Ascot has a very high yield potential (both with and without fungicide), a sound combination of agronomic characters and good grain quality. It has recently been added to the HGCA Recommended List of spring oats.
Breeder: Landbouwbureau Wiersum, Netherlands
Agent: Nickerson
Official Trial Status: HGCA Recommended List 2008
Ascot is 5% higher yielding than Firth when fungicide treated and 3% above without fungicide.
Ascot is a tall strawed variety with similar lodging resistance to Firth. Ascot is later to ripen than Firth. |
Ascot has a good specific weight with a similar kernal content to Emotion.
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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.
