Spring barley variety Laudis 550

Abstract

Laudis 550 is a mid-late malting spring barley variety, medium resistant to lodging and medium resistant to stem brackling. It is resistant to powdery mildew, medium resistant to brown rust, leaf blotch complex and scald. The variety reached 7.2 points of the malting quality index (to the registration date) and it is recommended by the Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, Plc for production of beer with the protected geographical indication České pivo (Czech beer).

Keywords

• brown rust
• hordeum vulgare
• malting quality index
• powdery mildew
• scald
• variety description