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.
