Your Barley at a glance
2 Row
Spring Barley - Brewing
Brewing
new
RGT ECLIPSE
A potential pan European variety
Strengths
Highest HWE in its set
High spec weight
Early maturity
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
RGT Eclipse delivers a treated yield that is 5% above RGT Planet. It also has a high untreated yield, suggesting robust in-field resistance to the major foliar diseases.
The variety is a potential brewing variety, featuring in the top three varieties in its set for hot water extract (HWE). It also has one of the highest specific weights.
It was the highest yielding variety in NL1 Harvest 2021. RGT Eclipse is a potential pan-European variety and is official trials in France, Germany, Czech Republic and Spain.
Agronomics
Yield 103 % of controls
Spec weight 69.2 kg/hl
Lodging PGR + 2 %
Brackling 8 %
Height 74 cm
Ripening days
Diseases
1 = very sensitive / 9 = very tolerant
VARIETY ATTRIBUTES
Disease*
the lowest = 1 – the best = 9
Rynchosporium
55.55%
Mildew
99.99%
Brown rust
44.44%
