DECANTER is a high yielding spring malting barley with very stiff straw and good resistance to ear loss and brackling. Excellent all-round disease resistance is combined with earlier maturity than Optic. Decanter has malting characteristics which are of particular use to the grain distilling industry.
| YIELD (% Treated Control) | | | NE Region Treated Trials | Untreated Trials | | DECANTER | 94 | 84 | | Optic | 96 | 79 |
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| AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS | | | DECANTER | Optic | | Resistance to Lodging | 8 | 8 | | Straw Height (cm) | 74 | 75 | | Ripening (days +/- Optic) | -1 | 0 | | Resistance to Brackling | 8 | 5 |
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| | GRAIN QUALITY | | | DECANTER | Optic | | Grain Nitrogen Content (%) | - | 1.53 | | Specific Weight (kg/hl) | 68.2 | 68.8 | | IBD Malting Approval for Brewing | - | F | | IBD Malting Approval for Distilling | F | F | | | | | | Sieving % through 2.25mm | 2.7 | 2.2 | | Sieving % through 2.5mm | 8.3 | 7.5 |
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(F = Full IBD approval) | DISEASE RESISTANCE | | | DECANTER | Optic | | Mildew | 9 | 5 | | Yellow Rust | 8 | 8 | | Brown Rust | 5 | 6 | | Rhynchosporium | 6 | 4 |
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Data from the HGCA Recommended Lists database, full data at www.hgca.com
On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that the variety shows the character to a high degree.
