AHDB Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds 2017/18

VARIETY COMMENTS AHDB RECOMMENDED LIST
Winter wheat 2017/18 – Variety comments
Please note that comments made on resistance to orange wheat blossom midge
are based on advice from plant breeders. It has not been verified in RL tests.
Hard Group 4 varieties
Belgrade
Quality: Belgrade is a hard-milling, high-yielding feed
variety recommended for the East and West regions.
Agronomy: This is a relatively early maturing variety
which has given very high yield in trials on heavy soils. It
has medium-long straw with moderate resistance to
lodging and limited data suggests it is susceptible to
sprouting. Belgrade has given high yields in untreated UK
trials. It has high resistance to mildew and is very
susceptible to eyespot.
Costello
Quality: A hard-milling feed variety with high Hagbergs
and specific weights.
Agronomy: This short-strawed variety has given its best
relative performance in the West region. It has high
resistance to mildew and yellow rust.
Dickens
Quality: A hard-milling feed wheat.
Agronomy: This variety has given its best relative
performance in the North region and on lighter soils,
where it has produced high yields. It has high resistance
to mildew and yellow rust but is susceptible to eyespot.
NEW
Dunston
Quality: Added to the AHDB Recommended List for
2017/18 as a hard-milling, high-yielding feed variety.
Agronomy: This variety with medium-long straw has
given high treated and untreated UK yields and limited
data suggests it is very high yielding in the North region.
Dunston has high resistance to yellow rust and septoria
tritici. This variety is suited to first and second cereal
rotations and limited data suggests it gives very high
yields in both early sowing and light land situations.
Evolution
Quality: A hard-milling feed wheat that tends to give low
specific weights.
Agronomy: This relatively late maturing variety has given
high yields in trials on light soils and performs well in
second cereal situations. It has no serious disease
weaknesses, with high resistance to yellow rust and
brown rust.
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Freiston
Quality: Added to the AHDB Recommended List for
2017/18 as a hard-milling feed variety with high specific
weights.
Agronomy: This variety has given its best relative
performance in the North and West regions, where it has
given very high yields. It has medium-long straw with
moderate resistance to lodging but responds well to plant
growth regulators. Freiston has also produced high yields
in untreated UK trials. It has a good overall disease
package with high resistance to mildew, yellow rust,
brown rust and septoria tritici. Limited data suggests it is
susceptible to eyespot.
Grafton
Quality: A hard-milling feed variety with good Hagbergs
and specific weights.
Agronomy: Its treated yield is 7% below the highest
yielding hard feed variety but growers value its early
maturity and short, stiff straw. Grafton has slow primordial
development and a range of other characteristics that
can make it a useful candidate for very early sowing.
Graham
Quality: A hard-milling, high-yielding feed variety with high
Hagbergs.
Agronomy: This variety has given its best relative
performance in the West region, where it has produced
very high yields. It is a relatively early maturing variety that
has performed best in a first cereal situation and on
heavier soils. Graham has given high untreated UK yields
in trials and has high resistance to mildew, yellow rust and
septoria tritici. It is susceptible to eyespot.
JB Diego
Quality: A hard-milling feed variety with good Hagbergs
and specific weights.
Agronomy: Although now 6% lower yielding than the
highest yielding feed variety, growers still value its
consistency and it was again popular in 2016.
KWS Crispin
Quality: A hard-milling feed variety with high Hagbergs.
Agronomy: This variety has produced high treated and
untreated UK yields, performing best in first cereal
situations. It has high resistance to mildew and yellow
rust, combined with resistance to orange wheat blossom
midge. It is susceptible to eyespot.
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KWS Kerrin
Quality: Added to the AHDB Recommended List for
2017/18 as a hard-milling, very high-yielding feed variety
for the East and West regions. It tends to give low
Hagbergs.
Agronomy: This short-strawed variety has given very high
yields in both first and second wheat situations with
limited data suggesting very high yields in both late
sowing and on light soils. KWS Kerrin has high resistance
to mildew, yellow rust and brown rust as well as
resistance to orange wheat blossom midge.