CASSIUS is a soft endospermed winter wheat with a very high yield and nabim Group 3 potential. It has excellent resistance to yellow and brown rusts as well as good standing ability. Cassius is likely to be suitable for the biscuit, distilling, animal feed and export markets.
Cassius has medium length straw and has shown very little lodging in trials. It is earlier to mature than Robigus and Alchemy. |
Cassius is a soft textured wheat with nabim Group 3 potential, a good specific weight and Hagberg Falling Number.
Cassius has a very good disease resistance profile with excellent resistance to both yellow and brown rust, and is similar to Alchemy for Septoria Tritici. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MARKET OPTIONS
CASSIUS is ideally suited for the animal feed, biscuit, distilling and export markets. In preliminary testing it has shown good dough extensibility and water absorption for biscuit flour and given positive results from distilling tests.
SOWING DATE
Preliminary observations from 2007 suggest Cassius has slow primordial development in the spring (similar to Alchemy) which, combined with its good standing ability, make it potentially suitable for early sowing in the autumn, Cassius is currently being evaluated in early September sown trials.
The latest safe sowing date for Cassius is the end of January.
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.
