AHDB Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds 2017/18

VARIETY COMMENTS AHDB RECOMMENDED LIST
Winter barley 2017/18 – Variety comments
UK winter malting barley market share is given
as % of MAGB member purchases (see page 5).
Two-row malting varieties
Craft
Provisional Brewing
Quality: A potential malting variety for brewing, with a
high specific weight. Provisionally approved by IBD for
brewing.
Agronomy: Craft is stiff-strawed with high resistance to
brown rust and net blotch. Limited data suggests high
resistance to yellow rust. It is resistant to the common
strains of barley mosaic viruses (BaYMV strain 1 and
BaMMV).
MAGB comment: Under test by IDB for brewing, with
completion expected spring 2017. Growers are advised
to speak to merchants before committing to this or other
varieties in this position.
Flagon
Brewing
Quality: Fully approved by IBD for the production of malt
for brewing, with a high specific weight.
Agronomy: Flagon has a yield some 2% lower than SY
Venture. It has high resistance to brown rust but is
susceptible to net blotch and is the only variety on the
Recommended List that does not have resistance to the
common strains of barley mosaic virus. This variety has
moderate straw strength, requiring careful management.
It is no longer in RL trials.
MAGB comment: Decline in popularity has been
arrested. Growers are advised to speak to their
merchants about end markets.
SY Venture
Brewing
Quality: Fully approved by IBD for the production of malt
for brewing, with a high specific weight.
Agronomy: SY Venture has relatively short straw for a
malting variety and is resistant to the common strains of
barley mosaic viruses (BaYMV strain 1 and BaMMV). It is
susceptible to rhynchosporium.
MAGB comment: Widely accepted by the malting
industry with the largest market share in this sector.
Talisman
Brewing
Quality: Fully approved by IBD for the production of malt
for brewing.
Agronomy: Talisman has high resistance to brown rust
and is resistant to the common strains of barley mosaic
viruses (BaYMV strain 1 and BaMMV).
MAGB comment: Limited demand from the malting
industry. Growers are advised to speak to their merchants
about end markets.
Two-row feed varieties
California
A two-row feed variety recommended for the West region.
It has good lodging resistance and is resistant to the
common strains of barley mosaic viruses (BaYMV strain 1
and BaMMV).
NEW
KWS Creswell
Added to the Recommended List for 2017/18 as a two-row
feed variety for the North region. It is high yielding and has
given very high yields in the North region. Limited data
suggests it has high resistance to yellow rust but it is
susceptible to net blotch. It is resistant to the common strains
of barley mosaic viruses (BaYMV strain 1 and BaMMV).
KWS Cassia
A two-row feed variety with a high specific weight. It has
high lodging resistance and high resistance to brown rust
but is susceptible to rhynchosporium and mildew. It is
resistant to the common strains of barley mosaic viruses
(BaYMV strain 1 and BaMMV).
KWS Glacier
A two-row feed variety. Has high resistance to brown rust
and limited data suggest it has high resistance to yellow
rust but it is susceptible to rhynchosporium and very
susceptible to mildew. It is resistant to the common strains
of barley mosaic viruses (BaYMV strain 1 and BaMMV).
KWS Infinity
A high-yielding two-row feed variety. It is resistant to the
common strains of barley mosaic viruses (BaYMV strain 1
and BaMMV) but is very susceptible to mildew.
KWS Orwell
The highest yielding two-row feed variety on the 2017/18
Recommended List. It has high resistance to lodging and
brown rust but it is very susceptible to mildew. It is
resistant to the common strains of barley mosaic viruses
(BaYMV strain 1 and BaMMV).
KWS Tower
A two-row feed variety which is resistant to the common
strains of barley mosaic viruses (BaYMV strain 1 and
BaMMV). Limited data suggest it has high resistance to
yellow rust but it is susceptible to net blotch.
Surge
A high-yielding two-row feed variety. It has high resistance
to brown rust, rhynchosporium and net blotch and has
given good yields in untreated trials. It is resistant to the
common strains of barley mosaic viruses (BaYMV strain 1
and BaMMV).
IBD Approved List
Brewing use
Full approval: Flagon, SY Venture, Talisman
Malt distilling use
None approved
Grain distilling use
None approved