ELVI

A mid-early, high-yielding winter rye with excellent winterhardiness and perfect grain quality

• Very productive
• Yields – medium to high
• Vegetation period (in Estonia) – 330-345 days
• Plant height – medium
• Growth habit – upright
• Stems – strong, slightly curved
• Resistant to lodging
• Leaves – broad, drooping, bright green
• Ears – medium length, medium density/dense, grains arranged parallel
• Ears – semi-erect, as the grain ripens, the ears become horizontally
• Awns – medium long
• Winter hardy
• Resistant to diseases
• Resistant to snow mould
• Resistance to other diseases – moderately good
• Grains – greyish yellow, medium length, medium to large
• 1000 grain weight – high
• Hectoliter weight – medium
• Good grain quality, suitable for baking bread
• Protein content – ​​medium/high
• Generally grown for grain for bread
• Grains and green mass are suitable for feed
• Can also be grown as a cover/catch crop
• Suitable for organic farming

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