SAATEN UNION GmbH Variety Pass XANADU

	XANADU	Spring Malting Barley	Send to a friend \| Print page

	Variety type		XANADU is the top malting barley variety of the near future with increasing market shares especially in Eastern Europe. Its excellent malting quality has been accepted by most maltsters and brewers.
	Recommendation		Even under dry and hot conditions XANADU is still yielding very well. It is very resistant to diseases. With increased seed rates late sowing is not a problem.

Legende: ++++ = sehr hoch, 0 = mittel, ---- = sehr gering

Development
- height of plant
- coming into ear
- maturity

short (+ +)
medium (0)
medium (0)

Grain yield

- tillering capacity
- kernels per ear
- thousand kernel weight

medium-high (+) with and high (+) without treatment

high (+ +)
medium-high (+)
medium-high (+)

Malting quality ¹⁾
- fullsize kernel yield (> 2,5 mm)
- hectoliter weight
- malt-extract
- protein content
- viscosity
- friability
- kolbach index
- apperent attenuation limit

high                 94,6 %            + +
medium-high    69,1 kg            +
very high         83,3 % d.m.    + + + +
low                   11.3 %             + +
low-very low    1,46 mPa× s     + + +
medium-high     85,7 %            +
high-very high   45.5 %            + + +
high-veery high 81.2 %           + +

Sowing time and
Sowing rates²⁾
- Early sowing, high emergence
- Medium conditions
- Late sowing, low emergence

March - April

dry areas	fertile soils	poor soils
260	280	300
300	320	350
330	350	380

Nitrogen application²⁾
(140-2 x Nmin)
- sowing until beginning of vegetation
- end of tillering until shooting

dry areas	fertile soils	poor soils
60-80	50-60	60-80
-	-	(20-30)

Lodging
Stem brackling / Ear necking
Growth regulators
(consider plant development, soil and climatic conditions)

medium-low (+)
medium (0) / low (+ +)
only on very intensive cultivation
e.g. 0,2-0,3 l/ha Camposan Extra in EC 37-47
or 0,8-1,2 l/ha Terpal C ind EC 39-39

Disease resistance

mildew + + +
brown rust    +
rhynchosporium    0
net blotch    +

Fungicides use (choice of product, point of time and quantity depends on area)

EC 37/39 only under strong disease pressure

Breeder

Nordsaat Saatzucht GmbH, Germany

¹ results of official trial in Germany
² to be adapted locally

+ + + + = very high (favorable), 0 = medium, - - - - = very low (unfavorable)

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