• Nijinsky is soft-milling nabim Group 3 wheat.

• nabim reports that it meets the criteria for biscuit performance.

•  Classified as uks soft wheat but a low W means it is only suitable for blending into uks cargoes.

• Rated moderate for distilling.

• Low specific weight. A slow developing variety it is useful for early drilling and gives its best in this slot.

• Stiff straw when treated with PGR.

• Good resistance to yellow rust and Fusarium ear blight but rather susceptible to brown rust.

• Susceptible to sprouting in the ear during a wet harvest.

• No longer grown in RL trials.

• Breeder/ UK Agent: Nickerson (www.nickersonseeds.co.uk).

Page updated January 2008.