FLORENS

Triticum aestivum L. emend. Fiori et Paol.

A medium-early high yielding spring wheat whit grain quality class A

  • High yielding class A spring wheat
  • Tall and early growth habit well suited for extensive growing regions
  • Good overall disease resistance package with no major weakness against a specific disease
  • Good grain quality with a high specific weight, good Fusarium resilience and pre-harvest sprouting tolerance
  • Sm1-resistance against orange wheat blossom midge

  • Grain yield without seed treatment – 7.14-7.27 t/ha
  • Grain yield with seed treatment – 8.11-9.24 t/ha
  • Time of heading – medium early (158 days)
  • Ripening time – medium early (204 days)
  • Plant height – medium/tall (79-101 cm)
  • Very resistant to lodging (sensitivity to lodging 4.4 points out of 9, where 1 is upright and 9 is lodged)
  • Low disease susceptibility (very good multi-disease resistance package)
  • Very low susceptibility to powdery mildew
  • Resistant to orange wheat blossom midge (Sitodiplosis mosellana)
  • Resistant to grain sprouting in ears
  • Grains larger than 2.5 mm – 97.7-98.1 %
  • Grain size – small/medium
  • Hectoliter weight – high/very high (77.2-84.2)
  • Weight of 1000 grains – 40.3-45.08 g
  • Protein content – ​​high (6 points out of 9) (12.9-14.3 %)
  • Starch content – ​​68.0-69.0 %
  • Wet gluten content – 24.8-29.5 %
  • Sedimentation – high (8 points out of 9) (39.5-42.2 ml)
  • Falling number – moderately high (6 points out of 9) (286-359 s)
  • Grain hardness – high (8 points out of 9)
  • Flour water absorption – 4 points out of 9
  • Very suitable for extensive cultivation regions

  • Average yield – 6.75 t/ha
  • Yield potential – 8.51 t/ha
  • Days to heading – 42.2 days. (from seed germination to flowering)
  • Vegetation duration – 89.2 days (from seed germination to waxy maturity)
  • Plant height – 83.6 cm
  • Resistance to lodging – 8.6 points
  • Grains larger than 2.5 mm – 98.1%
  • Weight of 1000 grains – 40.28 g
  • Hectoliter weight – 79.9 kg/hl
  • Protein content – ​​12.3%
  • Falling number – 286 s
  • Sedimentation – 39.5 ml

*according to the data of official variety trials in Lithuania (2017-2018)

Resistance to diseases (when 9.0 – very resistant)

Powdery mildew

7.8 points

Tan spot, caused by Pyrenophora tritici-repentis

7.8 points

Ear septoria

7.8 points

Brown rust

7.7 points

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


Recommended sowing rate: 450-500 seeds/m2, or 220-250 kg/ha