New, highly adaptable, medium-early two-rowed winter barley variety

• Medium-early variety
• New, high-yielding two-rowed winter barley variety for the livestock industry and human consumption
• An extremely adaptable variety suitable for cultivation in fertile soils and more intensive production conditions, but also grows well in less fertile soils and in more extensive production conditions
• High yield potential
• Tolerance to most widespread diseases
• Medium-height, firm and elastic stem, resistant to lodging
• Large, uniformly sized grains
• Seeding rate of 200-220 kg/ha in optimal sowing periods to achieve target plant density

Latest high-yielding and high grain quality two-rowed winter barley variety

• Medium-late variety
• Latest two-rowed winter barley variety for the livestock industry and human consumption
• Medium-length vegetation period and heading time suitable for barley production conditions in Croatia, especially the lowland area, where it achieves stable and high yields, and high grain quality
• High adaptability
• Tolerance to most widespread diseases
• Very good resistance to low temperatures and drought
• Large, uniformly sized grains
• Shorter, firm and elastic stems, with short internodes; its characteristics make it one of our varieties most resistant to lodging
• Not recommended as a malting variety, but if malting barley crop management is correctly applied, produces malt with a high extract content and very good starch degradation cytolysis and proteolysis indicators
• Seeding rate of 200-220 kg/ha in optimal sowing periods

Two-rowed barley variety offering “maximal” yield and yield stability

• Medium-late variety
• Most widely grown two-rowed winter barley variety in Osijek Agricultural Institute’s selection programme
• Recognised and successfully produced in Croatia and 10 other countries in the region and beyond
• Great adaptability and grain yield stability
• Highly tolerant to adverse effects of climate change (high temperature oscillations and drought)
• Good wintering, high productive tillering
• Short, firm stem, resistant to lodging
• High tolerance to diseases
• Often chosen by farmers who use intensive crop management to achieve above-average grain yield
• Due to its somewhat longer vegetation period, it manifests its yield potential both in the central and in the western production areas in Croatia
• Recommended seeding rate of 210-220 kg/ha in optimal sowing periods

Six-rowed barley variety with a short vegetation period, resistant to lodging

• Early variety
• Most widely grown six-rowed winter barley variety in Croatia
• Its very early maturity is a very valuable property in increasingly frequent “short vegetation period”, high-stress production years
• Shorter, extremely firm stem, not prone to lodging, offering special safety in production
• High tolerance to most widespread barley diseases, good tolerance to extreme weather in winter and to drought
• Confirmed high grain yield stability; has achieved record yields in some years in a wide cultivation area in Croatia
• Stable and high grain yields in different soil types, suitable for cultivation in fertile soils and more intensive production conditions
• Very low per hectare seed consumption: lower seeding rate of 150-160 kg/ha in optimal sowing period

Notable advancement in six-rowed barley selection

• Medium-late variety
• New, modern and highly attractive six-rowed winter barley variety for the livestock industry and human consumption
• Notable advancement in: increased grain yield, further “health record” improvement, increased resistance to lodging, increased first-class grain content and grain protein content
• Very attractive phenotype, horizontal spikes
• Taller, but very firm and elastic stem
• Large and well-formed grains
• Given its longer vegetation period, it will manifest its yield potential both in the central and western production areas in Croatia
• Recommended seeding rate of 190-200 kg/ha in optimal sowing periods

New early variety with a high yield potential

• Early variety
• New, earlier two-rowed winter barley variety
• Capable of high grain yield potential even in drought years thanks to earlier heading and extended grain-filling time
• Well-formed, large grains, high grain-filling intensity, higher standard mass per storage volume, and high first-class grain content
• Very high grain yields can be expected in more fertile soils, using intensive crop management and well-balanced mineral fertilisation
• Very short and very firm stems minimize the risk of lodging
• Due to early maturity and earlier technological maturity, production of catch crops – 00 group soybean varieties with a short vegetation period (Korana) or early FAO 300 group hybrids (OS 3114) – can be planned after Pleter, if weather is adequate
• Recommended seeding rate of 200-220 kg/ha in optimal sowing period

New, highly adaptable variety

• Medium-late variety
• New, high-yielding two-rowed winter barley variety, highly adaptable to different production conditions and technologies
• Provides record performance when using intensive crop management, and above-average performance in more demanding cultivation conditions, including lower-fertility soils and more extensive crop management
• Excellent wintering
• High tillering coefficient
• High tolerance to main barley diseases
• Notable tolerance to high-stress production conditions, especially drought
• Short, elastic stem, highly resistant to lodging
• Suitable for cultivation in entire production area; given its longer vegetation period, it will manifest its grain yield potential especially in central and western production areas in Croatia
• Usual seeding rate of 200-220 kg/ha in optimal sowing periods

A new, highly adaptable variety with a lower seeding rate

• Medium-late variety
• New six-rowed winter barley variety for the livestock industry
• Successfully produced in entire production area in Croatia due to its remarkable adaptability and grain yield stability in different production conditions
• Due to its late maturity, it manifests its yield potential both in the central and western production areas in Croatia
• Medium-height stem (average height of 88 cm), firm, elastic, good resistance to lodging
• Very large and well-formed grains with a high protein content
• Tolerant to most widespread barley diseases
• Very tolerant to adverse effects of climate change such as high temperature oscillations and drought
• Lower seeding rate thanks to high productive tillering coefficient
• Recommended seeding rate of 150-170 kg/ha in optimal sowing periods

Two-rowed spring barley with good commercially valuable properties

• Matej is a high-yielding spring variety of fodder barley from the Osijek Agricultural Institute’s selection programme
• It is a variety of medium maturity, featuring a two-rowed, loose spike, which has been produced for many years, confirming time and again the amount and stability of its grain yield in years of different weather and soil conditions
• Its commercial properties include tolerance to most widespread diseases and pests, a medium-height, firm, elastic and lodging-resistant stem, and large, uniformly sized grains, with an extremely high standard mass per storage volume
• Our recommendation is to sow it in February and early March, with the recommended seeding rate of 210-235 kg/ha