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Variety Type | Soft Group 4 |
Scope of recommendation | UK |
UK treated yield (% control 10.2 t/ha) | 102 |
UK bread-making | - |
UK biscuit & cake making | - |
UK distilling | [Yes] |
ukp bread wheat for export | - |
uks soft wheat for export | [Blend] |
Endosperm texture | Soft |
Protein content (%) | 11.1 |
Hagberg falling number | 222 |
Specific weight (kg/hl) | 75.9 |
1000 grain weight (g) | - |
Chopin alveograph W | 81 |
Chopin alveograph P/L | 0.3 |
Year first listed | 2012 |
RL status | P2 |
Resistance to lodging without PGR | 7 |
Resistance to lodging with PGR | 8 |
Height without PGR (cm) | 88 |
Ripening days | +1 |
Resistance to sprouting | - |
Mildew | 7 |
Yellow rust | 6 |
Brown rust | 6 |
Septoria nodorum | [5] |
Septoria tritici | 5 |
Eyespot | [5] |
Fusarium ear blight | 6 |
Orange wheat blossom midge | Resistant |
Breeder | Limagrain |
UK contact | Limagrain |
Source | HGCA RL 2014/15 |
Horatio is a new soft textured winter wheat with an excellent yield potential combined with good agronomic characters and grain quality
HORATIO has a very good disease resistance profile with no major weaknesses, including resistance to orange wheat blossom midge.
It is potentially suitable for the distilling, biofuel, export and animal feed markets.
Source: Limagrain website – Horatio product page
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Limagrain Contact
Limagrain UK Ltd
Rothwell
Market Rasen
Lincolnshire
LN7 6DT
Tel: 01472 371471
Fax: 01472 371386
Breeder Agronomy Notes
Alchemy x Oakley
Horatio has a very good disease resistance profile with no major weaknesses, including resistance to orange wheat blossom midge. It is potentially suitable for the distilling, biofuel, export and animal feed markets.
Recommended – Early Sept – Mid Oct
Latest – End Feb
160 seeds/sqm
Source: www.limagrain.co.uk