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Excalibur
The noble wheat!
- SpeciesWheat
- Sowing periodWinter
- MaturityEarly
- Cropping systemConventional
- Varietal traitAwned
- Quality
- Wheat after maize
- Wheat after wheat
Important information
Bearded wheat
Foot diseases: PCH1 resistant
Bread wheat A
Description
Bearded variety. Excalibur offers first-class baking quality with excellent technological values. Fairly early active after winter, the variety ripens quickly making harvest reliable. The disease profile is strong, especially against brown rust, fusarium and septoria leaf blotch, and this is complemented with resistance to foot diseases PCH1.
Sowing info
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October — Sowing possible
- November — Recommended period
- December — Recommended period
- Mid-October 300 seeds/m² — Sowing possible
- November to mid-December 400 seeds/m² — Recommended period
Recommended period Sowing possible
October (second half), November, December (first half)
Technical ratings
Agronomic characteristics
Alternativity
3
Stem elongation earliness
4
Heading earliness
6
Ripening earliness
7
Frost tolerance
6
Tillering capacity
6
Straw length
4
Lodging resistance
6
Chlortoluron
9
Mosaic virus
9
Technological values
Test weight
8/9
Protein content
9/9
Zeleny index
9/9
Hagberg
9/9
TKW
5/9
Disease tolerance
Powdery mildew
6,5/9
Yellow rust
7,5/9
Brown rust
8/9
Septoria
7,5/9
Fusarium head blight
7,5/9
Eyespot
6/9
1/9 = Very low 9/9 = Very high
