SM ANANKE

Secale cereale L.

A mid-early, disease-resistant, medium tall alternative population rye, suitable for conventional and organic farming

  • Grain yield is high
  • Plants of medium height
  • Less resistant to lodging
  • Moderately resistant to brown rust
  • Good resistance to mildew and helminthosporium
  • Medium size grain
  • High protein content
  • Suitable for bakery use

Sowing time: X-V month (autumn or spring)

  • High grain yield when sowing both in autumn and spring
  • Grain yield – 4.73-4.78 t/ha
  • Yield potential (in Poland) – 7.51-7.77 t/ha
  • Green mass yield – 41.12 t/ha
  • Dry mass yield – 9.88 t/ha
  • Heading time – early
  • Ripening time – early
  • Plant height – 140 cm (medium)
  • Resistance to lodging – medium/high
  • Maximum resistance to powdery mildew and tan spot (Pyrenophora tritici-repentis)
  • Resistance to rust – medium
  • Grain uniformity > 2.5 mm – 86 % (high)
  • Grain size – medium
  • Weight of 1000 seeds – 36.1 g
  • Hectoliter weight – moderately high (5 points)
  • Resistance to sprouting in ears – 5 (high)
  • Protein content – ​​moderately high
  • Falling number – 227 sec. (medium/high)
  • Suitable for use in bakeries
  • Especially are appreciated for their use in gastronomy, taste properties and positive effects on the digestive system
  • Can be grown as a main crop for grain or as raw material for biogas production
  • Can be sown also as an intermediate crop.
  • Can be grown in summer as cover crop
  • Suitable for biomass cultivation
  • Can be sown in bean-cereal mixtures
  • Tolerates acidic soils
  • It is suggested to fertilize N 50 kg/ha, dividing the rate in 2 times

Resistance to diseases (when 6 – very resistant)

Mildew

6 points

Very high

Brown rust

4 points

High

Black rust

4 points

High

Pyrenophora graminea

6 points

Very high

Scald (rhynchosporium)

4 points

High

Leaf septoria

4 points

High

Rot disease (complex of Microdochium spp., Fusarium spp., Stagonospora nodorum, Bipolaris sorokiniana)

4 points

High

 

  • SM ANANKE – 7.28 t/ha
  • SM ELARA – 7.04 t/ha
  • BOJKO – 6.71 t/ha

*Results of spring rye yield in the demonstration plots of Lodz agricultural consulting centre zs. Bratoszewice (collected on 13 August 2020)

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


Recommended sowing rate: 120-140 kg/ha for early sowing and 150-180 kg/ha for late sowing

Recommended sowing rate for fodder: 220-240 kg/ha when sowing in spring, and 200 kg/ha for sowing in autumn