DONNA

The late high yielding oat with very mild hull and good milling quality

• Very stiff and longer straw
• Resistant to drought
• Good kernel size and grading
• Low hull content
• Excellent also for organic production

• Vegetation period (in Finland) – appr. 100 days
• Yield – 6.6 t/ha
• Stem – 101 cm
• Resistant to lodging, only 12 % of plants lodged
• Rather resistant to diseases
• The grain is white, larger than the grains of the Belinda variety
• Weight of 1000 grains – 38.9 g
• The number of small grains (i.e., smaller than 2 mm) is low
• Hectolitre weight – 54.2 kg/hl
• Protein content – 11.5 %
• Protein yield – 641 kg/ha
• Grain husk content – 21.7 %
• Very thin shell
• The quality meets the needs of the mill industry used for food
• Suitable for growing in all types of soil, but best suited for mineral clay soils
• When growing in better soils, it is recommended to use stem shortening means
• The optimal nitrogen rate in good soils is 60-80 kg/ha. In order to increase the protein content, the N rate can be increased to 120-130 kg/ha by dividing it (2/3 given before sowing)
• PK fertilizer is applied in the spring, depending on the soil. Manganese is preferred.

The varietal parameters may differ from those indicated here when the testing circumstances differ from quondam