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Qplus is a high yielding winter wheat with bread-making potential (nabim Group 2). It is the only bread-making variety on the HGCA Recommended List that has genetic resistance to wheat orange blossom midge (WOBM).

Qplus has very stiff straw, good all-round disease resistance with no weaknesses and good physical grain quality. Qplus is provisionally classified as a ukp bread wheat suitable for export.

PEDIGREE
Solstice x Robigus

HIGH YIELD POTENTIAL (% Treated Control)
 Treated YieldUntreated Yield
QPLUS9782
Cordiale9877
Solstice9776

Qplus has shown a high yield potential in HGCA RL trials, similar to Solstice when fungicide treated and 6% above without treatment.

 

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
 QPLUSCordialeSolstice
Resistance to Lodging (with PGR) 989
Straw Height (cm) untreated928397
Ripening (days +/- Solstice, + = Later) +2-20
Resistance to Sprouting(6)67
( ) = Limited Data

Qplus is a relatively long strawed variety with excellent resistance to lodging when PGR treated. It has good resistance to sprouting.

 

GOOD ALL-ROUND DISEASE RESISTANCE
 QPLUSCordialeSolstice
Mildew564
Yellow Rust664
Brown Rust733
Septoria nodorum (7)55
Septoria tritici655
Eyespot555
Fusarium
Ear Bright

6

66
( ) = Limited Data

Qplus has good all-round disease resistance, with no major weaknesses and high untreated yields, providing growers with the opportunity for targeted fungicide programmes to reduce growing costs.

 

MARKET POTENTIAL
 QPLUSCordialeSolstice
nabim Group 221
UKP Export Bread (Y)YY
Endosperm TextureHardHardHard
Protein Content (%)12.212.412.1
Hagberg Falling Number234305266
Specific Weight (kg/hl)77.679.478.0
Thousand Grain Weight (g)(50.5)46.850.0
Zeleny Volume (48.1)(52.2)51.2
Chopin Alveograph W 226246197
Chopin Alveograph P/L 0.90.80.6

Y = Suitable for that market, (Y) = May be suited to that market, ( ) = Limited Data

Qplus is a nabim Group 2 bread-making variety with very good milling characteristics offering growers the potential for premiums in both the domestic and export markets.

 


Data from the HGCA Recommended Lists database, full data at www.hgca.com

On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree.

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