.68

8.73

9.99

7.78

1000 grain weight, g (14 % st. d.)

41.02

37,.30

36.48

39.11

Period of vegetation, in days

201

204

205

202

Days to heading

163

165

165

163

Plant height, cm

88.0

94.0

82.7

91.0

Resistance to lodging, in points (1-9)

7.0

1.0*

7.0

9.0

Winterhardiness, in points (1-9)

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

* Note.In Kaunas AVTS plant lodging was complete. The resistance to lodging of the standard varieties was also low, e.g. the Skagen variety was rated 1 for lodging resistance.

Results of the trials of winter wheat RGT KILIMANJARO in Lithuania (1) – grain quality

Index

Plunges AVTS

Kauno AVTS

Pasvalio AVTS

Utenos AVTS

Protein content DM., %

13.6

13.6

13.3

10.1

Starch content DM., %

67.4

68.9

68.9

71.1

Wet gluten content, %

27.2

26.7

26.0

18.9

Sedimentation, ml

46.8

44.8

45.6

25.6

Falling number, s

386.0

358.0

387.0

358.0

Hectoliter weight, kg/hl

80.2

74.6

73,.1

72.8

Grain, lager than 2 mm, %

99.2

97.5

99.7

98.0

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


Recommended sowing rate: 350-450 seeds/m², or 180-230 kg/ha. Recommendation to increase late sowingseed rate by 10 %.