WINTER MALTING BARLEY | Quality for connoisseurs
• Winter two-row barley
• Extremely high yields
• Mid-late ripening
• Excellent brewing qualities
MONRO is a newly registered two-row winter barley, with good brewing qualities and excellent grain sifting.
With comparable ripening time, winter hardiness and brewing qualities, MONRO surpasses in terms of yield the most famous European varieties by 5 - 10%.
Agronomic characteristics
| Winter hardiness | medium | 5 |
| Expulsion | medium - late | 5 |
| Maturity | medium - early | 4 |
| Plant height | medium high | 4 |
| Lodging resistance | low | 6 |
| Устойчивост на пречупване на стъблото | medium | 5 |
| Abrasion resistance of the spindle of the spike | medium | 5 |
Yield Structure
| Malt extract | very high | 2 |
| Thousand kernel weight | medium | 5 |
| Grain yield | very good | 4 |
| Number of grains / class | medium high | 4 |
| Sowing density | high | 3 |
Disease Tolerance
| Powdery mildew | low | 5 |
| Puccinia spp | low | 7 |
| Pyrenophora teres | low | 6 |
| Rhinchosporium secalis | very good | 3 |
| Ramularia collo-cygni | low | 7 |
| Bean Yellow Mosaic Virus (BYMV) | resistant | 1 |
Sowing
| Sowing time | end September - mid October | |
| Sowing density, seeds per m2 | rec. breeder | 330-360 |
| our recommendation | 340-380 | |
