Durum Wheat - Saragolla

Saragolla

The more yielding variety in all distribution areas (statistical data based on four-year period 2007-2010 national trials for central and southern Italy);
High semolina quality;
Extraordinary gluten quality;
High resistance to lodging and diseases;
Extraordinary resistance to environmental stresses

Early durum wheat with very high yield potential, very good resistance to common diseases and to lodging. Very high gluten quality and high yellow index (b = 24 – 26).

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: Iride/0114
Release: 2004

PLANT CHARACTERISTICS

Seasonal Type: spring
Heading Time: early
Height: medium
Awn colour: whitish
Potential yield: very high

GRAIN QUALITY

Test Weight: high
Yellow index ("b" Minolta): high (24-26)
Protein Content: medium high
Gluten quality (scale of values 1-10): very good (7)

RESISTANCE TO:

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

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