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Quarna

A high‑quality main‑type spring wheat with large grain size, very high protein content and excellent baking quality.

Quarna is a moderately early variety.

Quarna is a high‑yielding main‑type wheat. Its strengths are most evident in quality characteristics:

  • grain size larger than average
  • high hectoliter weight
  • extremely high protein content
  • excellent falling‑number stability
  • high gluten quantity
  • gluten quality at top milling‑industry levels

Quarna is suited for:

  • baking
  • milling processes requiring strong gluten structure

Quarna has a short, lodging‑resistant straw.

  • powdery mildew incidence has been relatively low
  • resistance to leaf blotch diseases is average

Quarna is recommended for central wheat‑growing regions. Because of its short straw, Quarna is sensitive to drought and should not be grown on drought‑prone fields. Recommended for zones I, II and III in Finland.

Quarna was bred by Delley Seed and Plants Ltd.
Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd holds the rights in Finland.
Line number: CH 211122
Added to National List: 2008

Source: Official Variety Trials 2011–2018, px.luke.fi

Variety comparison

Variety Growth Duration Yield (kg/ha) Intended Use Protein (%)
BOR Helga 94 5,562 milling wheat, feed 14.1
Hilkka 93 5,042 milling wheat, feed 14.1
Iisakki 91 4,963 feed 15.3
Leidi milling wheat, feed
Helmi 93 5,322 milling wheat, feed 14.6
Jaarli 99 5,592 milling wheat, feed 13.9
Quarna 103 5,791 milling wheat, feed 15.4

Official variety trials 2017 – 2024, px.luke.fi, (M) = Standard variety

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Tarja Niemelä

Tarja Niemelä

Plant Breeder

Spring wheat, forage grasses

+358 50 300 5050

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