SAATEN UNION GmbH Variety Pass Ursa

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

	Variety type		URSA is a medium late malting barley variety. It is very strong in proteolysis and cytolysis.
	Recommendation		Medium late and consistent variety with good disease resistance. It suits well to continental climate.

Development
- height of plant
- coming into ear
- maturity

medium-short (+)
medium (0)
medium-late (+)

Grain yield

- tillering capacity
- kernels per ear
- thousand kernel weight

medium-high (+) with and high (++) without treatment
high (+ +)
medium-high (+)
medium (0)

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

medium-high         96 %            +
medium-high         69,0 kg          +
high                     82,5 % d.m. + +
low-very low         10.3 %         + + +
low-very low        1,44 mPa×s + + +
high                     95,0 %          + +
high-very high        49.2 %         + + +
high-very high      83.6 %         + + +

Sowing time and
Sowing rates²⁾
(germinable grains/m²)
- Early sowing, high emergence
- Medium conditions
- Late sowing, low emergence

Beginning of March to mid of April

dry areas	fertile soils	poor soils
270	280	300
300	320	350
320	350	380

Nitrogen application²⁾
- 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 (0)
medium-high (-) / medium (0)
Only under 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 in EC 37-39

Disease resistance

mildew   +
brown rust   +
rhynchosporium   0
net blotch   +

Fungicides use (choice ofproduct, point of time and quanatity depends on area)

broadband fungicide from EC 33/39 und strong pressure of mildew

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)

Variety access

Variety catalogue 2008/2009