Mechiel Groenewald
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Mechiel Groenewald
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Pannar’s unbeatable package of high yield potential and widely adapted wheat cultivars will give you the performance you need on your farm. With their strong seedling vigour and good straw strength, standability, stooling capacity and grading characteristics, you can rely on their success.
The Pannar® brand wheat package has made a major contribution to local wheat production. The breeding programme focuses on improving the yield potential of wheat production in South Africa, as well as the development of cultivars with new sources of tolerance to Russian Wheat Aphid and Rust.
Wheat cultivars classified as tolerant to Rust and Russian Wheat Aphid must, as with susceptible cultivars, still be monitored for the occurrence of these pests, since new races/biotypes that have the ability to overcome the tolerance may develop. Factors such as disease pressure, appearance of symptoms at the seedling stage and prevailing climatic conditions may also affect the effectiveness or expression of tolerance.
Our options for dryland and irrigation will meet your preferred planting dates and seeding rates. Pannar’s dryland package consists of true winter and intermediate wheat cultivars, while the irrigation package boasts high potential spring type irrigation cultivars divided into two growing period classes; medium early and medium late.
PAN 3373 is suited for production in the Western and Eastern Free State Dryland production area. PAN 3373 replaces PAN 3368 as the new flagship intermediate type. This cultivar will be ideal for use in supplementary irrigation practices due to its shorter growth period and excellent standability combined with robustness and class-leading tillering capability.
| Growth Class | Intermediate Types |
|---|---|
| Production System | Dryland Free State |
| Relative Maturity | Early |
|---|---|
| Days to 50% Flowering* (warmer) | 138 |
| Days to 50% Flowering* (colder) | 128 |
| Days to Physiological Maturity (warmer) | 180 |
| Days to Physiological Maturity (colder) | 170 |
| Days to Harvest (warmer) | 190 |
| Days to Harvest (colder) | 175 |
| Western Cape | 1 |
|---|---|
| Eastern Free State | 8 |
| Central Free State | 8 |
| North Western Free State | 8 |
| South Western Free State | 8 |
| Irrigation | 6† |
| Standability | 8 |
|---|---|
| Hectolitre Mass | 8 |
| Pre-harvest Sprouting Tolerance** | 3 |
| Aluminium Tolerance** | Unknown |
| Coleoptile Length | 5 |
| Plant Height | 4 |
| Tillering | 9 |
| Straw Yield | 6 |
| Fusarium Head Blight | 1 |
|---|---|
| Russian Wheat Aphid Tolerance | Unknown |
| Leaf Rust*** | 8 |
| Stem Rust*** | 8 |
| Stripe Rust*** | 8 |
| Suitable for Double Cropping Under Irrigation | 5† |
|---|
The medium late grower PAN 3497 is the number one choice for early plantings. It has an excellent yield potential at early plantings and achieves top performance over multiple seasons nationally. It has good tillering capacity, grading characteristics and tolerance to Stripe Rust. The cultivar is susceptible to Leaf Rust.
| Growth Class | Spring Types |
|---|---|
| Production System | Irrigation |
| Relative Maturity | Medium Late |
|---|---|
| Days to 50% Flowering* (warmer) | 101 |
| Days to 50% Flowering* (colder) | 111 |
| Days to Physiological Maturity (warmer) | 151 |
| Days to Physiological Maturity (colder) | 161 |
| Days to Harvest (warmer) | 161 |
| Days to Harvest (colder) | 171 |
| Western Cape | 1 |
|---|---|
| Eastern Free State | 1 |
| Central Free State | 1 |
| North Western Free State | 1 |
| South Western Free State | 1 |
| Irrigation | 9 |
| Standability | 7 |
|---|---|
| Hectolitre Mass | 7 |
| Pre-harvest Sprouting Tolerance** | 6 |
| Aluminium Tolerance** | 2 |
| Coleoptile Length | 2 |
| Plant Height | 7 |
| Tillering | 6 |
| Straw Yield | 5 |
| Fusarium Head Blight | 3 |
|---|---|
| Russian Wheat Aphid Tolerance | 1 |
| Leaf Rust*** | 3 |
| Stem Rust*** | 5 |
| Stripe Rust*** | 8 |
| Suitable for Double Cropping Under Irrigation | 9 |
|---|
Exceptionally wide area adaptability with top performance in the ARC national trials. High yield potential, good aluminium tolerance and excellent standability provided by its shorter straw length. It has a high cold requirement and is more suited to early plantings.
| Growth Class | True Winter Types |
|---|---|
| Production System | Dryland Free State |
| Relative Maturity | Late |
|---|---|
| Days to 50% Flowering* (warmer) | 152 |
| Days to 50% Flowering* (colder) | 140 |
| Days to Physiological Maturity (warmer) | 189 |
| Days to Physiological Maturity (colder) | 176 |
| Days to Harvest (warmer) | 199 |
| Days to Harvest (colder) | 186 |
| Western Cape | 1 |
|---|---|
| Eastern Free State | 8 |
| Central Free State | 8 |
| North Western Free State | 8 |
| South Western Free State | 8 |
| Irrigation | 5† |
| Standability | 8 |
|---|---|
| Hectolitre Mass | 8 |
| Pre-harvest Sprouting Tolerance** | 5 |
| Aluminium Tolerance** | 9 |
| Coleoptile Length | 6 |
| Plant Height | 5 |
| Tillering | 9 |
| Straw Yield | 7 |
| Fusarium Head Blight | 1 |
|---|---|
| Russian Wheat Aphid Tolerance | 1 |
| Leaf Rust*** | 4 |
| Stem Rust*** | 8 |
| Stripe Rust*** | 7 |
| Suitable for Double Cropping Under Irrigation | 1 |
|---|
Good yield potential and wide area adaptability, exceptionally strong seedling vigour and shorter straw length providing excellent standability. Russian Wheat Aphid tolerance and good aluminium tolerance.
| Growth Class | True Winter Types |
|---|---|
| Production System | Dryland Free State |
| Relative Maturity | Medium Late |
|---|---|
| Days to 50% Flowering* (warmer) | 149 |
| Days to 50% Flowering* (colder) | 135 |
| Days to Physiological Maturity (warmer) | 186 |
| Days to Physiological Maturity (colder) | 173 |
| Days to Harvest (warmer) | 196 |
| Days to Harvest (colder) | 183 |
| Western Cape | 1 |
|---|---|
| Eastern Free State | 8 |
| Central Free State | 8 |
| North Western Free State | 8 |
| South Western Free State | 8 |
| Irrigation | 5† |
| Standability | 8 |
|---|---|
| Hectolitre Mass | 6 |
| Pre-harvest Sprouting Tolerance** | 3 |
| Aluminium Tolerance** | 9 |
| Coleoptile Length | 5 |
| Plant Height | 4 |
| Tillering | 9 |
| Straw Yield | 6 |
| Fusarium Head Blight | 1 |
|---|---|
| Russian Wheat Aphid Tolerance | 9 |
| Leaf Rust*** | 5 |
| Stem Rust*** | 8 |
| Stripe Rust*** | 7 |
| Suitable for Double Cropping Under Irrigation | 1 |
|---|
The disease is characterized by small to relatively large
yellowish-brown to cinnamon-brown, oval-shaped pustules appearing
randomly or scattered primarily on the upper surface of the leaf and
leaf sheath of wheat and related grasses. The pustules break through the
epidermis without the epidermal peel being visible.
Fungus: Puccinia triticina (= Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici)
Common
names: Leaf rust, brown wheat rust; orange leaf wheat rust; brown rust;
orange rust; brown leaf cereal rust; brown cereal rust
Symptoms are most common on stems and upper/lower leaf surfaces.
First seen as elongated elliptical blisters on the leaves/stems of the
plant running parallel to the long leaf/stem axis. Rust pustules are
reddishbrown erupting through the epidermis releasing masses of powdery
rustcoloured spores; tattered epidermal tissue surrounds the uredinia.
Fungus: Puccinia graminis
Common names: Stem rust of cereals; wheat rust; wheat stem rust; stem rust; black stem rust; black rust
Stripe rust is most frequently seen on the leaves. It appears as
bright yellow to orange-yellow closely packed pustules on the leaf
surface in parallel lines between the veins giving leaves the typical
striped appearance, which can progress the length of the leaf blade.
Individual pustules are roughly circular and about 0.5-1 mm in diameter.
Fungus: Puccinia striiformis
Common names: Yellow rust; glume rust; stripe rust
Premature bleaching of infected heads while leaves/stems remain
green. Bleaching can start anywhere on the head and spreads until the
entire head is bleached. If only part of the head is infected, heads
appear white and green. In warm, humid weather, a pinkish fungal growth
with peachcoloured spore masses becomes visible, at the base of the
spikelets.
Fungus: Fusarium graminearum (Gibberella zeae)
Common names: Head blight; Fusarium head blight; FHB; pink mould; whiteheads; tombstone scab
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