Durum Wheat - Meridiano

Meridiano

Meridiano

  • Due to its high yield stability, Meridiano is well suited to every kind of cultivation area (also confirmed in trials conducted in several areas of the Mediterrranean catchment);
  • High lodging and low temperatures resistance;
  • High test weight and very high yellow index;
  • Low ash content of semolina

 

The Meridiano durum wheat variety is characterized by a very high yield potential, determined by a good balance of the three yield components (ear fertility, 1000 kernel weight and number of ears per meter square). Furthermore, due to its high yield stability, Meridiano is well suited to every kind of cultivation area. These characteristics have been confi rmed in trials conducted abroad. The kernel have good qualitative characteristics, high test weight, good suitability for industrial transformation and a very high yellow index.

ADVICE FOR CULTIVATION

SOWING DATE

Ordinary sowing date are recommended.

SOWING DENSITY

Sowing should be performed with 400 germinating seeds per meter in adequately prepared soils.

NITROGEN FERTILIZATION

Nitrogen should be distributed according to local conditions. Fertilization should be divided into the following way:

  • 1/4 at sowing time or when the plants reach the third-leaf stage;
  • 2/4 at end of tillering-beginning of culm elongation;
  • 1/4 at 2° node.

Under low density conditions, additional nitrogen should be provided at the end of winter.

PHYTOSANITARY DEFENCE

No particular fungicide treatments are required. Preventive treatments are economically advantageous only when conditions are particularly favourable to the development of fungal infections.

VARIETY CHARACTERISTICS

Pedigree
Simeto/WB881//Duilio/F21
Release
1999

PLANT CHARACTERISTICS

Seasonal Type
spring
Heading Time
medium
Height
medium short
Awn colour
light brown
Potential yield
high

GRAIN QUALITY

Test Weight
high
Yellow index ("b" minolta)
very high (24-26)
Protein Content
medium
Gluten quality (scale of values 1-10)
good (5)

RESISTANCE TO:

Powdery Mildew
medium
Leaf Rust
medium
Septoria
medium
Cold
good
Lodging
good

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