MATTY

Avena sativa L.

An early high yielding white hulled oat with big grains

  • High yielding
  • Early ripening
  • Very good standing power
  • Good overall disease resistance
  • Unique combination of big grain size, very low hull content and high hectolitre weight

 

  • High yield
  • Plant height – medium
  • Heading time – early (4 points out of 9)
  • Maturity – early (4 points out of 9)
  • Straw maturity – medium
  • Resistance to lodging – high (6 points out of 9)
  • Resistance to stem breaking – high (6 points out of 9)
  • Number of heads – high (5 points out of 9)
  • Number of grains per head – medium (4 points out of 9)
  • 1000 grain weight – very high (8 points out of 9)
  • Grain colour – white
  • Grains larger than 2 mm – very high amount (9 points out of 9)
  • Hectoliter weight – high (6 points out of 9)
  • Low amount of husk
  • Amount of grains – high (7 points out of 9)
  • Resistance to Powdery Mildew – very high (9 points out of 9)
  • Resistance to Crown Rust – high (6 points out of 9)

Resistance to diseases (when 9.0 – very resistant)

Powdery mildew

9.0

Very high

Crowned rust

6.0

High

 

  • Grain yield – 6,691 t/ha
  • Hulled grain yield – 5.314 t/ha
  • Vegetation period – 100.7 days
  • Lodging – 27.8 %
  • Plant height – 97.4 cm
  • Weight of 1000 grains – 42.0 g
  • Hectoliter weight – 54.6 kg/l
  • Protein content – ​​11.5%
  • Husk content – 21.8%

 * data from oat trials in Finland, 2010-2017, px.luke.fi

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


Recommended sowing rate: 400-450 seeds/m2, or 210-230 kg/ha. At unfavourable conditions recommendation to increase sowing rate to 550-600 seeds/m2