SPRING OATS 2007

AGRONOMIC & QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS*	RECOMMENDED	RECOMMENDED	RECOMMENDED	RECOMMENDED
	BARRA	CORRIB	EVITA	FREDDY
Relative Yield	94	103	101	105
Shortness of straw	6	7	8	7
Strength of straw	5	8	7	7
Earliness of ripening	6	6	6	7
Resistance to:
Mildew	3	3	4	3
Crown rust	4	5	4	4
Quality:
1000 grain weight (g)	33.4	35.7	36.3	36.5
Kernel content (%)	75.3	73.7	73.7	72.9
Hectolitre weight (kg/hl)	54.6	53.1	53.7	53.7
Year first listed	1985	2005	1999	2002

* Based on trial results from 2004, 2005 and 2006

• Yields are expressed as a percentage of the mean of Barra, Evita and Freddy where (100 = 7.179 t/ha @ 15% moisture).