LUUKAS

An early, productive, large-grain, high-yield quality oat suitable for the grain milling industry and feed

One of the earliest oat varieties on the market

A new level of early oat yield potential

• Although it is early, it can compete with later oat varieties in yield
• Vegetation period (in Finland) – around 90 days (which equals to 935 growing degree sum)
• Under favourable conditions, oats of this variety can be two weeks earlier than oats of late varieties
• Stem – strong
• Resistance to lodging – good
• Resistance to diseases – good
• Resistance to oat leaf blotch – medium
• Resistance to rust – medium
• Has one of the lowest risks of DON toxins released by Fusarium fungi
• If direct sowing to stubble is used, seed treatment and disease control with fungicides is recommended
• In extreme heat and drought, seeds tend to be thin, due to early maturity
• Grain – white
• Hull – thin
• The grain peels easily
• 1000 grain weight – 39.0 g
• Small, i.e. the share of grains, smaller than 2 mm, is low – 3.6 %
• Hectoliter weight – 53.0 kg/hl
• Excellent quality of grains
• Protein content – ​​14.0 %
• Fat content – 6.0 %
• Content of beta glucans – high
• Hul content – 22.0 %
• Quality meets the needs of the grain milling industry, used for food
• Can also be used for feed
• Suitable for growing in all types of soil, but best quality is produced on clay and mineral soils
• When growing in better soils, it is recommended to apply growth regulators
• The optimal nitrogen rate in good soils is 60-80 kg/ha. In order to increase the protein content, the N rate can be increased to 120-130 kg/ha by dividing it (2/3 given before sowing)
• PK fertilizer is applied in the spring, depending on the soil. Manganese is preferred.

• Yield (with hulls) – 6 166 kg/ha
• Yield (without hulls) – 4 894 kg/ha
• Plant height – 92 cm
• Lodging – 12.6 %
• 1000 grain weight – 39.0 g
• Hectoliter weight – 53.2 kg/hl
• Protein content – ​​12.6 %
• Grain hull content – 22.1%

*Source: Viralliset lajikekokeet 2014-2021, kaura, Finland. px.luke.fi

• Productivity – 6 047 kg/ha
• Vegetation – 90 days
• Plant height – 88 cm
• 1000 grain weight – 38.7 g
• Hectoliter weight – 53.0 kg/hl
• Protein content – ​​13.7 %
• Protein yield – 714 kg/ha
• Grain hull content – 21.8 %
• Grains, larger than >2.5 mm – 58.9 %
• Grains, smaller than <2.0 mm – 3.6 %

*Variety comparison. Early oat varieties. Official variety trials 2016-2023, Finland. px.luke.fi.

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