Sova wheat

Seed breeding: HR Strzelce

Advantages

• The key feature of this variety is the combination of high and stable yield potential with a high level of winter hardiness, which ensures high safety in cultivation.
• It belongs to the group of low-cost varieties and is characterized by an outstanding level of resistance to fungal diseases.
• Additionally, it is a variety with very good resistance to lodging and the highest resistance to grain growing in the ear.
• It has increased tolerance to low soil pH, is perfectly suitable for cultivation in Polish soil and climatic conditions, dedicated to cultivation in very good, good, mosaic and poorer sites.
• SOVA has very good purchasing parameters: high and stable LO over the years, good grain uniformity, high bulk density and very good rheological parameters of the dough.
• The advantages of the SOVA variety were appreciated by the jury of the competition for the Gold Medal of the Polagra-Premiery 2024 fair.

Important agricultural features

• Soil requirements are average
• Tolerance to soil acidification 7
• Dynamics of autumn development 8
• Proliferation power 6
• Earing 6
• Full maturity 6
• Winter hardiness 4
• Overwintering and regeneration
• (economic assessment) 8
• Tolerance to periodic drought 8
• Resistance to lodging 7.3

Grain quality parameters

• Weight of 1000 grains 42.3g
• Grain evenness 83%
• Grain growing in ears 6
• Bulk grain density 8 (flour yield)
• Protein content 5 (gluten content)
• Falling number 8 (resistance to fouling, bread quality)
• SDS sedimentation index 8 (assessment of gluten quality)
• Amount of wet gluten 8 (specific protein necessary for baking and rising the dough)

Sowing rate

• early sowing (until September 20): 225-300 pcs./m2
• optimal sowing (until October 10): 300-350 pcs./m2
• delayed sowing (until December): 350-450 pcs./m2