SAATEN UNION GmbH Variety pass Marthe

	Marthe	Spring Malting Barley	Print page

	Variety type		MARTHE is a new top malting barley variety with significantly more marketable parts than any other existing malting barley variety. MARTHE has a very high quality profile. It is a medium early, consistent variety which is less susceptible to abiotic spotting.
	Recommendation		Recommended by the "Berliner Programm" for processing in the brewing and malting industry. The very adaptable variety with a range across all European states is suitable without any exceptions for all soils and climatic regions.

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

Development
- height of plant
- coming into ear
- maturity

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

Grain yield
- tillering capacity
- kernels per ear
- thousand kernel weight

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

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

high                    95,9 %            + +
medium-high      71,5 kg              +
medium-high      83,8 % d.m.     + + + +
very low            10.3 %             + + +
very low            1,48 mPa×s    + + + +
high-very high   90,8 %            + + +
high                   46.2 %             + +
high-very high   83.2 %             + + +

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

Beginning of March to end of April

dry areas	fertile soils	poor soils
260	280	300
290	310	330
330	350	370

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

dry areas	fertile soils	poor soils
70-90	50-60	60-80
-	-	(20-30)

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

medium-low (+)
medium-low (+) / low (+ +)
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 ind EC 37-39

Disease resistance

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

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

broadband fungicide from EC 37/39 or splitted in EC 32/37 and EC 49/51 against leaf spotting

Breeder

Nordsaat Saatzucht GmbH, Böhnshausen, 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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