SOLSTICE is a high quality bread-making wheat that is popular with millers and has been reclassified by nabim as a Group 1 variety. It has performed very reliably in commercial usage and is straightforward to grow with no significant agronomic weaknesses.
VERY HIGH YIELD POTENTIAL (% treated controls) | | | Treated Trials | Untreated Trials | | SOLSTICE | 100 | 80 | | Mascot | 97 | 79 | | Malacca | 93 | 74 |
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Solstice has produced high yields in both treated and untreated trials.
REGIONAL PERFORMANCE (% treated controls) | | | North | Dry (East) | West (Wet) | | SOLSTICE | 98 | 100 | 100 | | Mascot | 97 | 98 | 95 | | Malacca | 95 | 93 | 92 |
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Solstice has produced high yields across all HGCA regions of the UK. It has proved to be a reliable variety in trials, performing close to its UK mean yield when sown as a first or second cereal, and across a range of soil types and seasons.
VERY STIFF STRAW | | | SOLSTICE | Mascot | Malacca | | Straw Height (cm) Untreated | 95 | 93 | 86 | | Resistance to Lodging (no PGR) | 8 | 7 | 7 | | Resistance to Lodging (with PGR) | 9 | 8 | 8 | | Ripening (days +/- Claire, + = Late) | +1 | -1 | -1 | | Resistance to Sprouting | 7 | - | 6 |
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Although Solstice is a relatively tall strawed variety, it has excellent lodging resistance. It has very good resistance to sprouting. | IDEALLY SUITED TO DOMESTIC AND OVERSEAS MARKETS | | | SOLSTICE | Mascot | Malacca | | NABIM Group | 1 | 1 | 1 | | UKP Export Bread | Y | (Y) | Y | | Endosperm Texture | Hard | Hard | Hard | | Protein Content (%) | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.5 | | Hagberg Falling Number | 272 | 278 | 312 | | Specific Weight (kg/hl) | 78.4 | 77.3 | 75.3 | | Thousand Grain Weight (gm) | 50.5 | 51.5 | 45.7 | | Zeleny Volume | 51.0 | 51.7 | 47.9 | | Chopin Alveograph W | 189 | 231 | 217 | | Chopin Alveograph P/L | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
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Y = suitable for that market
Solstice is a nabim Group 1 variety with excellent milling characteristics producing high rates of flour extraction and appealing white flour, offering growers the potential for milling premiums in the domestic market. Solstice can also meet the specifications of the export market giving growers a choice of premium market outlets.
GOOD DISEASE RESISTANCE | | | SOLSTICE | Mascot | Malacca | | Mildew | 5 | 6 | 6 | | Yellow Rust | 9 | 5 | 8 | | Brown Rust | 4 | 5 | 6 | | Septoria nodorum | 6 | 7 | 7 | | Septoria tritici | 5 | 5 | 5 | | Eyespot | 5 | 6 | 5 | Fusarium
Ear Bright | 6 | 5 | 5 |
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Solstice has good disease resistance, especially to yellow rust and, importantly for a quality variety, Fusarium ear blight. The development of mildew and eyespot will require monitoring, especially in early sown, thick crops and brown rust should be catered for where this is historically a problem.
SOWING DATE | | Solstice can be sown from mid- September through to the end of January. |
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Data from the HGCA Recommended Lists database, full data at www.hgca.com
