AHDB Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds 2017/18

MARKET OPTIONS, YIELD AND GRAIN QUALITY AHDB RECOMMENDED LIST
Winter wheat 2017/18 – nabim Groups 1–3 and Soft Group 4
Market options, yield and grain quality
North
region
West
region
East
region
KWS Zyatt
Skyfall
KWS Trinity
RGT Illustrious
Crusoe
End-use group nabim Group 1 nabim Group 2 nabim Group 3 Soft Group 4
Scope of recommendation UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK E&W UK UK UK E&W UK N UK UK N UK N N UK
NEW C C * *
C * NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW
Fungicide-treated grain yield (% treated control)
United Kingdom (10.7 t/ha) 102 101 99 98 97 97 103 102 96 103 102 100 100 99 96 104 104 103 103 103 103 102 100 99 98 2.7
East region (10.8 t/ha) 102 100 99 98 97 97 103 102 97 102 102 101 101 99 96 105 103 104 103 103 103 102 99 99 99 3.1
West region (10.7 t/ha) 103 101 98 98 98 96 104 102 96 102 101 101 99 98 96 103 104 101 102 104 101 100 99 98 97 3.4
North region (9.9 t/ha) [98] 101 100 95 93 93 101 104 94 109 102 97 101 102 [[97]] [101] [102] [106] [104] [100] [104] 104 103 103 100 4.3
Main market options (The specific attributes of varieties are different, so, whenever possible, varieties should not be mixed in store)
UK breadmaking P Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
UK biscuit, cake-making - - - - - - - - - Y Y Y Y Y Y - - - - - - - - - -
UK distilling - - - - - - - - - - - - - [Y] [Y] - [Y] [Y] [Y] [Y] [Y] [Y] Y [Y] Y
bread wheat for export Y - - - Y Y Y Y Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
soft wheat for export - - - - - - - - - Y Y - Y Y Y Y - - - Y - Y [Y] [Y] [Y]
Grain quality
Endosperm texture Hard Hard Hard Hard Hard Hard Hard Hard Hard Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft
Protein content (%) 11.9 11.9 11.6 11.8 12.5 11.9 11.5 11.2 12.0 10.9 11.6 11.8 11.3 11.3 11.5 11.2 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.4 11.0 11.1 11.0 11.1 11.2 0.3
Protein content (%) – Milling spec 13.0 13.1 12.9 13.1 13.8 13.0 12.9 12.3 13.2 12.1 13.0 13.0 12.5 12.5 12.8 12.3 12.2 12.3 12.2 12.7 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.3 12.4 0.3
Hagberg Falling Number 273 291 342 273 262 311 304 297 324 212 228 276 225 233 260 240 179 216 217 269 195 206 192 238 246 22
Specific weight (kg/hl) 77.7 77.9 76.9 76.8 77.3 76.8 76.8 76.5 79.0 76.4 76.3 75.8 76.9 75.6 76.0 76.7 74.5 74.3 75.3 77.1 75.5 77.7 76.0 76.4 75.9 0.7
Chopin alveograph W 196 [265] 263 [264] 215 235 186 199 [230] 95 96 [138] 93 97 - 93 75 - 60 99 88 87 [96] 104 90 26
Chopin alveograph P/L 0.6 [1.6] 1.1 [1.2] 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8 [0.8] 0.4 0.2 [0.5] 0.4 0.3 - 0.5 0.4 - 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.3 [0.3] 0.3 0.3 0.2
Varieties no longer listed: Horatio, KWS Gator, KWS Kielder, RGT Conversion, Scout and Solstice.
Varieties are presented in order of highest UK treated yield within end-use groups.
Comparisons of varieties across regions are not valid.
Gallant
KWS Siskin
KWS Lili
Cordiale
KWS Barrel
Britannia
Spyder
KWS Basset
Zulu
Claire
Bennington
LG Sundance
Savello
LG Motown
Moulton
Hardwicke
Leeds
Viscount
Myriad
Revelation
Average
LSD (5%)
UK = recommended for the UK
E&W = recommended for the East and West regions
N = recommended for the North region
* = variety no longer in trials
C = yield control (for current table)
[ ] = limited data
[[ ]]= very limited data
P = to be verified by milling and baking of
commercial samples by April 2017
Y = suited to that market
[Y] = may be suited to that market
LSD = least significant difference
Average LSD (5%): Varieties
that are more than one LSD
apart are significantly different
at the 95% confidence level.