CARAT is a high yielding, stiff-strawed 2-row feed quality, winter barley with very short straw and early maturity. Carat has the highest specific weight of any variety on the HGCA Recommended List.
Good all-round disease resistance is combined with resistance to Barley Yellow Mosaic Virus.
| YIELD (% Treated Controls) | | | Treated Trials | Untreated Trials | | CARAT | 98 | 78 | | Haka | 98 | 80 | | Cannock | 101 | 76 |
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REGIONAL TREATED TRIALS (% Treated Controls) | | | North | Dry (East) | Wet (West) | | CARAT | 96 | 98 | 98 | | Haka | 98 | 99 | 96 | | Cannock | 102 | 100 | 99 |
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| AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS | | | CARAT | Haka | Cannock | | Resistance to Lodging | 8 | 8 | 7 | | Straw Height (cm) | 89 | 94 | 97 | | Ripening (days +/- Pearl) | -3 | -2 | +2 | | Winter Hardiness | 5 | 7 | 4 |
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| | GRAIN QUALITY | | | CARAT | Haka | Cannock | | | | | | | Specific Weight (kg/hl) | 72.0 | 71.6 | 66.7 | | Sieving % through 2.25mm | 1.7 | 1.6 | 4.4 | | Sieving % through 2.5mm | 4.3 | 4.5 | 13.6 |
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| DISEASE RESISTANCE | | | CARAT | Haka | Cannock | | Mildew | 6 | 7 | 4 | | Yellow Rust | 6 | 7 | 8 | | Brown Rust | 4 | 7 | 5 | | Rhynchosporium | 7 | 5 | 8 | | Net Blotch | 6 | 7 | 8 | | Barley Yellow Mosaic Virus | R | S | S | | R = Resistant S = Susceptible |
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Data from the HGCA Recommended Lists database, full data at www.hgca.com
