WENDELIN

Triticum aestivum L. emend. Fiori et Paol.

A mid-early, high-yielding and extremely protein-rich, winter-hardy and resistant to lodging and diseases, winter wheat (class E), suitable for organic farms

  • Excellent resistance to yellow leaf rust
  • Resistant to Pseudocercosporella, brown leaf rust, Fusarium, Septoria, Rinchosporium
  • Medium 1000 grain weight
  • Very high protein content
  • Medium gluten content
  • Medium falling number
  • Good baking properties
  • Heading time – medium (5 points out of 9)
  • Ripening time – medium (6 points out of 9)
  • Height of plants – tall (7 points out of 9)
  • Coverage – medium (5 points out of 9)
  • Tillering – medium (4 points out of 9)
  • Very resistant to lodging (susceptibility to lodging 3 points out of 9, where 1 is erect and 9 is lodged)
  • Very resistant to diseases
  • Crop density – good (4 points out of 9)
  • Number of grains in the ear – medium (5 points out of 9)
  • 1000 grain weight – medium/high (6 out of 9)
  • Productivity – medium (5 points out of 9)
  • Protein content – ​​very high (9 points out of 9)
  • Gluten content – medium (5.0 points out of 9.0)
  • Sedimentation – very high (8 points out of 9)
  • Falling number – medium (6 points out of 9)
  • The stability of falling number – high
  • Degree of flour structure – very good (8 points out of 9) (suitable for bread baking)
  • Good baking properties
  • Flour water absorption – very good (9 points out of 9)
  • Qualitative flour yield – very good (8 points out of 9)

* According to German national plant variety ecological tests (Bundessortenamt) 2019.

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

Mildew

medium – 5 points

Yellow rust

very low – 2 points

Brown rust

low – 4 points

Ear fusariose

very low – 3 points

Septoriose

very low – 3 points

Eyespot (Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides)

very low – 3 points

Scald (Rhynchosporium secalis)

low – 4 points

Helminthosporium tritici repentis

low – 4 points

 

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 WENDELIN in Lithuania (1) – agronomic indexes

Index

Plunges AVTS

Kauno AVTS

Pasvalio AVTS

Utenos AVTS

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

7.50

7.89

7.05

9.03

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

43.60

35.26

42.05

37.10

Period of vegetation, in days

201

203

206

207

Days to heading

162

163

164

164

Plant height, cm

110.0

106.2

104.0

99.5

Resistance to lodging, in points (1-9)

8.0

7.0*

9.0

8.3

Winterhardiness, in points (1-9)

9,.0

8.3

8.5

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 WENDELIN in Lithuania (1) – grain quality

Index

Plunges AVTS

Kauno AVTS

Pasvalio AVTS

Utenos AVTS

Protein content DM., %

15.4

15.9

11.0

14.4

Starch content DM., %

64.3

65.1

78.5

66,.4

Wet gluten content, %

33.5

33.9

21.3

29.9

Sedimentation, ml

6.1

68.6

32.5

59.8

Falling number, s

322.0

323.0

304.0

356.0

Hectoliter weight, kg/hl

83.8

78.7

78.5

77.4

Grain, lager than 2 mm, %

99.0

97.1

97.4

99.9

 

  • Protein content (DM) – 15.3-16.3%
  • Starch content (SM) – 63.0-64.3%
  • Wet gluten content (14 % moisture) – 32.3-34.3%
  • Sedimentation – 67.0-69.4 ml
  • Falling number – 281-353 s

*2022 According to test data of Wendelin grains grown in Lithuania (UAB Baltic Agro laboratory)

  • Grain yield – 5.46 t/ha
  • Plant height – 114 cm
  • 1000 grains weight – 39.3 g
  • Hectoliter weight of – 84.0 kg/hl
  • Protein content – ​​13.1 %
  • Falling number – 318 s
  • Sedimentation – 35 (Eh)
  • Wet gluten content in flour – 41.6 %
  • Mass formation in the early stages – 6.7 points (out of 9)
  • Soil surface coverage – 45 %
  • Susceptibility to yellow rust – 1.1 points (out of 9)
  • Susceptibility to brown rust – 6.8 points (out of 9)
  • Susceptibility to powdery mildew – 3.3 points (out of 9)
  • Susceptibility to leaf septoria – 2.0 points (out of 9)
  • Susceptibility to ear fusarium – 2.3 points (out of 9)
  • Resistance to lodging – 1.1 points (out of 9)
  • Quantity of ears – 547 pcs/m2
  • Number of grains in the ear – 26.1

*2018 data from ecological trials in Germany (Landesortenversuche in Thüringen).

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 %.