Cover crop rye
PROTECTOR


Advantages

  • Top variety regarding dry matter yield (source: results of the official testing of the last six years)
  • An excellent supplier of biomass due to its good time/output ratio
  • Most suitable for late sowing
Strong winter growth
Very good protection against erosion
Double use: feed and biogas

Short profile
---- = very low resistance/early/short, ++++ = very high resistance/late/long 

 General description
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Plant Development
Maturity
Vitality
Lodging resistance
Quality
Hagberg / Falling number
Raw protein content

General description


 General description
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---- = very low resistance/early/short, ++++ = very high resistance/late/long

Plant development and vitality
Ear emergence
Maturity

Yield structure
Ears/m2
Grains/ear
TGW

Sowing
Time of sowing - poor soils
dry and poor soils: 15th of September until end of October, better soils: 20th of September until beginning of November
Seed rate
locally adapted

Straw
Plant height
medium to tall
Lodging resistance
Plant growth regulator
locally adapted

Disease resistance
Mildew
Rhynchosporium
Brown rust

Quality
Hagberg / Falling number
Raw protein content

Breeder
P.H.Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard GmbH & Co.KG, Germany as maintainer
All variety descriptions have been prepared in accordance to the best of our knowledge, considering trial results and observations. A guarantee or a liability in individual cases is not possible, because the growth conditions are subject to substantial fluctuations.