Margret

A high-yielding variety of universal type with high drought resistance

8.2 tonnes/hectare (Belgorod oblast)
8.0 tonnes/hectare (Voronezh, Nizhniy Novgorod oblasts)

9.5 tonnes/hectare (Kursk oblast)

9.5 tonnes/hectare

Central and Central Black Soil and Ural regions

A mid-maturing lodging-resistant variety. The plant is medium length. The environmental plasticity and drought resistance are high.

Regional optimum

80–90 days

330–350 pcs/m² — early sowing
350–400 pcs/m² — late sowing

42–46 g

Production of malting quality grain requires limiting the application of Nitrogen to 40 kg/ha upon sowing and of phosphate potassium fertilisers — up to 40 kg/ha in autumn or spring. A bumper harvest of fodder barley with a high protein content (13% or more) requires increasing nitrogenous fertilisers up to 100 120 kg/ha and the amount of phosphate potassium ones — up to 60 kg/ha

Resistance to crown rust, moderate resistance to rhynchosporium, low resistance to powdery mildew

Seed treatment against smuts and one fungicide treatment prior to ear emergence in order to protect the flag leaf and the ear are obligatory

Malting and forage