GATSBY is a high yielding feed wheat with a unique combination of agronomic and disease resistance characteristics, including resistance to Wheat Orange Blossom Midge.
VERY HIGH YIELD POTENTIAL (% treated controls) | | | Treated Trials | Untreated Trials | | GATSBY | 101 | 87 | | Welford | 102 | 79 | | Robigus | 102 | 83 |
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Gatsby has a high treated yield potential and a very high untreated yield.
REGIONAL PERFORMANCE | | | GATSBY | Welford | Robigus | | North | 102 | 100 | 102 | | Dry (East) | 101 | 102 | 102 | | Wet (West) | 101 | 99 | 102 |
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ROTATIONAL POSITION | | | GATSBY | Welford | Robigus | | First Cereal | 101 | 101 | 103 | Second or
more Cereal | 103 | 102 | 99 |
SOIL TYPE | | | GATSBY | Welford | Robigus | | Light Soils | 102 | 100 | 102 | | Heavy Soils | 101 | 103 | 102 |
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Gatsby has yielded well in all areas of the UK.
STIFF STRAW | | | GATSBY | Welford | Robigus | | Straw Height (cm) Untreated | 92 | 80 | 90 | | Resistance to Lodging (no PGR) | 7 | 9 | 7 | | Resistance to Lodging (with PGR) | 8 | 9 | 8 | | Ripening (days +/- Claire, + = Late) | +3 | +1 | +1 |
Gatsby has medium length straw (similar to Robigus) and is very stiff with good lodging resistance when pgr treated.
It is later to ripen than Claire and Robigus. | GRAIN QUALITY | | | GATSBY | Welford | Robigus | | NABIM Group | 4 | 4 | 3 | | Endosperm Texture | Soft | Hard | Soft | | Protein Content (%) | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | | Hagberg Falling Number | 236 | 261 | 206 | | Specific Weight (kg/hl) | 76.6 | 74.4 | 76.5 | | Thousand Grain Weight (gms) | (43.6) | 43.5 | 45.5 | | Chopin Alveograph W | (78) | 78 | 101 | | Chopin Alveograph P/L | (0.4) | 1.0 | 0.3 |
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Gatsby is a nabim Group 4 variety with a soft endosperm and a good specific weight for the feed sector.
EXCELLENT DISEASE RESISTANCE | | | GATSBY | Welford | Robigus | | Mildew | 7 | 6 | 6 | | Yellow Rust | 9 | 7 | 3 | | Brown Rust | 8 | 6 | 6 | | Septoria tritici | 7 | 5 | 7 | | Eyespot | 6 | 8 | 5 |
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Gatsby has excellent resistance to all the major foliar diseases with no weaknesses. It is one of only three varieties on the HGCA Recommended List to have a '7' for Septoria tritici resistance.
ORANGE BLOSSOM MIDGE RESISTANT | | | GATSBY | Welford | Robigus | Wheat Orange
Blossom Midge | Resistant | Resistant | Resistant |
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Gatsby has proven genetic resistance to Wheat Orange Blossom Midge and was added to the 2006 HGCA Recommended List with a specific recommendation for this character.
SOWING DATES | Gatsby has the attributes required for early sowing: stiff straw, very good Septoria resistance and slow primordia development. Its optimum sowing date is between early September and mid-October. The latest safe sowing date for Gatsby is the end of January. |
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Data from the HGCA Recommended Lists database, full data at www.hgca.com . On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that the variety shows the character to a high degree.
