Wheat hard yara Isolde elite, Kharkiv region.

Wheat hard spring Isolde  elite 

In the Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine since 2004.

Recommended for growing in the Forest Steppe and Polissia. 

Economic and biological characteristics:

* High-yielding (54.2–57.0 t/ha)

* Medium ripe

* Moderately resistant to laying.

* Resistant to drought and shedding

* Resistance (point) against damage by brown rust – 8, powdery mildew – 8

 Qualitygrain. Weight of 1000 grains 45.0–50.0 g. Nature of grain 800 g/l, vitreousness 98%, crude gluten content 36.0–39.0%, protein – 16.6%. (//tractor-service.com)

Approbation signs. A variety of leucurum.

Medium height (95–115 cm).

The spike is pyramidal, short (6.4–6.8 cm), dense (28 spikelets per 10 cm of shaft length). The spines are 10–11 cm long, parallel to the ear.

Spikelet scales are elongated, medium, with medium nerves. The shoulder is slanted, narrow. The tooth is very short, slightly bent. The keel is wide, strongly pronounced. The grain is ovoid, medium, the groove is narrow, shallow. 

Agrotechnical requirements.  Semi-intensive variety. Demanding on growing conditions.

The best predecessors are perennial and annual leguminous grasses, leguminous-cereal mixtures, peas, soybeans, sugar beets (except in very dry years),corn for green fodder and silage, potatoes. Sowing dates are early. The sowing rate is 6 million similar grains per 1 ha, up to 7 million for worse predecessors. Sow with calibrated, poisoned seeds of high reproduction.

Depth of wrappingseeds 3–5 cm, in case of rapid drying of the top layer of soil, 4–6 cm is allowed.

After sowing, rolling is carried out.

The variety makes good use of the after-effect of fertilizers applied under its predecessor. The main mineral fertilizer is N60P60K60.

The same norm is also appropriate for typical chernozem.