CRESCENDO

Hordeum vulgare L.

A late spring barley with an excellent resistance to diseases, suitable for organic farms

  • Uniform grain size
  • Moderate protein content
  • Resistant to eyespot
  • Resistant to helminthosporiosis
  • Resistant to powdery mildew
  • Excellent brewing quality with moderate Kolbach inde
  • Developed for organic farms
  • Very productive. Late. Two-row barley
  • Excellent resistance to lodging
  • High disease resistance
  • Excellent quality, suitable for the beer industry
  • Register in France, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Russia, Finland
  • Plant height – 65-80 cm
  • Resistance to lodging – excellent
  • Resistance to diseases – very good
  • Weight of 1000 grains – 44-58.93 g
  • Hectoliter weight – 65.2-68.6 kg/hl
  • Protein content – ​​10.5-11.7%
  • Protein yield – 599-613 kg/ha
  • Starch content – ​​62.1%

Data from official variety trials in Finland (2008-2016):

  • Yield – 6.73-6.95 t/ha
  • Content of grains larger than 2.5 mm – 97.7-98.4 %
  • Plant height – 77-79 cm (average)
  • Vegetation – 95.5-96.8 days
  • Lodging – ​​14-17%
  • Weight of 1000 grains – 51.1-51.3 g
  • Hectoliter weight – 65.2-65.3 kg/hl
  • Protein content – ​​10.5%
  • Protein yield – 599-613 kg/ha
  • Starch content – ​​62.1%

Data from National organic trials in Denmark (2014-2017):

  • Yield – 4.27-7.54 t/ha
  • Content of crude proteins in DM – 9.3-9.8 %
  • Content of grains larger than 2.5 mm – 99 %
  • Injury of powdery mildew injury – 0 %
  • Injury of barley rust – 6-11%
  • Injury of Rhynchosporiosis – 2.3-4.5%
  • Injury of Helminthosporiosis – 0.6%
  • Stem length – 70-72 cm

According to research data France:

  • The height of the plants is average
  • Resistance to lodging – 6 points (out of 9)
  • Resistance to powdery mildew – 8 points
  • Resistance to Helminthosporiosis – 6 points
  • Resistance to Rhynchosporiosis – 7 points

According to research data in Russia:

  • Intensive, high-yielding variety
  • Yield potential – 5.8 t/ha (on farms) and 6.13 t/ha (in trials)
  • Medium late
  • Resistant to lodging
  • Medium height (65 cm)
  • Vegetation period – 72-92 days
  • Weight of 1000 grains – 44-55 g

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


Recommended sowing rate:400-450 plants/m² or 180-210 kg/ha