MAESTÀ

A mid-early, alternative, awned, protein-rich, durum wheat, highly valued by pasta makers

• Plant height – medium short
• Ear – short, white
• Awn – brown
• Large grain
• 1000 grain weight – 53-56 g
• High protein content
• High gluten index

• Heading time – medium early
• Plants – erect
• Plant height – medium low (4 points out of 9)
• Ear – medium length, dense, light
• Awns – brown
• Resistance to lodging – medium
• Resistance to Septoria – moderately susceptible
• Resistance to leaf rust – moderately susceptible
• Resistance to wheat mosaic virus (SBWMV) – moderately resistant
• Tolerant to herbicide a.m. chlortoluron
• Grains – large
• Protein content – ​​very high (always not less than 15.0%)
• Gluten index – high
• Yellowness index – high 21-22
• Glassiness – very high
• It is recommended not to sow early
• It is recommended to use fungicides against Septoria

• Number of plants (06/06/2022) – 356 nb/m²
• Number of shoots (06/06/2022) – 728 nb/m²
• Number of productive stems (06/06/2022) – 354.7 nb/m²
• Incidence of powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis) (26.07.2022) – 0 %
• Intensity of powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis) (26.07.2022) – 0 %
• Incidence of Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (26.07.2022) – 78.52 %
• Intensity of Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (26.07.2022) – 3.00 %
• Incidence of septoriosis (Zymoseptoria tritici) (26.07.2022) – 37.0 %
• Intensity of septoriosis (Zymoseptoria tritici) (26.07.2022) – 1.04 %
• Vegetation period to heading – 41 day
• Vegetation period to flowering – 50 days
• Vegetation period to maturity – 89 days
• Plant height – 56.2 cm
• Number of grains in an ear – 28.2 nb/ear
• Weight of grain per ear – 1.43 g
• Weight of 1000 grains – 48.7 g
• Hectoliter weight – 78.4 kg/hl
• Grain moisture – 14.08 %
• Grain yield (at 14 % humidity) – 3.08 t/ha
• Protein content – 14.8 %
• Gluten – 30.4 %
• Falling number – 399
• Sedimentation – 64.3
• Starch – 64.1 %
• Husk content – 1.02 %
• Vitreosity – 92 %

* data from wheat variety testing at LRCAF Joniškėlis research station (2022)

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