Gleam

The above video was recorded on July 4, 2023 and the information below was updated on June 9, 2023.

BREEDER: Syngenta UK Ltd
PEDIGREE: Hereford x KWS Kielder
STATUS: AHDB Recommended List variety for UK (since 2018)

MARKET OPTIONS: Hard Group 4, Feed

CERTIFIED SEED SALES 2022 %: England & Wales: 7.7. Scotland: 1.8.
PROVISIONAL SEED AREA 2023 %: England & Wales: 3.3. Scotland: 0.0.

AHDB RL 2023 TREATED YIELD (UK): 103
AHDB RL 2023 TREATED YIELD (NORTH REGION): 103
AHDB RL 2023 UNTREATED YIELD (UK): 84

POSITIVES

• Very popular hard wheat variety, high yielding and consistent
• Excellent performance as a first and second wheat and on both light and heavy land
• Potentially suited to early drilling, but with wide flexible drilling window
• Decent resistance to mildew and orange wheat blossom midge resistant
• Relatively early to mature
• High tillering variety

NEGATIVES

• Susceptible to yellow rust and eyespot
• Potentially prone to sprouting in a bad year
• Low Hagberg for a hard wheat
• Now facing strong competition from Champion and KWS Dawsum in Hard Group 4 sector