Western Australia Version

KEY FEATURES • Competitive growth habit with medium plant height• Medium spring maturity with potential for early sowing • Improvement in resistance to net blotches• Very good standability with low incidence of lodging and head-loss • Good physical grain quality• Released as a 'feed' type but currently undergoing Stage 1 malting and brewing accreditation entered 1st year in 2020, with final decision not before March 2022

June 2021

The information in this document is current as at June 2021. For updated information after this date please refer to NVT results.

SECOBRARecherches

Laperouse Barley

SHORT HEIGHT TALL HEIGHT

Spartacus CL La Trobe RGT Planet LAPEROUSE Compass Fathom

The plant height for Laperouse is also typically between Compass and RGT Planet.

Average plant height observations from 3 SECOBRA trials in SA & VIC 2019

Variety CCN Powdery mildew

Scald Leaf rust Spot form of net blotch

Net form of net blotch

Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus

Black point

LAPEROUSE S R-MR S MS-S MS MR-MS (p) MR-MS MS-S

Bass S MS-S MR-MS S-VS S MR-MS(p) MR-MS MR-MS

RGT Planet R(p) R MR(p) MR-MS S-VS MR-MS(p) MR-MS MR-MS

Compass R MR(p) MS(p) S MS MR-MS(p) MS MS-S

Leabrook R-MR R-MR MS(p) MS-S MS MR(p) MR-MS MS-S

Spartacus CL R MR(p) R(p) MS-S S-VS MR-MS(p) MS MS-S

Maximus CL R R-MR R(p) MS-S MS MR-MS(p) MR MS-S

DISEASE RESISTANCE RATINGS – WA (source NVT online)

(p) Provisional

PLANT TYPE AND AGRONOMY (source SECOBRA breeding trials)Laperouse is a spring type barley but has shown to develop relatively slowly when sown early so could be an option for early season planting.The data below is from SECOBRA breeder trial at Roseworthy SA in 2020

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27-Aug

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PLANTING DATE

RGT Planet Compass

8-Jun 13-Jun

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Plant Breeders Rights and RoyaltyLaperouse is protected by Plant Breeders Rights.An End Point Royalty of $3.80 +GST per tonne applies to grain production

BreedingLaperouse was developed by SECOBRA Recherches after being bred by the University of Adelaide with support from the Grains Research and Development Corporation. Its pedigree includes Commander and Waite Institute coded breeding lines.

SECOBRARecherches Laperouse Barley

Agzone 1 {9}[3.30 t/ha]

Agzone 2 {28}[3.49 t/ha]

Agzone 3 {17}[4.26 t/ha]

Agzone 4 {9}[2.47 t/ha]

Agzone 5 {18}[2.74 t/ha]

Agzone 6 {11}[4.15 t/ha]

YIELD DATA – WA (source NVT online)

Grain Yield of Laperouse across all Agzones in WA, NVT data

Source: NVT main season series Long Term MET Analysis 2016 - 2020{}: Total number of sites per Agzone[]: Regional trial mean t/ha(): The number of trials that a variety was present across the entire dataset

80

85

90

95

100

105

110

115

120

Laperouse (82)

Bass (88)

RGT Planet (88)

Compass (89)

Leabrook (89)

La Trobe (89)

Spartacus CL (89)

Maximus CL (65)Yie

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WA yearly average NVT results 2016-20

Hectolitre weight (kg/hl)(82 trials)

Grain plumpness %>2.5mm(88 trials)

Grain screenings %<2.5mm(88 trials)

GRAIN QUALITY – WA (source NVT online)Laperouse has very good physical grain quality attributes

LAPEROUSE 71.6 82 10.0

Bass 72.1 80 10.5

RGT Planet 68.6 71 14.9

Compass 69.9 81 10.4

Leabrook 69.7 84 8.7

Spartacus CL 72.0 78 11.0

Maximus CL* 70.3* 76* 6.3*

*2020 NVT only (27 trials)